Pemba Island Location:
Pemba is an island located off the coast of Tanzania, just north of Zanzibar (Unguja island).

Pemba Island Main Attractions:
There's plenty to tempt the traveling diver both above and below the surface. Topside there are white sand beaches, wildlife safaris and the rich culture of the Swahili people.

Pemba Island General Overview:
Comprising the coasts of Kenya & Tanzania and the spice islands of the Zanzibar Archipelago, travel to East Africa is a truly exotic experience.

Fringing reefs and off-shore islands are swept by nutrient rich waters carried across the Indian Ocean by oceanic currents from Asia.

They flow through the 600m deep Pemba Channel, which separates the Kenyan mainland, at Shimoni, from the walls of Pemba Island, and its in these waters that the regions best diving can be found. Conditions here are ideal all year round, with the exception of May and June, which seasonally subjects to the long rains.

Pemba Island Visa Requirements:

• South Africans require a visa to travel to Pemba Island (Tanzania)
• Visitors can obtain visas arriving at Zanzibar International Airport and Karume Airport on Pemba Island.
• Costs vary between nationalities from USD50 for British nationals & USD20 for Italian nationals. (Please check prior to your departure as rates periodically change.
• Other points in Tanzania currently offering Visas on entry are Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro International Airports.
• If traveling via Kenya, then a similar visa is required for Kenya, which is also available at the airports.

Tanzania Consulate Details:

• Tanzania High Commission - Pretoria, South Africa: Tel: +27 12 342 4371/93, Email: tanzania@cis.co.za

Pemba Island Health Requirements:

• To visit Mafia Island you require a Malaria & Yellow Fever inoculation.

Getting To Pemba Island:

• Pemba Island is accessible by light aircraft from Zanzibar (±30 minutes)
• To Zanzibar: Flights daily from Johannesburg, departing at 13:50 arriving Zanzibar 18:40, returning daily from Zanzibar 09:20 arriving Johannesburg 13:10