Snorkeling 25 US$, Marimbani 40 US$, Cholle Island 10 US$, 105 US$ 2 dives. Open Water costs 580 US$ (4 days).
Mafia Island Diving was founded in 2012 and operates under a reputation for stellar customer service, within Tanzania's largest and oldest marine protected area. The centre offers its clients the full range of PADI and SSI courses, and is the only owner-managed centre in the archipelago, with its management having a combined 20 years of diving experience in East Africa alone.
Safety is paramount, which is evident in every aspect of the operation. With a maximum ratio of 4 divers per guide and unique and comfortable dive boats, Mafia Island Diving has redefined the way scuba diving is done, making it much more than just an underwater experience!
Mafia Diving is dedicated to the positive and sustainable development of the community and therefore prioritizes local employment, in order to preserve the love of the underwater environment and pass it on from generation to generation. Each staff member is hand-picked and trained in-house, from snorkel guide to Divemaster level.
In addition to a shared love for the underwater world, they also harbour a sense of curiosity and a thirst for exploration, which has led to the discovery of a number of dive sites that they have been the only ones to dive. These sites include incredible mud dives just meters from shore, as well as open ocean pinnacles bursting with life!
In 2019, Luxury Travel Guide awarded Mafia Island Diving the title of "Dive Company of the Year" for all of Tanzania, a nice addition to their Trip Advisor Hall of Fame accolade that reflects 5 consecutive years of excellent reviews.
Mafia Island Diving offers the opportunity to explore world-class dive sites from shore or via boat trips to a plethora of live reefs, walls and drift dives, as well as seasonal visits to oceanic sandbars and unpopulated islands. They also offer snorkeling trips, seasonal turtle hatchling and humpback whale watching trips, cultural and nature tours and much more!
Our goal is for our clients to have fun, but also to do as little as possible. We carry your tanks, prepare your gear, wash your equipment and even serve your tea! Our dive groups are never larger than four divers per guide and our dive courses are given on request. We speak 6 languages to make you feel at home and we are always working on adding another one!
All of our adventures take place on traditional Arabian-inspired dhows, with the aim of blending in as much as possible with the sailors of Mafia. All excursions are designed to show Mafia in its true natural beauty. According to them, "We don't think we should stage scenes or interfere with the natural environment. What you see is what we see, an unfiltered, unedited, first-hand look at Mafia, a collection of sleepy islands bursting with color, sights and sounds."
