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Zanzibar Island

Tanzania · East Africa

Zanzibar's main island is ringed by dramatically varied diving — from the oceanic seamount of Leven Bank where great hammerheads and silky sharks circle in blue water, to the reef sharks of Pange Sandbank and the colourful hard coral gardens just minutes from historic Stone Town.

Dive sites

Leven Bank

great hammerhead shark · silky shark · dogtooth tuna · rainbow runner

Pange Sandbank

whitetip reef shark · bluespotted ribbontail ray · spotted garden eel · napoleon wrasse

Stone Town Reefs

giant cuttlefish · titan triggerfish · moorish idol

Kendwa Reef

gorgonian sea fan · nudibranch (chromodoris) · giant moray

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Gear

Basic kit
- Mask and fins
- BCD and regulator
- 5mm full wetsuit · cooler water
- Dive computer
For specific sites
- Surface marker buoy (SMB) · Leven Bank
- Blue-water diving weight configuration · Leven Bank
- Dive torch · Stone Town Reefs
- Macro lens / SUPE wide-angle dioptre · Kendwa Reef