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Fullday trip to Pungume and Uzi Island for Snorkeling and more
3.9
40 Ratings
Kizimkazi
Discover Pungume and Uzi Islands: Snorkel vibrant reefs, savor fresh seafood, and spot exotic wildlife on this full-day private adventure.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Kizimkazi - After hotel pickup, we will go to Kizimkazi Beach and start the trip
Before departing from Kizimkazi Beach, we will provide you with a snorkeling mask and flippers, and a lifejacket of your size in case you need one.
- Pungume Island - After departing from Kizimkazi Beach Village, we will first go to Pungume Island Reef. On The way to Pungume Island, we might encounter groups of dolphins and humpback whales (mostly between June and October), if we will encounter any, we will make a stop so you can get some photos.
Pungume Island reef is located between Zanzibar Island and Tanzania Mainland. It’s one of the best reefs in Zanzibar that can offer a great experience for snorkelers.
While snorkeling you might encounter green turtles, seahorses, Octopus, frogfish, Trumpetfish, Napoleon Wrasse, Lionfish, Stonefish, zebrafish, starfish, Bluefin Trevally, Leaffish, Scorpionfish, and many others.
- Pungume Island SandBank - After snorkeling, we will go to Pungume Sandbank. it’s one of the biggest Sandbanks in Zanzibar.
The Sandbank has clean white sand surrounded by crystal clear water of the Indian Ocean.
We will set up a beach tent, where you can sit and get shade. Also, it where will serve you tropical fruits, and later seafood platter for lunch with soft drinks.
You can enjoy walking around the Sandbank, might encounter Starfish, take photos, and swim.
- Uzi Island - Uzi Island is only accessible by boats during high tides only, somedays we have to start the trip by going to Uzi Island first when high tides it is in the morning.
On some days, we have to skip Uzi Island due to low tides, which makes it impossible to go by boat.
At Uzi Island, we will take you around by boat and see different species of Mangroves. Also, you will encounter red colobus monkeys (an endemic species) and coconut crabs.
- Kizimkazi - After the trip, we will return to Kizimkazi Beach and take you back to your hotel/ Accommodation
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Snacks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Bottled water
- Lunch
What's Not Included
- Towels and Sunscreens
- Gratuities
Additional Information
This is a full-day private excursion featuring snorkeling at Pungume Island Reef, relaxing on the Pungume Island Sandbank, savoring a fresh seafood platter, and exploring Uzi Island and its mangroves.
Additionally, you may spot Humpback whales (from June to October), Bottlenose Dolphins, Red Colobus monkeys, Coconut crabs, and more during this trip.
This journey allows you to experience much of what the Indian Ocean has to offer.
Location
Kizimkazi
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Francisco
Dec 28, 2023
Amazing dolphin - I did all my activities with myfriend of mine in Zanzibar. From dolphin diving, nakupenda and even horse riding. It has all the activities available that you want to do, such as prison island, stone city and everything possible he is an excellent professional who you can count on to carry out the activities he will pick you up at the hotel and accompany you everywhere Contact my friend to do activities Instagram: hamza_tour_guide
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Francisco
Jul 1, 2023
Dolphin is amazing - I did all my activities with this friend of mine in zanzibar.
From snorkling dolphins, nakupenda and even horse riding.
It has all the activities available that you want to do such as prison island, stone town and everything possible
he is an excellent professional who you can count on to do the activities he will pick you up from the hotel and accompany you everywhere
Contact my friend to make activities
Instagram: hamza _tour_guide
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Gitte
Oct 17, 2023
Wild dolphins - Sailed on the ocean to see dolphins and maybe swim with them.
They teased, went up and down countless times....but we waited for the right moment (the only boat) and up they came. Definitely an experience, too wild!!!
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Rachellee65
Jan 22, 2023
Dolphin Tour - We did a private tour with our own captain, seeing and swimming with the Dolphins was an amazing experience. Beach was beautiful but we didn't feel that the whole experience was worth the money having been to Mauritius.
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Debbyd856
Feb 9, 2024
Better to book as a private tour - I am very committed to animal welfare and never had the feeling that the animals were stressed here. We did not feel like the boat trip was a chase.
Swimming with the dolphins is a bit absurd, however, as the dolphins tend to swim away as soon as people jump into the water. My friend and I stayed in the boat, so we really got more out of the dolphins.
In retrospect, we would have preferred to book the tour privately. The constant getting up and down on the boat meant that you didn't really have a great dolphin experience. Privately, we would have simply told our skipper to drive to the dolphin spots and we could have enjoyed watching them.
In any case, make sure that the sea is not too rough on the day of your booking. Unfortunately, that spoiled the fun of the boat trip and snorkeling a bit.
We definitely recommend booking the tour on site on the beach. With our friend Captain Piilo you get very good prices and are in the very best hands for private tours +255 622 227 709
Contact is quick and uncomplicated via Whatsapp.
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Andrzej_w
Aug 21, 2023
Poor trip - The tour started hour after schedule, the snorkeling spot was disaster which I can’t understand because Mnemba Island is recommended as the best one. Probably hundreds of boats go to the same reef where there is several fishes… Thw one positive aspect that we saw dolphins.
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Shvarz
Jun 22, 2023
Sad and unsafe - There are lots of companies running these tours and all do the same thing.
Swimming with dolphins: 8-10 boats at a time are chasing a pod of dolphins, all jostling each other. As soon as they get close, people jump off and try to get close to dolphins, who dive down. This is dolphin harassment and also not safe for people as there's risk of being run over by the boats.
Coral reef snorkeling: All these boats then come to a fairly small reef. Most of the reef is dead, but there are some live corals and still plenty of fish to see. The problem is that all the boats crowd together and you have to swim between them constantly in danger of bumping into one or, worse, being bumped by one. So, good views, but unsafe conditions.
After that many boats come to the shallow sand bank, that was pretty nice.
Overall, I would not recommend these trips, or recommend finding a way to go when there are less people if possible.
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Mbtp01
Aug 8, 2023
Bad experience. Do not book! - First, all the tours offered online and at the beach are exactly the same tour with exactly the same boats. However, on the beach we were offered it for 25$ per person. Less then half of what we paid here.
For the price you would expect an ecofriendly tour, but but this was actually the worst part. We found dolphins but we were one of 20 boats circling them. When they were surfacing, people jumped into the water like maniacs while boats were crusing only feet away from the people. One person I saw actually jumping right on a dolphin!! It's crazy and just sad. Then we went to a place with starfish. Tourists dived them up in large numbers to take instagram-pictures and just threw them back in. Not knowing they can be infected or hurt by being dived up every day. Noone there had any respect for nature. To be fair, our Captain asked the people on our boat to put the starfish back where they were. Still I am really sorry I was part of financing this. If I could I would undo it..
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T8001fkjonathanc
Jun 14, 2023
A sad experience - Poor equipment, no spares either so didn’t get to go in water.
Long boat trip, no fish on reef due to over crowding of people and boats .
Cruel to the dolphins, loads of boats herding and chasing them for people to jump in next to them.
Very sad and not worth 60 dollars. If you want to see dolphins, do it in a different country in a controlled environment.
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Amie_c
Aug 30, 2022
Terrible experience - Ali the tour guide wasn’t friendly and he was quite impatient. He shouted at me when the mask fell off my face as if it was on purpose. Asked for help with snorkelling as it was my first time and he ignored. Even to get him to take pictures is a problem. We didn’t really get to see the dolphins
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