Visitors to Mafia Island are enjoying a fantastic whale shark season with daily sightings of multiple whale sharks offering excellent snorkeling excursions with these amazing creatures. The whale ...

Belonging to Tanzania, and part of the Zanzibar Archipelago, Mafia Island is a peaceful paradise whose economy is based on fishing, subsistence agriculture, and the local market in Kilindoni.

Tanzania had survived another season of waterboarding and anticipation hung over Africa’s East Coast as thick as the post-monsoon humidity. A few clicks south another, lesser-known island had only ...

Mafia Island’s main town, Kilindoni, sits on the west coast and serves as the island’s transport hub. On the east coast, Chole Bay offers a stunning deep-water anchorage surrounded by smaller ...

It is also possible for visitors to spot whale sharks on the western side of Mafia Island, close to the island's main town, Kilindoni.

Mafia Island's main town, Kilindoni, sits on the west coast and serves as the island's transport hub.

The new 'MV Kilindoni, Hapa Kazi Tu' ferry that was unveiled early last month is proving to be the real game-changer for the Mafia Island economy that was seeing sluggish growth.

Research results have identified environmental and other factors affecting presence of whale sharks in Mafia Island - one of the world’s leading whale shark residency sites. The large fish’s existence ...

Research results have identified environmental and other factors affecting presence of whale sharks in Mafia Island - one of the world’s leading whale shark residency sites. The large fish’s existence ...