On the coast of Tanzania's Mafia Island lies a blue lagoon - a dream-like pool of bright turquoise water, filtered and cooled by the mangroves which surround it. Ailars David, a marine conservation ...

When seen on arrival by air, Mafia Island doesn’t appear to be much more than a crescent-shaped splash of green off the eastern coast of Africa. Slightly smaller than New York City, the verdant island ...

A Pristine, peaceful coastal tourism destination, Mafia Island is the only home for the whale sharks in Tanzania. Located 20 kilometers offshore from the eastern extent of the Rufiji delta on the ...

Mafia Island is a unique destination off Tanzania's coast with secluded sandbars, nesting turtles and migrating whale sharks. It is much less known and definitely much quieter than Zanzibar, but it ...

When seen on arrival by air, Mafia Island doesn’t appear to be much more than a crescent-shaped splash of green off the eastern coast of Africa. Slightly smaller than New York City, the verdant island ...

Working for WWF is the best thing that happened to me work-wise. It takes me to places Tanzanians usually don’t go to, as we are not a traveling people, like the Europeans. Since coming to work in ...

Skip the seasonal sun seekers and veneered beaches. Hidden among East Africa’s popular islands is Mafia Island, a place where things work a little differently. Few know about it. Fewer have been. But ...

Maendeleo : the meanings of "development" for Mafia residents -- Development and national elites -- From alternative development to discourses of ruin : European ...