So if you want to see the beaches in Zanzibar then you need to head North or North-East....we headed up to Nungwi after securing a good lead from Masoud from the Chavda....he hooked us up with Issa who was willing to drive us the distance to the Mnarani Beach Cottages up in Nungwi for a mere $50,000 Tsh. This was a good rate particularly in the low season.
This is also where, unbeknownst to me, I would check off a couple of items from the bucket list. I had never gone snorkelling or scuba diving before and sure enough that is what we did over the next couple of days.
Snorkelling - for $30 each we got hooked up with Captain Juma...our local guide who got us on the dhow that headed out to Mnembe atoll... I think this was the result of stellar negotiation yet again since it was worth double! You can negotiate alot in the low season. In any case we ended up on a boat with about 20 others and got hooked up with all the snorkelling gear required. This is where I learned the ropes on how not to panick in the water, how to breath and ultimaltey do a duck dive without drowning myself. It was soooo cool. We stayed in the water for a couple of hours and then when done headed to the island bar-b-q for beautifully grilled king fish and rice and fruit. Best fish we had on the trip!
Scuba diving - so the next day we decided we would try the scuba diving....something I wasn't sure I would ever do but thankfully they had beginners class (scuba for dummies...) that would allow me to get comfortable with the whole breathing underwater thing...it took a bit for me to be convinced that this was something that I really wanted to do but once I got the hang of it I actually really enjoyed the experience of it all. It was so cool to know that we were 12metres underwater (I was side by side the divemaster the entire time) and seeing all the beautiful coral reefs and tropical fish....in the end I got talked into 2 dives and loved every minute of it. I highly recommend Chris from East Africa Divers...really nice south african guy who knows what he is doing.
I can now cross off a couple things from the bucket list! Beats having to go to mexico at this point in time!
This is also where, unbeknownst to me, I would check off a couple of items from the bucket list. I had never gone snorkelling or scuba diving before and sure enough that is what we did over the next couple of days.
Snorkelling - for $30 each we got hooked up with Captain Juma...our local guide who got us on the dhow that headed out to Mnembe atoll... I think this was the result of stellar negotiation yet again since it was worth double! You can negotiate alot in the low season. In any case we ended up on a boat with about 20 others and got hooked up with all the snorkelling gear required. This is where I learned the ropes on how not to panick in the water, how to breath and ultimaltey do a duck dive without drowning myself. It was soooo cool. We stayed in the water for a couple of hours and then when done headed to the island bar-b-q for beautifully grilled king fish and rice and fruit. Best fish we had on the trip!
Scuba diving - so the next day we decided we would try the scuba diving....something I wasn't sure I would ever do but thankfully they had beginners class (scuba for dummies...) that would allow me to get comfortable with the whole breathing underwater thing...it took a bit for me to be convinced that this was something that I really wanted to do but once I got the hang of it I actually really enjoyed the experience of it all. It was so cool to know that we were 12metres underwater (I was side by side the divemaster the entire time) and seeing all the beautiful coral reefs and tropical fish....in the end I got talked into 2 dives and loved every minute of it. I highly recommend Chris from East Africa Divers...really nice south african guy who knows what he is doing.
I can now cross off a couple things from the bucket list! Beats having to go to mexico at this point in time!
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