Below is a list of lodges we would recommend specifically for diving & snorkelling in Zanzibar. You may read more about each lodge by clicking on the lodge name. We suggest you take a closer look, and then if you like what you see you can add the lodge to your list of favourites, and go from there...

7 lodges found for diving & snorkelling in Zanzibar

Unguja Lodge South-west Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Unguja Lodge has a dive center on-site, run by a company with a reliable reputation on Zanzibar. Snorkellers and divers will enjoy the coral in the protected 'Menai Bay' area, whilst the most experienced divers can even head out to new dive sites, identified only by a GPS. If you wish to do a diving course, let us know when you book your trip. - View lodge details

Fairmont Zanzibar East Coast Zanzibar, Zanzibar
There is a PADI dive centre at the Fairmont Zanzibar, which offers high0-quality scuba-diving excursions and dive training. This fully equipped dive-center boast a fully-functioning decompression chamber, one of only three in Africa – so it's an excellent place from which to dive for the more safety-conscious. - View lodge details

Mnemba Island Lodge East Coast Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Mnemba Island is beside Zanzibar best coral reefs; so other lodges will sail for an hour to dive or snorkel here. From Mnemba you just step off the shore, or have a 5-minute motorboat ride to your dive site. - View lodge details

Matemwe Bungalows East Coast Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Matemwe Bungalows is on the north-east coast of Zanzibar - within a relatively short sail of the Mnemba atoll, venue for some of the best diving and snorlkellling in the area. - View lodge details

Shooting Star Lodge East Coast Zanzibar, Zanzibar
There's a full PADI dive centre nearby which organises diving and snorkelling throughout the area. Trips are often organised to dive in the Mnemba Island area. - View lodge details

Chumbe Island South-west Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Chumbe Island offers guided snorkelling trips on some of the most pristine and amazing coral gardens in the world. To help preserve them, no diving is allowed. - View lodge details

Sunrise Hotel Michamvi Peninsula, Zanzibar
There's an excellent PADI dive centre based at one of the nearby lodges which organises diving and snorkelling trips throughout the area. - View lodge details

Alternatively, click below for more ideas of places to consider for diving & snorkelling throughout our specialist region:


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