Nungwi Mnarani Aquarium and Marine Turtle Conservation Lagoon Tours and Activities

Visit the beaches and villages on the northern edge of Zanzibar on a half-day tour to Kendwa Beach and Nungwi, where you’ll have free time to explore and play. Book an adventure sport such as parasailing, flyboarding, water skiing, and wakeboarding, or opt for a kid-friendly outing on a ringo or banana boat. With both morning and afternoon departures available, this tour includes pickup and drop-off at Zanzibar hotels.

The village experience -tour is always done with local guides from the village, and all the activities are planned to benefit the village and nature conservation. Discover how locals live their everyday lives and how they make their livelihoods. Mnarani Aquarium is a small tidal lake surrounded by the porous coral rag stone that is home to dozens of endangered hawksbill and green turtles. You will get to feed the turtles with seaweed and to take photographs. You will also have a chance to visit dhow (local boat) makers by the beach and see how a boat will be prepared or made from the scratch. The tour finishes with a great Swahili local style lunch! If you are not staying in Nungwi, we are happy to arrange a reasonably priced transfer.

In 1993 the villagers of Nungwi opened this turtle sanctuary in a large natural tidal pool near the lighthouse and since then these sea creatures have enjoyed a degree of protection from being hunted and eaten. You can see turtles of various species and sizes, If fishermen accidentally catch a turtle in their net, they bring it to the aquarium. Likewise, turtle eggs discovered on the beach are brought here to hatch.On a single day every February, a highlight of the year is when local people, tourists, hotels and dive centres cooperate with conservationists to assist hundreds of hatchlings survive their perilous journey across the beach and out to the open sea. Once after the tour you will enjoy the Kendwa beach.

Depending on the tide it is possible to see how the women harvest their seaweed. Our guests will visit the processing center and factory located in the village. Here they’ll get the rare opportunity to see how the seaweed gets transformed into desirable beauty products like organic soaps and essential oils.

Its a 7-day tour package that will let you explore all of Zanzibar, all coasts (West, North, East, and South). This tour package includes all tours, transfers, accommodation, meals, etc. We included all must-visit and must-do activities and places in Zanzibar; Snorkeling at Mnemba Island, Dolphins, Sandbank, Spice Farm Tour, Prison Island, Stone Town Tour, Jozani Forest - National Park, Blue lagoon, The Rock restaurant, Jambiani, Nungwi, Mnarani Aquarium, Sunset in Nungwi, etc. This is a lifetime adventure that you will not want to miss.

We visit the Natural Aquarium, a rehabilitation home for endangered sea turtles. Then onto to the Darajani Fish market for the variety of local food and local trading. Next the Nungwi Boat Yard, where you’ll learn how the dhows are built; from the sourcing of the wood to the joints used and how they are launched