{"id":4362,"date":"2017-01-27T10:20:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T10:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/AFRICAtime\/?p=4362"},"modified":"2020-07-22T09:39:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T08:39:27","slug":"tips-on-diving-in-zanzibar-and-mozambique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/tips-on-diving-in-zanzibar-and-mozambique\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips on diving in Zanzibar and Mozambique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WhaleShark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive aligncenter wp-image-6847 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WhaleShark.jpg\" alt=\"Diving in Zanzibar and Mozambique\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WhaleShark.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WhaleShark-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are many beautiful places to visit for a beach holiday in Africa. Enjoying such a holiday is not just about relaxing on a beach, there are many activities to sample, such as diving. Two of the top diving holiday destinations can be discovered in Zanzibar and Mozambique.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Diving in Zanzibar<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Zanzibar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive aligncenter wp-image-6848 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Zanzibar.jpg\" alt=\"A diver and colourful fish in Zanzibar\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Zanzibar.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Zanzibar-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-beaches\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Zanziba<\/span>r<\/a> is a destination with lots to offer. More commonly\u00a0recognised as a relaxing beach holiday to follow a safari adventure, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-beaches\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Zanzibar<\/span> <\/a>is now an up and coming destination\u00a0in which to\u00a0enjoy a diving holiday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are\u00a0plenty of\u00a0luxury hotels on the island of <span style=\"color: #2871d7;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-beaches\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Zanzibar <\/span><\/a><\/span>and many of them, such as <span style=\"color: #2871d7;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-beaches\/hideaway_of_nungwi_resort_&amp;_spa\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Hideaway of Nungwi Resort and Spa Hotel<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> have their own PADI diving schools and can offer PADI accredited diving courses from beginners to advanced abilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-beaches\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Zanzibar<\/span> <\/a>is the location of one of the best diving spots in Africa, and in particular the northern tip around Nungwi. Although <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-beaches\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Zanzibar<\/span> <\/a>is a fantastic part of Africa in which\u00a0to enjoy a diving holiday all year round some of the best months are September, October and December to April.\u00a0 September \/ October is perfect for diving in Zanzibar as this is the season when the migrating humpback and sperm whales pass through the Nungwi area of northern Zanzibar.\u00a0From December to April is good for diving in Zanzibar as this is manta ray and whale shark season.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Diving off the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-islands\">islands of Zanzibar<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For the more adventurous, the island of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-islands\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Pemba<\/span> <\/a>located just 50 kms north of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-islands\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Zanzibar<\/span>\u00a0<\/a> offers some of the best diving in the world. The spectacular coral has a wide variety of marine life where you will find\u00a0pristine diving locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Another incredible diving holiday is\u00a0available at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #2871d7;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-islands\/&amp;beyond_mnemba_island_lodge\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Mnemba Island Lodge<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> located on its own private island. Here you will encounter total paradise, combining an amazingly beautiful and quiet beach holiday, with exquisite diving in Zanzibar.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Diving in Mozambique<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mozambique1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive aligncenter wp-image-6844 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mozambique1.jpg\" alt=\"Diving in Mozambique\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mozambique1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mozambique1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/mozambique\/mozambique\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Mozambique<\/span><\/a><\/span> is made up of many different islands all of which offer incredible diving experiences. Diving in\u00a0<span style=\"color: #2871d7;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/mozambique\/mozambique\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Mozambique<\/span><\/a><\/span> is best enjoyed from June to September for a chance to see the migrating humpback whales, or October to March to see the whale sharks. At other times of the year there is plenty of other marine life to be spotted, such as barracuda, lion fish, turtles and lots of other reef fish.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Water temperatures<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SailBoat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive aligncenter wp-image-6845 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SailBoat.jpg\" alt=\"Dhows beside the beach\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SailBoat.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SailBoat-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In <span style=\"color: #2871d7;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\/zanzibar-beaches\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Zanzibar <\/span><\/a><\/span>the average water temperature is between 25 and 29 degrees Celsius and visibility is between 20 \u2013 60 metres.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/mozambique\/mozambique\"><span style=\"color: #2871d7;\">Mozambique<\/span> <\/a>the diving experience is very good with water temperatures averaging 22 degrees Celsius in winter and 27 degrees Celsius in summer and visibility is between 25-40 metres.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Ready to go?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Somak are an award-winning tour operator with almost 50 years\u2019 experience in organising luxury safari holidays. Our team are passionate about African travel and enjoy creating holidays to Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe\u00a0and Ethiopia. We can tailor-make your perfect holiday for diving in Zanzibar and Mozambique.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Speak to our experts 020 8423 3000<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[437,121,604,477,444,24,493,1,28],"tags":[69,479,478,593,480],"class_list":["post-4362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure","category-honeymoon","category-inspiration-africa","category-mozambique","category-special-interest","category-tanzania","category-travel-tips","category-uncategorized","category-zanzibar","tag-adventure","tag-beach-holiday","tag-diving-holiday","tag-honeymoon","tag-zanzibar-mozambique"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DivingZanzibar.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4362"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11085,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4362\/revisions\/11085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}