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.

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.
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
What's Not Included
  • 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…

Cancellation Policy

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

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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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Pamelaso1463jb
Mar 23, 2023
Exciting to see so many dolphins all at once. - Beautiful experience at Mnemba Atoll, we swam with dolphins in the surrounding waters. Snorkeling, there are lots of tropical fish, too bad the reef is very defaced. On the strip of white sand where you stop to swim and take some pictures the beach boys offer fresh fruit of all kinds. Fantastic!
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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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Yan2montagnard
Oct 24, 2022
Excursion around Mnemba Island (snorkeling, BBQ) - We had a wonderful excursion around Matemwe for a half day: 2 snorkeling sites with beautiful fish and corals around Mnemba Island, a excursion to a sandbank that emerges at low tide only (sandbank) and finally a seafood and fish BBQ on the white sandy beach of Muyuni. Our guide to Matemwe: Ali B. Faki also offers other activities . Contact him to find out more.
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883fabricec
Sep 15, 2022
Wonderful - Great to do absolutely. It's the aquarium. Exceptional site. Oh, great. Exceptional site. I didn't have to provide any equipment they're lending it to you. Superb to do absolutely. It's the aquarium. Exceptional site. Great. Exceptional site. I enjoyed myself, no need to provide equipment, they will lend it to you
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Stephaniest91
Jun 16, 2022
Wonderful water, great for snorkeling, great experience. - The driver was unfortunately 40 minutes late, after about half the trip our tour guide got in the car, he was very friendly, he spoke very good English, he told us a lot about Zanzibar during the rest of the trip and of course everything we wanted to know. After that we took a boat to the island of Mnemba (you are not allowed to enter), we had a lot of time for snorkeling, got fresh fruit and water in between. Lots of fish, lots of corals. Afterwards we drove on to a wonderful sandbar, fantastic water! Due to the driver's delay not 5 stars.
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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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897marw
Sep 14, 2024
Mnemba Island + Dolphin Tour - Overflow, dolphins were hunted rather than snorkeling with them in peace. Sandbar was not possible due to high tide. It's not worth getting up at 6 a.m. for that.
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374caroling
Nov 3, 2022
Not worth it - The tour is not worth it. The turtles are no longer in the place of the “reef”. There is also no real reef, so there are not a lot of colorful fish in the area. The guide doesn't really want to release information either. The fruit was great.
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From $124
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).