Pemba & Mafia Island
Most people have heard of Zanzibar, but there is much more to this archipelago of beautiful islands – namely the islands of Pemba and Mafia.
Pemba is a wonderful destination in its own right, with numerous smaller islands spread all the way along its coast. With excellent diving and fishing, and less tourism than Zanzibar itself, Pemba lies approximately 80 km northeast of Zanzibar Island - about the same distance of the Tanzanian mainland. Pemba is hilly, fertile and heavily vegetated, and is known for its voodoo and traditional healers.
Just a short twenty-minute flight from Dar es Salaam, close to the great Rufiji River Delta, lies Mafia Island. Its large, flat, sandy landscape is very different to the fertile hills of Pemba. The Mafia Island Marine Reserve, especially rich in small fish species and with some of the finest coral in the Indian Ocean, is the largest and most significant such reserve in East Africa. Planet Africa would take great pleasure in sending you to these magical islands.
