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Scuba diving and snorkelling in Mafia Mafia Island and its reefs are renown as an excellent, World-class diving destination. Scientists have confirmed that Mafia has some of the richest reefs in the World, with an unparalleled variety of hard and soft corals and diversity of tropical fish. We have identified fabulous dive sites from Mafia to Kilwa offering shallow reefs of immense beauty and richness, bommies, channels, walls and caves, drift and night dives. These are new sites and we have years of exploration to do. KINASI offers great diving for advanced and novice divers in safety under professional instruction. We take great snacks and picnic lunches aboard our dive boats and stay out for two-tank dives or, after diving, enjoy the rest of the day with a visit to other islands or historic and interesting sites. The snorkelling on the shallow reefs surrounding the many islands in and around Chole Bay is a great attraction for non-divers and divers alike. Novice, adventure diving, (night, wall, reef and drift dives) are regular features of an active diving programme. For groups of up to six guests a cruise can be planned to take in the marvellous destinations of Ras Mkumbi, Forbes Bay, Kitutia Reef, Okuza and Nyuni Islands and the reef complex surrounding Songo Songo and Njovi islands. These safaris offer superb diving and snorkelling over exquisite coral gardens in excellent visibility, and have rarely been dived. Trained diving assistants handle all equipment, help divers and check their equipment, so that you are free to enjoy the dives and all other activities during each day. Equipment We have a fully equipped dive centre with equipment for up to twenty divers. The Blue World Diving and Water Sports centre is managed by our resident Dive Instructors. We use Dacor, Mares and Scubapro buoyancy vests, Apeks and Scubapro demand valves and Faber cylinders and employ rigid safety and maintenance standards. There is a wide variety of masks, fins and wetsuits to choose from, all included in the dive rates. We buddy divers carefully to ensure similar standards and interests and all diving is preceded by briefings and checks, to ensure maximum enjoyment. The disturbance or removal of any form of marine life is prohibited and we use boat engines of low horsepower to minimise pollution, and sail the dhow whenever possible. We have been assisting marine research for over six years and hope that all our guests will benefit from the accumulated knowledge and the conservation programmes underway. How we arrange our diving excurions All activities are organized on a daily basis to suit guests' interests and specific requests, and all activities and excursions are subject to weather, tides and availability of craft and personnel. Our staff will talk to guests each evening to determine what they would like to do the next day, and choose the dive sites accordingly. On each excursion we carry oxygen, first aid and a picnic box packed with cold water, soft drinks, tea and coffee, biscuits and cake. Diving makes you thirsty and hungry ! Do I have to pre-book? NO, you do not need to book ahead, as there is always a daily programme and we guarantee to dive, even for one guest! Diving safaris overnight and longer trips DO have to be pre-arranged and are not offered during our very busy seasons (August, December-January). Scuba diving and snorkelling - Rates Kinasi dive rates are subject to change; the current rates are set our below [rates]. You will need a version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this document, however if you don't click here to install the latest version. We do offer a discount for those bringing their own equipment. Also a "package" of ten dives or more is discounted so the eleventh dive is free for any individual diver. We also have an excellent dive offer for Mafia North and South (Kinasi Lodge on Chole Bay and La Lua Cheia at Ras Bweni) and Mafia and Zanzibar (with Ras Nungwi Beach Resort). Check this out under BOOKINGS AND TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS. |
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