19/10: Mnemba

Today we had breakfast at 6:30 am and we were off from Mohammed’s place at 7 am. Our first boat was really small, but that was because the tide was so low at that time of day. We changed to a bigger boat and got our gear a little while later. Mnemba is a private Island and only guests staying at the island lodge can visit, but everyone can snorkel. As we got close to the island we saw dolphins. There was so many of them it was crazy. Two guests from the lodge were just walking on the beach when they saw them and ran back from the beach. We thought it was to get their cameras. It wasn’t. They got some snorkeling gear and they just came running back again and straight into the water with the dolphins. They could just go directly from their hotel and into the water you swim with dolphins, how cool is that? Some of the others got in, but the dolphins swam away really fast as they weren’t used to it. Like the dolphins they saw the other day were. After that we went to the snorkeling place. I got over my initial fear really fast because it was just so incredible. There was a lot of different species of fishes and coral. We went in two times and I stayed there the longest both times. It was just so much fun and there was so much to see! To say the least I was a big fan this time around. After snorkeling we went to a beach right next to the island bit a beach that disappears during the high tide. So soon the water came so we couldn’t be there for long. After that we had to wait for the tide to change before we could go back to Matemwe. Once there we relaxed and I read a lot. I have missed reading. After snorkeling we talked about the lodge on the island. It costs 1550 dollars per night per person. But everything is included. It must be amazing being able to swim with dolphins and snorkel, just like that directly from the beach. It’s so going on my bucket list to spend a week there. It would be the ultimate honeymoon destination.