Mafia Island is a unique destination off Tanzania's coast with secluded sandbars, nesting turtles and migrating whale sharks. It is much less known and definitely much quieter than Zanzibar, but ...

Mafia Island is hardly a tourist hot spot, but it has built a small but passionate following among travelers drawn by its simple charms and serene atmosphere.

When it comes to traveling for the best scuba diving in the world, there’s no time to waste. Many of the world’s best dive sites are vanishing.

Most of the 65,000 people who live on Mafia Island survive off the ocean in one way or another. Quieter than its tourist magnet cousin to the north, Zanzibar, it’s still a world-class dive and ...

The Gulf Coast was the destination for dozens of divers this weekend as the Deep Water Mafia Spearfishing Tournament returned for its fourth—and largest—year yet.

Mafia Island offers some of the most pristine and untouched dive sites in Tanzania. The marine park ensures conservation and minimal human impact, creating an underwater haven.

Black sting-rays, giant groupers, spotted sweetlips and fluorescent parrot fish are the island's most menacing locals.Tira Shubart discovered that they could not have been more welcoming ...

Information from Dar es Salaam speaks of a windfall of marine experiences for tourists visiting Mafia Island, as increased sightings of the whale sharks have been reported in recent months.

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