After a leisurely brekkie we had arranged with Tim to do a beach safari today , so he picked us up at 9am and we were at the beach by 9.30 and into the dow boat for a 40 minute journey to our first stop at a sand island. There was 4 crew members and 1 other tourist from Denmark and ourselves so lots of space on the boat. Our guide for the day was Adam who was previously a fisherman but now a tourist guide for these safari's
The sand beach where we landed and went in for a refreshing swim.
Followed by a coconut drink on the beach
Next it was off to a nearby reef for about 60 minutes of snorkelling and fish feeding as we went along with some bread. Here's the mermaid finishing the snorkelling trip
Then it was off to lunch at a nearby island for a seafood smorgasbord of lobster, fish, squid, bugs, salad rice and breads- great lunch
Here's a view of our BBQ area and another with 2 boat full of tourists..
Plenty of space and room at our camp!
The tides can rise and fall by several metres in a space of hours so you where able to walk to the next Island when the tide went down. The tide mark was just above my head about 2 hours before this photo
After lunch at 3 pm it was rising back up again This was a shot from the other side
We walked to a local boab tree which had blown over and then started to grow again from the roots
Back onto the boat we made a stop at a local lagoon for a afternoon swim as the tide started to fill up the lagoon again. It must have been over 30 degrees in the water and was like swimming in hot soup
We arrived back on Zanzibar about 5pm for a quick shower then sunset beers and cocktails before heading out for dinner again at Africa House to have the rare tuna steak that I enjoyed the night before. Again very, very quite at most of the hotels and restaurants.
No comments:
Post a Comment