Southern Tanzania

The Southern Tanzania coastline begins more or less with Mafia Island.  Mafia is Tanzania's third big island  (the other being Zanzibar and Pemba) and is located south of Zanzibar Island.

Just south of Mafia Island lies the Mafia Archipelago, made up up of the islands of Okuza, Nyuni, and Fanjove.  Further to the south is Kilwa Masoko, the unknown pearl of Tanzania and site of one of the biggest Arab settlements in East Africa that was established well before Zanzibar.

From Kilwa southward to the border of Mozambique lies some 100 nautical miles of virgin and unspoilt coastline that have yet to be explored.  Lindi and Mtwara are the main towns down that part of the coastline, with Mtwara having the better known dive sites.

The southern coastline of Tanzania is remote, and in terms of what we do, remote is good.  It means less crowds (there are but two handfuls of resorts spead over some 200 nautical miles of coastline_, less fishing pressure, and more natural beauty for us to share with you.    Mafia and the islands south of it, Kilwa, and the entire coastline to the border of Mozambique all lie on the country's continental shelf.  That means steep drop-offs, and being remote areas, there are some exceptional dive sites to visit along a 7 - 10 night live aboard diving trip.

Navigate at night and dive during the day and take the opportunity to discover this little known under and above water part of East Africa.

Trips to Southern Tanzania require a minimum 7 nights live aboard trips that would start either in Zanzibar, so as to include Latham Island, or in Mafia so as to include the southern islands, Kilwa Masoko, and Mtwara.  At the moment, we are the only company in East Africa that is dedicated to offering live aboard diving to Southern Tanzania.  Contact us for more information on live aboard diving trips to Southern Tanzania.