Mnemba Island Tour: Private Dolphin Encounters and Snorkeling Experience
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12 Ratings
Mnemba
Embark on a private tour of Mnemba Island, where you can encounter dolphins, snorkel among vibrant coral reefs, and enjoy the beautiful energy of these marine creatures. Book now!
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mnemba - After pickup at your hotel on Unguja, Zanzibar, hop in your private boat toward Mnemba Island. Depending on conditions, reach the coral reef of the Mnemba Atoll Marine Reserve in up to 45 minutes. Once there, explore a reef that is big enough for everyone so you won’t feel crowded, even on busy days. Keep your eyes peeled for yellow snapper, barracuda, turtles, and much more. After snorkeling, enjoy a snack stop on a sandbank. Relax under the sun as you savor seasonal fresh fruit and other small bites. Later, head back to shore on Unguja. See local fishermen coming back from the sea and selling their day’s catches before being transferred back to your accommodation
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Snacks
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic Beverages
Additional Information

Embark on your journey early as it is the optimal time to observe dolphins. Begin your adventure in the ancient Matemwe fishing village, a significant town on the Island of Zanzibar. While on the lookout for dolphins, take the opportunity to snorkel amidst the beautiful coral reef, teeming with vivid fish and diverse sea creatures. Depending on the dolphins’ mood, you might get to see them frolicking about. As you’re in their natural environment, it’s uncertain if you’ll get to swim alongside them; however, your guide will ensure to keep the dolphins at ease, allowing you to appreciate their enchanting presence, either up close or from afar. Plus, the highlight was the freshly prepared fruit platter by our captain, which was extremely tasty! We were on a private tour, which was advantageous as we had the boat to ourselves.

Location
Mnemba
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(12 Ratings)
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Zayedb2024
Feb 18, 2024
Successful trip - The trip was incredible. The guide Abbas and the driver Khamiss welcomed us early in the morning in a good mood. It felt like a trip with old friends. They took our wishes into account and tried to make it as pleasant as possible for us. When we arrived at the boat, Captain Hamzani also welcomed us very warmly. He enabled us to see dolphins and found us a nice place to snorkel. He showed us lots of beautiful things from the underwater world. For example, beautiful starfish and he enabled us to take lots of great pictures. All in all, it was a very successful trip. We have the three nice gentlemen to thank for that.
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Rosines2024
Feb 14, 2024
Bucket list worthy!!! - It was a terrific experience. Language barrier because they speak more swahili than English. You have a varied category of boats to choose from according to your means. You can go as a group or book solo. Overall, the tourist guides are friendly and considerate The waters are as blue as you see on screen. Chased after the dolphins. It was exciting though the billows were initially quite intimidating. I cant swim, so i didnot snorkel. Those who did were jolly they fed and snapped the fishes. On our way back they stopped in shallow areas and we got down and basked in the beautiful blues. Caught and held some starfish. Light refreshments were served aboard- tropical fruits. Delirious experience indeed.
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D4854lslisac
Oct 27, 2023
Excellent trip to membe island - We were very well looked after. Snorkeling was amazing and saw many beautiful fish. We saw dolphins and were in the water with them. Very memorable trip.
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E9316miwalterp
Oct 19, 2023
Excellent family vacation - Excellent service very professional The team when above and beyond to ensure that our child had an excellent trip
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969jumam
Sep 4, 2023
Amazing trip with nice team - Very good team and excellent service a special thanks to giga boy he is very professional driver and he do very good Job and smoothly drive.
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Azzaly223
Aug 27, 2023
Nice Day trip to Zanzibar - Nice day trip to see some of the most important sports of the Island including mnemba Island and Dolph sport Special thanks to my captain Mzii and driver Simba
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Estherj865
May 18, 2023
Excellent - Actually no words needed for this experience. Everything was just amazing. We could swim with dolphins and see a beautiful underwater world. Everybody was so lovely and nice. The whole stuff is wonderful. I would always repeat that great experience and highly recommend to go on at least one adventurous tour with these guys. Thanks for making this day unforgettable!!!
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W1729jnjohnv
Mar 6, 2024
Over promised and under delivered - All round not great . The “full day” turned out to be 2 hours ! The guide was in a rush to get rid of us , kept checking the time . The dolphins basically surface to breathe and then dive deep down, no doubt terrified by the 20 odd boats swarming around the area . The snorkeling was good , lots of fish etc to see , along with another 20 boats on the area.
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Annegb535oa
Mar 9, 2024
An exploitative rip-off - This trip was not as advertised. I paid $70 for a little boat that had no water or proper snorkelling equipment.. I managed to find out from the ‘guide’ and boat driver how much they get paid and it seems that the company behind this trip is pocketing around 80% of the total price. Such exploitation of hard working local people. I suggest that those wishing to do a trip like this go down to the beach and negotiate something directly.
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Sunita
Feb 8, 2024
do not book dolphin and snorkeling tours in Zanzibar - Unfortunately, it was a complete disappointment. We generally advise against snorkeling/dolphin tours here in Zanzibar, as they all take place on the same day. When we arrived (we booked a private tour), we saw huge groups of people on the beach, all of whom were on their way to a snorkeling/dolphin adventure. We were alone on the boat with the guide, but we all went to the same sandbank, to the same snorkeling spot. Luckily, the weather wasn't so good and we didn't have to look at the poor dolphins and disturb them. There were probably over 20 boats at the spots at the same time. When we arrived at the snorkeling spot, we saw how many people had parked their boats in the same place. It was a small rocky "coral reef" where fish were being fed, and all the boats were anchored right there. I was worried the whole time that I would be run over, and the boats were very loud. There were no fish up to this spot and the "reef" looked pretty lifeless... it was just a very sad sight, so we left quickly. The sandbank was very beautiful and the fruit was also very tasty, but you should still avoid it.
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