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dive destinations in Pwani
Mafia Island is the largest (50km long by 15km across) of the Tanzanian Zanzibar Archipelago. Mafia Airport is located here.
There is a rich vegetation dominated by large palm groves, baobabs, mango and papaya trees. The island is home to bushbabies, wild pigs, genets, vervet monkeys and lots of sea birds nesting near the coast. Today Mafia is a well known scuba diving destination. It is teeming with marine life and pristine coral gardens which are under protection of the Mafia Island Marine P...