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4 Days of dives to Mnemba Island around the Kichwani dive site and Waterbomi dive site and enjoy 8 dives of life underwater in Zanzibar we will do 2 dives a day each dive will be about 45 minutes.
Diving around Mnemba Island, located off the coast of Zanzibar in Tanzania, offers an incredible underwater experience with its clear waters, diverse marine life, and vibrant coral reefs.
Mnemba Island is a popular diving destination off the coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania. It’s known for its clear waters, vibrant coral reefs, and diverse marine life. If you have 4 days for diving around Mnemba Island, here’s a sample itinerary:
Dive Sites: Mnemba Island is renowned for its numerous dive sites, each with its unique characteristics and marine life. Some popular dive sites include Kichwani, Big Wall, Wattabomi, and Hunga Reef. These sites offer various depths and experiences suitable for divers of all skill levels.
Level: beginner-intermediate
Depth: 5-20 m
Waterbomi dive site is a great reef for all experience levels; it starts in 5 m of water at Mnemba’s Moray Eel City, which is covered in lionfish, scorpionfish, moray eels, and darting inquisitive anthias.
This site has a gentle slope which helps the diver decide which depth suits their experience. Wattabomi is a puzzle of coral blocks which are home to frogfish, the Indian walkman, stonefish, and many other reef fish. Snow-capped anemone shrimps, porcelain crabs and many different nudibranchs can be spotted there.
Level: beginner-intermediate
Depth: 2-30 m
A gentle sloping wall covered in soft corals. The reef starts at 2 m and goes down to 30 m, creating a beautiful coral wall. Kichwani dive site is home to many schools of reef fish in a myriad of colours, which makes this Mnemba dive site suitable for snorkellers too. For the diver with a sharp eye, pipefish, leaf fish, and nudibranchs can be found.
4 Days dives Mnemba Island this conservation area is a magnet for divers and snorkelers who enjoy swimming in the turquoise waters, which are famous for their healthy fish life. Here you can find the playful bottlenose dolphins, Spanish dancers, giant groupers, stingrays, barracudas, and other impressive marine life. Every day we make two dives or visit two different snorkel places at Mnemba Atoll.
We leave around 09.00 in the morning (depending on the tides) and we come back to the dive centre around 14.00-14.30. Our groups for diving are very small, generally not more than 4 divers per guide.
We provide transfer if you will dive near where you choose to dive with us according to our Diving Location and you will stay in that location.
Please Note: if you do not stay at the same location we will charge you extra payment for transport.
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The first will dive at Kichwani Dive site dive will take around 45 minutes. Kichwani Dive site Level: beginner-intermediate Depth: 2-30 m A gentle sloping wall covered in soft corals. The reef starts at 2 m and goes down to 30 m, creating a beautiful coral wall. Kichwani is home to many schools of reef fish in a myriad of colors, which makes this Mnemba dive site suitable for snorkellers too. For the diver with a sharp eye, pipefish, leaf fish and nudibranchs can be found.
Depend on your energy The second will dive at Wattabomi Dive site dive will take around 45 minutes. Wattabomi Dive site Level: beginner-intermediate Depth: 5-20 m This is a great reef for all experience levels; it starts in 5 m of water at Mnemba's Moray Eel City, which is covered in lionfish, scorpionfish, moray eels, and darting inquisitive anthias. This site has a gentle slope which helps the diver decide which depth suits their experience. Wattabomi is a puzzle of coral blocks which are home to frogfish, the Indian walkman, stonefish, and many other reef fish. Snow-capped anemone shrimps, porcelain crabs, and many different nudibranchs can be spotted there. Later then we depart to dive center.
The Small Wall Level: intermediate-advanced Depth: 5-40 m This is a great drift dive for the more experienced diver. The reef starts shallow and slopes down to 30 m, where it drops down vertically to 45-50 m. Several Napoleon wrasses live in this area, and sometimes white tip reef sharks can be found on the bottom. Stingrays, eels, and scorpionfish can be spotted on the shallower part of the reef. The endemic and elusive Zanzibar butterflyfish can sometimes be seen in this area of Mnemba Atoll.
Mnemba - Aquarium Level: intermediate-advanced Depth: 12-25 m There is usually a slight current at this site and it is best dived in drift. Long strips of hard coral outcrops are surrounded by sand. Surgeonfish, Moorish idols, parrotfish, groupers, giant trevallies, unicorns,s, and triggerfish frequent this reef. Large numbers of crescent tail big eyes drift above the hundreds of garden eels just off the reef.
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