Africa
Theme Vacations - Diving - Mombasa, Pemba, Zanzibar, Mafia
AfricanMecca diving
programs to Mombasa, Pemba, Zanzibar and Mafia Island are available as tailor-make
request. Review below sample diving recommendations and contact us for
planning services based on your preference
Mombasa Diving
Diving Rating: 4 Star Diving
Experience
Duration: 5 Nights
Diving Accommodation: Pinewood
Village and Travellers Beach Hotel Diving Destination
Mombasa - Kenya Diving Overview

Mombasa, a coral island off the coast of Kenya, has beautiful coral reef
and marine life; this makes the whole experience of diving and
snorkeling awesome. Mombasa's marine life has been a center of
discussion for European marine biologists because of its increasing
number of new fish species and corals being documented, and particularly
because of the marine environment still being intact. There are
currently around 250 varieties of marine fishes, and over 40 varieties
of coral species documented at Kisite Marine Park And Mpunguti Marine
Reserve.
Zanzibar Island
Diving
Diving Rating: 4.5 Star Diving
Experience
Duration: 5 Nights
Diving Accommodation: Matemwe
Beach Village and Dhow Palace
Diving Destination: Zanzibar
Island
Diving Overview

There are many interesting reefs around the islands of Zanzibar,
featuring shallow rocky areas that suddenly drop off into vertiginous
crevasses, 40 meters deep. With steep walls covered in colorful sponges
and Gorgonia, one may find such diverse life as Brittlestars,
Langoustines, and Moray Eels. Some reefs are like undersea mountains,
wreathed with seaweeds and corals, and teeming with colorful fish. Angel
Fish and Clown fish glide like shadows through the sun dappled abyss,
and schools of Barracuda flick their tails and slide off into the deep.
Groupers can often be sighted here, as can Pipe Fish and Crocodile fish.
Moray eels writhe in dark canyons between the Purple Gorgonia and
Precious Red Corals, and Sea Horses hover on shimmering light above tall
pinnacles. One may also be lucky enough to have close encounters with
large schools of Hammerhead Sharks, Manta Rays and curious Dolphins.
Mafia Island Diving
Diving Rating: 5 Star Diving
Experience
Duration: 5 Nights
Diving Accommodation: Mafia
Island Lodge
Diving Destination: Mafia
Island
Diving Overview

Mafia Island is a prominent world-class diving destination with some of
the richest reefs in the world, with a supreme variety of hard and soft
corals and diversity of tropical fish. Extraordinary dive sites at Mafia
offering shallow reefs of colossal beauty and richness, bommies,
channels, walls and caves. Chole Bay has a variety of excellent dives
within the Bay that is accessible in almost any weather. The diversity
of marine life is hard to match, with over 50 genera of corals and 400
species of fish so far identified; There are excellent examples of giant
table corals, delicate seafans, whip corals, and huge stands of
blue-tipped staghorn corals. Large predatory fish and turtles are common
and surprisingly unaffected by approaching divers.
Pemba Island Diving
Diving Rating: 5 Star Diving
Experience
Duration: 5 Nights
Diving Accommodation: Manta
Reef Lodge
Diving Destination: Pemba
Island
Diving Overview:

Pemba Island is located off the Tanzanian coast, and is adjacent to the
Island of Zanzibar. The guests are accommodated at Manta Reef Lodge. Not
only is this Island known for its awesome dive sites but also its
peaceful location. Pemba waters give divers and snorkels an incredible
experience because all locations have generous amounts of multi-colored
fishes and corals displayed. The Pemba channel runs deep until it
approaches the coastline, and then begins a dramatic assent to create
sheer walls off the coast. The western side of the island is the
leeside, where visibility remains between 100 - 200 feet. The walls and
drop off, which are directly off the coastline, drop between 150 - 600
feet, all which make Pemba an excellent diving opportunity. Commonly
found marine lives are: - Napolean wrasse, pelagic fish, famous Manta
rays, turtles and sharks.
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