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Entry Title: Diving in Nungwi
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Nungwi is on the northern tip of Zanzibar and is a popular spot for tourist wanting a great beach, great diving and some beers in the evening. We wanted to do some diving at Zanzibar so this was the perfect place to do it. After a long dala-dala trip up to Nungwi we found a great little place called Casa Umoja. It was set just behind the beach and we got a really nice and big double room, and it was decorated in an Arabian style. All for just 40 dollars including breakfast. We signed up with East African Divers for the Advanced Open Water course, which gave us 5 dives and allowed us to dive as deep as 30 meters. We had some amazing diving one day around a small island called Mnemba, where we saw green turtles and lots of other cool fish. You can stay on the island if you can afford it - around $1000 a night. We borrowed a camera from the dive shop and did some underwater photography. This was more difficult than we thought as you need to get quite close to them to get some good pictures. Small fish does not like big fish with lots of bubbles to close to them - go figure! We dived for a total of 3 days and saw so many cool and funny fish - really super experience. In the evenings we went to Nungwi Inn, which is a small beach front restaurant recommended to us by most of the locals or to one of the other many restaurants on the beach. After dinner we always went to Cholo's, which is the place to be for drinking beer and party. We hung out with a few dive buddy's - Elaine and Vicky, a Swiss couple, and a bunch of Germans - all were really fun and we had a great time. We also had dinner with Vicky one evening and we found out that she had gone to school with Mike Tomlin, head coach of Pittsburgh Steelers, which could be quite useful later on as she would try get Christian tickets for a game. :-D We also went to a turtle sanctuary in Nungwi, where they keep turtles caught in the fishermen nets. They also take a few new hatchlings every season and feed them and after one year they release them. This way they make sure that some always makes it. They have a natural salt water pool, where they keep the big ones - a maximum of 25, and none older than 30 years. When a green turtle gets around 30 years old is able to breed, which is why they are released at this stage. After 4 great days we left Nungwi and went back down to Stone Town and our little oasis.
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Photos from this trip:
1. Nungwi at the northern end of Zanzibar
2. Casa Umoja
3. Reception of Casa Umoja
4. The Casa Umoja
5. Our arabian night room at Casa Umoja
6. East African Divers
7. Going out diving
8. Cecilie diving - thumbs up
9. Butterfly fish
10. Lion fish
11. Anemones
12. Cecilie and Christian diving
13. Christian diving
14. Christian and Naomi
15. Cecilie after diving
16. Daily ritual to watch the sunset
17. Christian and Cecilie in the sunset
18. Candle light dinner
19. The door to Cholos
20. Cholos bar
21. Christian at Cholos
22. Vicky and Cecilie at Cholos
23. Party at Cholos
24. Christian and Cecilie at Cholos
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Tanzania-Zanzibar (Suprising,Hospitable & Colorful) Part 3
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Zanzibar Music:Bi Kidude
Bi Kidude is Zanzibars most famous musician. Her age is unknown but must be somewhere around 90, some even say she's over 100 years old. She's the godmother of Taarab, a music style which mixes arab and African sounds. Bi Kidude is still traveling the whole wide world to perform.
Fatuma binti Baraka (aka Bi.Kidude) is a Zanzibari Taarab singer. She is considered the undisputed queen of Taarab and Unyago music and is also a protégé of Siti binti Saad. Bi Kidude was born in the village of Mfagimaringo, she was the daughter of a coconut seller in colonial Zanzibar. Bi Kidude's exact date of birth is unknown, much of her life story is uncorroborated, giving her an almost mythical status.
In 2005 Bi Kidude received the prestigious WOMEX award for her outstanding contribution to music and culture in Zanzibar.
As a child, she was singled out for her fine voice and, in the 1920s, sang locally with popular cultural troupes, combining an understanding of music with an equally important initiation into traditional medicine. At age 13, after a forced marriage she fled Zanzibar to mainland Tanzania.
According to the most recent census of 2002, the total population of Zanzibar was 984,625 -- with a steady annual growth rate of 3.1%.[27] According to that census, the population of Zanzibar City, which is the largest city, is approximately 205,870.[27] The people of Zanzibar are of diverse ethnic origins. The first permanent residents of Zanzibar seem to have been the ancestors of the Hadimu and Tumbatu, who began arriving from the East African mainland around AD 1000. They belonged to various mainland ethnic groups, and on Zanzibar they lived in small villages and did not coalesce to form larger political units. Because they lacked central organization, they were easily subjugated by outsiders.[citation needed]
Ancient pottery demonstrates existing trade routes with Zanzibar as far back as the time of the ancient Assyrians. Traders from Arabia, as well as the Persian Gulf region of modern-day Iran (especially Shiraz), and west India, probably visited Zanzibar as early as the 1st century. They used the monsoon winds to sail across the Indian Ocean to land at the sheltered harbor located on the site of present-day Zanzibar City.
Zanzibar is mostly populated by African people of Swahili origin,[27] but there is also a minority population of Asians, originally from India and Arab countries. A significant proportion of people also identify as Shirazi.
Produce vendors at a market.According to the 2002 census, around two thirds of the people -- 622,459 -- live on Zanzibar Island (Unguja), with the greatest proportion settled in the densely populated west. Besides Zanzibar City, other towns on Zanzibar Island include Chaani, Mbweni, Mangapwani, Chwaka, and Nungwi. Outside of these towns, most people live in small villages and are engaged in farming or fishing.
On Pemba Island, the overall settlement pattern is similar to that of the main island. The largest town is Chake-Chake, with a population of 19,283; other smaller towns are Wete and Mkoani. The other island of Zanzibar, Mafia, has a total population of about 40,801.
Diving Zanzibar - #60days
Rising Sun Dive Center in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Promo video edited by Maxwel Hohn. Music produced by Oliver Garret at Bugbeatz
Matemwe, Zanzibar, Tanzania
One week in Matemwe on the tropical island of Unguja in Villa Tunda with hosts Milo and Magdalena, they were fabulous.
Matemwe is located on the east coast of Unguja, the largest island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, which consist of the islands Unguja and Pemba.
Tanganyika (on the African mainland) and Zanzibar (the island group) merged together to form the East African country of Tanzania (Tan from Tanganyika and Zan from Zanzibar)
Scuba Diving in Zanzibar - Tanzania
Zanzibar’s allure is legendary. One of East Africa’s great trading centers, the archipelago has been for centuries a crossroads of culture, a melting pot of influences where Africa, India and Arabia meet, a complete change of pace from the mainland, a place where life’s rhythms are set by the monsoon winds and the cycles of the moon. Zanzibar is an island about 23 miles off the East African Coast. Its very name evokes romantic associations – smell of spices, images of narrow streets, Arab chests, carved doors, coral reefs. It is a tourist’s paradise, with tranquil, warm tropical waters, many miles of beautiful sandy beaches on the Indian Ocean. Zanzibar has a rich and ancient past, having been the center for travelers sailing from distant lands of the Middle East by dhows.Due to the generally slower pace of life, its tranquility has survived Zanzibar’s lasting mystique has attracted travelers from around the world for centuries. In past generations ivory, slaves and spices were transported on large wooden sailing Dhows across the world. Although spices remain a main export, Zanzibar’s main attraction is its beauty and the contrasting coasts of this magical Spice Island.
The dive sites off the coast of Zanzibar are many, varied and suitable for all levels of experience. The most famous is Mnemba Atoll Marine Park, a reserve where net fishing is banned to help stop the destruction of the reef and increase fish stock levels. Marine park fees are paid for each guest that enters and the money goes back into the local communities of the fisherman who would normally fish the waters and now fish else where. This scheme is extremely effective, the reef is teaming with shoals of fish and the coral is re-growing at an impressive pace. One of the reefs is home to a green turtle cleaning station – the current record of turtles seen on one dive sits at twenty one!
Leven Banks is an example of a more advanced site, situated in the Pemba channel, this huge dive site with some strong currents comes up from the deep to within around fourteen metres from the surface and is where you are most likely to see big fish. Schooling barracudas, big sting rays and the occasional shark can often be seen passing in the blue. Even if the big guys don’t appear this is still an excellent site with large fan corals, schools of snapper and Moorish idols floating motionless as you are pushed along by the currents. A very good dive for advanced divers.
The local reefs closer to the dive centre are also well worth a visit. Ranging from ten to forty five minutes away they can easily be reached in a morning or afternoon and still give you plenty of time to relax on a beach afterwards and work on your sun tan. These reefs are stunning, with a large array of coral to be found and lots of smaller creatures such as nudibranches and mantis shrimp hiding in all the nooks and crannies.
(This clip was filmed by our clients during their holiday in Zanzibar in 2013)
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2019 Zanzibar Sauti za Busara African Music Festival
Darren Sandford travels from Australia to the mystical Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, off the coast of East Africa, to document an magical four day music festival called Sauti za Busara. Swahili for Sounds of Wisdom, Sauti za Busara is an uplifting mix of up and coming and established musical acts drawn from all parts of Africa.
The exotic locale and friendly friendly people of island captures his heart and the fusion of African and Middle Eastern music makes his spirit soar.
He captures glorious sunsets experienced on sailing dhows, diving the reefs of Nungwi through to experiencing the buzz of the Forodhani food market and sharing in the joy of the locals in the festival opening carnival parade.
Highlighting the best of the music of the incredible four days interspersed with interviews of the performers from 2019 and previous years, you'll definitely put visiting Zanzibar to experience this music festival on your bucket list.
The acts highlighted in the documentary are
Afrigo Band (Uganda);
Asia Madani (Egypt/Sudan);
BCUC (South Africa);
Dago Roots (Reunion);
Damian Soul (Tanzania);
Eli Maliki (Uganda);
Fadhilee Itulya (Kenya);
Faith Mussa (Malawi);
Fid Q (Tanzania);
Ifrikya Spirit
(Algeria); Ithrene (Algeria);
Jackie Akello (Uganda);
Lydol (Cameroon);
Mkubwa Na Wanawe Crew
(Tanzania); Mookomba (Kenya);
M’Toro Chamou
(Mayotte/ Reunion); Rajab Suleiman & Kithara (Zanzibar);
S Kide & Wakupeti Band (Tanzania);
Shamsi Music (Kenya);
Sofaz (Reunion);
Swahili Encounters (Various);
Tausi Women’s Taarab
(Zanzibar); Trio Kazanchis + 2 (Ethiopia/Switzerland);
Tune Recreation Committee (South Africa);
Wamwiduka Band (Tanzania)
Special Thanks to
Alessia Lombardo & the musicians of
Dhow Countries Music Academy for
use of live recording of
traditional taarab orchestra
Scuba Diving in Zanzibar - Tanzania
Zanzibar’s allure is legendary. One of East Africa’s great trading centers, the archipelago has been for centuries a crossroads of culture, a melting pot of influences where Africa, India and Arabia meet, a complete change of pace from the mainland, a place where life’s rhythms are set by the monsoon winds and the cycles of the moon. Zanzibar is an island about 23 miles off the East African Coast. Its very name evokes romantic associations – smell of spices, images of narrow streets, Arab chests, carved doors, coral reefs. It is a tourist’s paradise, with tranquil, warm tropical waters, many miles of beautiful sandy beaches on the Indian Ocean. Zanzibar has a rich and ancient past, having been the center for travelers sailing from distant lands of the Middle East by dhows.Due to the generally slower pace of life, its tranquility has survived Zanzibar’s lasting mystique has attracted travelers from around the world for centuries. In past generations ivory, slaves and spices were transported on large wooden sailing Dhows across the world. Although spices remain a main export, Zanzibar’s main attraction is its beauty and the contrasting coasts of this magical Spice Island.
The dive sites off the coast of Zanzibar are many, varied and suitable for all levels of experience. The most famous is Mnemba Atoll Marine Park, a reserve where net fishing is banned to help stop the destruction of the reef and increase fish stock levels. Marine park fees are paid for each guest that enters and the money goes back into the local communities of the fisherman who would normally fish the waters and now fish else where. This scheme is extremely effective, the reef is teaming with shoals of fish and the coral is re-growing at an impressive pace. One of the reefs is home to a green turtle cleaning station – the current record of turtles seen on one dive sits at twenty one!
Leven Banks is an example of a more advanced site, situated in the Pemba channel, this huge dive site with some strong currents comes up from the deep to within around fourteen metres from the surface and is where you are most likely to see big fish. Schooling barracudas, big sting rays and the occasional shark can often be seen passing in the blue. Even if the big guys don’t appear this is still an excellent site with large fan corals, schools of snapper and Moorish idols floating motionless as you are pushed along by the currents. A very good dive for advanced divers.
The local reefs closer to the dive centre are also well worth a visit. Ranging from ten to forty five minutes away they can easily be reached in a morning or afternoon and still give you plenty of time to relax on a beach afterwards and work on your sun tan. These reefs are stunning, with a large array of coral to be found and lots of smaller creatures such as nudibranches and mantis shrimp hiding in all the nooks and crannies.
(This clip was filmed by our clients during their holiday in Zanzibar in 2013)
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Dolphins July 28, 2013 - Zanzibar
Scuba diving with dolphins on the South East coast of Zanzibar with Rising Sun Dive Center. Filmed by Maxwel Hohn
The Zanzibar Collection Luxury Hotels and Resorts
The Zanzibar Collection is a privately owned collection of beautiful luxury hotels and resorts inspired by the magic of Zanzibar, lying on one of the Top 30 Island beaches in the world as voted by Conde Nast Traveler. Offering a range of water sports, stunning spas and East Africa’s only National Geographic affiliated PADI 5 star Dive Center. Baraza Resort and Spa was chosen as one of the World’s 60 Best New Hotels on the Conde Nast Hotlist 2012.
Hotels include:
- Baraza Resort and Spa
- Zawadi Hotel
- The Palms Zanzibar
- Breezes Beach Club and Spa
Diving / Zanzibar / East coast of Africa/ Rising Sun Dive Centre / Queen
A Clip of the Photo's that has been taken in Zanzbar by the Rising sun
Scuba Diving in Zanzibar - Tanzania
Zanzibar’s allure is legendary. One of East Africa’s great trading centers, the archipelago has been for centuries a crossroads of culture, a melting pot of influences where Africa, India and Arabia meet, a complete change of pace from the mainland, a place where life’s rhythms are set by the monsoon winds and the cycles of the moon. Zanzibar is an island about 23 miles off the East African Coast. Its very name evokes romantic associations – smell of spices, images of narrow streets, Arab chests, carved doors, coral reefs. It is a tourist’s paradise, with tranquil, warm tropical waters, many miles of beautiful sandy beaches on the Indian Ocean. Zanzibar has a rich and ancient past, having been the center for travelers sailing from distant lands of the Middle East by dhows.Due to the generally slower pace of life, its tranquility has survived Zanzibar’s lasting mystique has attracted travelers from around the world for centuries. In past generations ivory, slaves and spices were transported on large wooden sailing Dhows across the world. Although spices remain a main export, Zanzibar’s main attraction is its beauty and the contrasting coasts of this magical Spice Island.
The dive sites off the coast of Zanzibar are many, varied and suitable for all levels of experience. The most famous is Mnemba Atoll Marine Park, a reserve where net fishing is banned to help stop the destruction of the reef and increase fish stock levels. Marine park fees are paid for each guest that enters and the money goes back into the local communities of the fisherman who would normally fish the waters and now fish else where. This scheme is extremely effective, the reef is teaming with shoals of fish and the coral is re-growing at an impressive pace. One of the reefs is home to a green turtle cleaning station – the current record of turtles seen on one dive sits at twenty one!
Leven Banks is an example of a more advanced site, situated in the Pemba channel, this huge dive site with some strong currents comes up from the deep to within around fourteen metres from the surface and is where you are most likely to see big fish. Schooling barracudas, big sting rays and the occasional shark can often be seen passing in the blue. Even if the big guys don’t appear this is still an excellent site with large fan corals, schools of snapper and Moorish idols floating motionless as you are pushed along by the currents. A very good dive for advanced divers.
The local reefs closer to the dive centre are also well worth a visit. Ranging from ten to forty five minutes away they can easily be reached in a morning or afternoon and still give you plenty of time to relax on a beach afterwards and work on your sun tan. These reefs are stunning, with a large array of coral to be found and lots of smaller creatures such as nudibranches and mantis shrimp hiding in all the nooks and crannies.
(This clip was filmed by our clients during their holiday in Zanzibar in 2013)
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Diving in Zanzibar – Support local fishermen
Welcome to FUN DIVERS ZANZIBAR – Local PADI Dive Resort in Nungwi, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa surrounded by abundant Indian Ocean coral reefs with over 500 species of marine species at best dive spots Zanzibar has to offer for every level of diving.
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Carlos diving with East Africa Diving and Good Omen Travel in Zanzibar
A day trip out to Mnemba Island diving Kitchuani and Small Wall. Nice calm day with dolphins on the way back to Nungwi
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Dive Zanzibar guided by local expert PADI Pros
Dive Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa guided by local expert PADI Pros. Explore abundant Indian Ocean coral reefs, encounter ponds of bottelnose dolphins, green sea turtles, tropical reef fish and extraordinary sea creatures around conservation area Mnemba Atoll Marine Park, the flourishing coral gardens of Tumbatu and Nungwi reef. With average water temperatures of 27 degrees Celsius and visibility between 20 and 60 metres, Zanzibar is a great diving destination throughout the year.
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Zanzibar Scuba diving 2017
October 2017, some impressions from our trip to Zanzibar.
There are some very nice scuba diving videos about this area on youtube. However, these are the best pictures I got from 10 dives due to a very poor visibility.
Zanzibar is the largest group of islands off east Africa. The archipelago is about 40 km off the Tanzanian coast.
The Island has been a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania since 1964. The official languages are Swahili and English. Almost all of the local inhabitants are Muslims.
We stayed at the Green and Blue Ocean Lodge, an eco-friendly, authentic zanzibar-styled boutique lodge with an excellent cuisine situated on the north-eastern side of the main island of Unguja.
Big Thanks to Alois and his crew!!! Mossi, one of the waiters in the restaurant took us on a a walk through the village of Kigomani and the fish market. Kigomani surrounds the hotel and it is the place where he was born and where his family lives.
From the restaurants open-air terrace you can watch the local kids playing in the sea, fishermen going out or coming back, repairing their boats and nets or even the celebration of a traditional wedding so you get a bit of this african flavour.
The dive center Dive Point Zanzibar is a 10-30 Minutes boat ride away (depending on tides) and located in another hotel up the coast.
It´s a very well run and perfectly maintained PADI center with everything you need for a good and safe week of diving. These guys are very professional and nice.Thank you to Adam, Rama, Abou, Hamisi and everybody else!!
Zanzibar has a typical tropical climate thanks to its location slightly south of the equator.
Off the coast lies Mnemba Island with its Atoll, a photogenic place to snorkel and scuba dive. Unfortunately it is the main place most dive centers and providers of snorkeling trips in this area go to so it can be very crowded with people and boats.
From an ecological or ethical point of view this might actually be good because in this way the bigger part of the atoll stays untouched by divers and snorkelers and only has to deal with the local fishermen who spearfish and netfish around the atoll for a living.
Of course coral bleaching is a problem and the quantity of fish is mediocre... Some reefs (especially further up the coast towards Nungwi or on the eastern side (facing the open ocean) I found in much better shape though)
So if you want to relax in a very nice boutique hotel with an authentic african surrounding and very outstanding food, if you seek calmness and recreation and avoid beach partying and mass tourism this might be a place to go.
But if you are a very experienced/enthusiastic (or spoiled...) scuba diver and you have seen a lot of good dive spots around the world you might google for another destination with less snorkelers and hopefully healthier coral and more fish.
Diving Zanzibar - Tanzania 2018
impressions of 22 dives around Unguja Island in March 2018
at the diving sites Mnemba (Marine Conservation area), Kichafi, Tumbatu, Mwana Wa Mwana, Nankivel, Shane's Reef, Levenbank, Leon's Wall, Nungwi (night dives),
dive company: Divine Divers @ Cholo's beach in Nungwi
the highlights:
bigeye - priacanthidae, batfish - platax,
green sea turtle - chelonia mydas,
flathead / crocodilefish - papilloculiceps longiceps,
pipefish - syngnathinae, clownfish - amphiprioninae,
bluespotted ribbontail ray - taeniura lymma,
geometric moray - gymnothorax griseus,
leopard moray eel / dragon moray - enchelycore pardalis,
ghost moray eel - rhinomuraena quaesita,
gem sea slug - goniobranchus geminus,
porcelain crab - neopetrolisthes maculatus,
peacock mantis shrimp - odontodactylus scyllarus,
harlequin shrimp - hymenocera picta,
dancing shrimp - rhynchocinetes durbanensis,
octopus - octopodidae,
pharaoh cuttlefish - sepia pharaonis,
cowfish - lactoria fornasini,
stonefish - synacneia,
sea Robin / gurnard - triglidae,
crocodile snake eel - brachysomophis crocodilinus,
robust ghost pipefish - solenostomus cyanopterus,
demon stinger / devil stinger - inimicus didactylus,
shrimpfish - centriscinae,
weedy scorpionfish - rhinopias frondosa
garden eels - heterocongrinae,
special thanx to Sabi, Ofer, Moran, Raphael, Juma, Muhamed & Ali,
video and music by Markus Jimi Ivan
@ SRDS Deutsch-Wagram - Austria 2018
Afrika Zanzibar diving
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Warere Beach, Nungwi, Tanzania, HD Review
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Featuring free WiFi, Warere Beach offers accommodations in Nungwi, just 2.4 miles from Kendwa. The hotel has an outdoor pool and barbecue, and guests can enjoy a meal at the restaurant or a drink at the bar. Free private parking is available on site.
You will find a kettle in the room.
You will find a 24-hour front desk and gift shop at the property.
This hotel has a private beach area and free use of bicycles is available. The hotel also provides car rental. The nearest airport is Kisauni Airport, 34 miles from Warere Beach .
Diving with Big Blu Mafia Island Dive Centre, Tanzania
Big Blu Mafia Island Dive Centre is a PADI 5* IDC Centre in Mafia Island offering daily dives, PADI courses, snorkelling and other activities in and around the Chole Bay area in Mafia Island Marine Park. Diving is planned according to the tides with a minimum of 2 dives being offered daily, sometimes 3rd and night dives as well. Mafia Island offers unique diving with varied topography and incredible biodiversity. Dive sites vary from walls, tropical reefs and muck dives. Big Blu also offers accommodation and restaurant/bar close to the beach with packages offered. For more information visit bigblumafia.com