Much of Mafia Island is a protected Marine Park and among the world’s famous places for scuba diving. The diversity of marine life is excellent from invertebrates and celaphods to more than 460 species of tropical fish as well as a good healthy spread of hard and corals. On a dive you might expect to see nudibranchs, seahorses, leaf fish, groupers, Napoleons, frogfish, guitarfish and sometime elusive dugong. Whale sharks arrive in Mafia’s waters on their annual migration and can often be seen feeding on plankton upwellings in large numbers .The water temperature of the Indian Ocean is around 2
Activities: Arusha National Park, Lake Manyara National Park
Parks visited: Mafia Island
Package Highlights
- Arusha National Park
- Lake Manyara National Park
Day-by-Day Itinerary
Scuba Diving in Mafia Island
Much of Mafia Island is a protected Marine Park and among the world’s famous places for scuba diving. The diversity of marine life is excellent from invertebrates and celaphods to more than 460 species of tropical fish as well as a good healthy spread of hard and corals. On a dive you might expect t