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Zanzibar Mnemba Atoll Snorkeling Tour: Explore Marine Reserve in Half Day Adventure
Embark on a thrilling half-day snorkeling tour in Zanzibar City and discover the vibrant marine life of Mnemba Atoll. Swim with lionfish, moray eels, stingrays, and turtles in this stunning Marine Reserve.
Embark on a thrilling half-day snorkeling tour in Zanzibar City and discover the vibrant marine life of Mnemba Atoll. Swim with lionfish, moray eels, stingrays, and turtles in this stunning Marine Reserve.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mnemba Island - Snorkeling at the incredibly colorful and diverse reefs that surround the island, This atoll features an easy dive down to about 20 meters and quite a bit of coral, you can also spot dolphins, whales, and sea turtles due to the deeper water in the area.
- Mnemba Island - Snorkeling at the incredibly colorful and diverse reefs that surround the island, This atoll features an easy dive down to about 20 meters and quite a bit of coral, you can also spot dolphins, whales, and sea turtles due to the deeper water in the area.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Snacks
- Driver/guide
- Fresh fruits
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Snacks
- Driver/guide
- Fresh fruits
- Use of snorkeling equipment
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Lunch
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Lunch
Additional Information
Begin this 4-hour snorkeling expedition in Zanzibar City and venture to Mnemba Atoll on the Island’s northeast coastline. This Marine Reserve is famed for its marine species such as lionfish, moray eels, stingrays, and turtles frolicking in the shallow waters. Explore a bit further and the reef plunges into a large reef wall teeming with schools of…
Begin this 4-hour snorkeling expedition in Zanzibar City and venture to Mnemba Atoll on the Island’s northeast coastline. This Marine Reserve is famed for its marine species such as lionfish, moray eels, stingrays, and turtles frolicking in the shallow waters. Explore a bit further and the reef plunges into a large reef wall teeming with schools of giant trevally, emperor fish on the hunt, yellow snappers, barracuda, and with a bit of luck, napoleon fish and turtles. The snorkeling activities are supervised by a seasoned guide who will assist in spotting the fish, answer any of your marine life queries, and ensure your safety and comfort.
- Minimum age is 3 years
- A minimum of 2 adults per booking is required
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Alinamido
May 29, 2024
Great blue waters - We had the absolute pleasure of having Moshi as our guide for our Zanzibar excursions, and he made our trips truly unforgettable! Moshi's deep knowledge of the island, coupled with his warm and friendly demeanor, made every moment special.
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Marie_canada8
Sep 19, 2023
Great morning! - Great morning with Moshi (+255 627 449 934). We went to Mnembe island to swim in the coral. While we were there dolphins passed by and Moshi invited us to swim with them even though this wasn’t agreed on before hand. He is very friendly and provided a great service. Would recommend to anyone visiting Matembwe beach.
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Teresasa7302ir
Feb 28, 2023
Snorkeling Trip - Josef was our guide. He showed up on time to take us on the snorkeling trip. He was friendly and knowledgeable. Flexible with our schedule so that we could spend as much or as little time as we wanted at the sites we went to. The Indian Ocean water and the atoll were beautiful.
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Roxanav73
Jan 25, 2020
Captain John , 5Stars trip - Captain John did organise this trip for us . We found him on the beach, next to the Zanzibar Pearl Boutique Hotel. Such a easy guy whit a big smile that wants to convince you that he knows his island very good and he can show you the best of it . After 5 trips whit him I really can say that not only that he is good in his job but he makes it whit pleasure, in a high quality way and at the end you will discover a friend in him not only a tour guy!!!
This trip is one of the best that you can do !
Dolphins, snorkeling,make some wonderful picture on a atoll in the middle of the ocean, great fresh lunch( seafood and fruits)snorkeling again...
Great, great great trip and Captain John is the one that can make your trip memorable Try it !
If you want to reach him , this is his mobile number +255778716612
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Bobolanti
Dec 26, 2019
My Zanzibar Baecation - What an exhilarating experience we had. We were in luck and saw those magnificent dolphins in beautiful turquoise waters with plenty of great picturesque fish 🐠 . It's an experience that will remain with us for a long time. Especially since it was my first...
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362theresej
Nov 10, 2019
Great snorkling tour around Mnemba - We really enjoyed this snorkling tour around Mnemba Atoll. First we went looking for dolphins and we saw some wild dolphins. There was a lot of fish and we were able to snorkle for about two hours with a break. During the break we were served fresh fruits and water. After snorkling we went to a beautiful sand bank and spent half an hour there before heading back to Zanzibar Island. Beautiful tour!
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Sxxxvxxx
Jan 3, 2024
Great place - way too crowded - The destination is great - but completely overcrowded. Even at the parking lot there is chaos due to the many taxi buses. There are well over 100 boats on the road at the moment, all looking for dolphins in the same place. As soon as a fin is spotted, dozens of boats race off, close together. Occasionally snorkelers jump into the water between the moving boats, very dangerous. We rush with all the other boats after the animals that keep appearing, which are obviously swimming away from us. We ask them to stop this and continue snorkeling. There is a lot to see - but boats keep driving right through countless snorkelers. Our guide swims with us along the reef and keeps an eye on us. We get fresh fruit on the boat.
We advise against it - great place, completely overcrowded and sometimes dangerous.
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Irina
Jan 30, 2020
overall, somewhat of a disappointement - A long and rather tiring trip by boat. It was very windy and there were not a lot of marine life to see, especially compared to the Maldives. The seafood picnic was nice, though. Overall, not to be advised by families with children or seniors,
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Weestepherz
Jul 28, 2021
Complete disappointment - Although we had not booked for any dolphin experience (I think its totally unethical) we ended up chasing this poor pod of dolphins around for about 30mins. Nobody seems to realise that when you have over 15boats in a tiny area, all chasing the animals at top speed or trying to cut in front of them, or even worse, when heavy humans are jumping on top of them from the boats, they're not going to hang around, as well as the detrimental effect this all has on their wellbeing. So even the dolphin experience, if you want it, is very shortlived and chaotic. Anyway, when we finally got to Mnemba Island, it was also a huge disappointment..there were over 30boats meaning they're knocking into each other and we didn't feel safe snorkelling amongst them as they were moving too much and their anchors are all tied up together in the water meaning not much free space for the snorkelling. The coral and fish were fine - there were some nice things to see for sure - but certainly not worth the time or cost of this trip. I would NEVER recommend this.
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Fuzzy_travellers
Nov 20, 2019
Dreadful & Misleading - This was the WORST tour we had in East Africa. The driver was nearly an hour late to collect us, then once we parked up he stood around with 5 other men all arguing aggressively, eventually we had to interrupt to ask what was going on to which we were told "I'm find you a captain". Finally we head off for the boat and theres 2 other men to assistant on the boat. It takes us nearly an hour to get to the island and it was PACKED, boats everywhere and completely unsafe. For lunch we were given a bottle of water each and a few pineapple and mango slices. No snorkelling equipment was provided so its lucky I brought my own, but my partner had to sit alone on the boat with nothing to do. The driver knew a little english but didn't engage with us about the marine life or anything, and the other two men couldn't speak english at all, so the tour was highly uncomfortable. The boat was tiny and old, the ladder was too short. Finally I asked the captain to head back, once we were on shore we were expected to tip all 3 men... FOR WHAT? I paid over $200 for this tour and it was awful! Please avoid this tour at all costs, rather book with your accommodation provider.
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