The experience of arriving at Mnemba Island, a private resort two miles from Zanzibar, was exactly as I remembered. When the speedboat neared the pearly shore, a crooked line of hotel staff dressed in ...

Looking out now over the Indian Ocean from Mnemba Island, it is hard to believe that just three years ago the stunning coral reef surrounding this part of Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago was dying.

Just offshore from Zanzibar, Tanzania's alluring and resort-filled archipelago, there is an even more remote and secluded island that beckons to travelers. Smack-dab in the middle of an oval-shaped ...

Fun fact: Zanzibar is not an island. It is an archipelago - a collection of small and large landmasses suspended in the hypnotic-blue Indian Ocean, off the coast of east Africa. One of those tiny ...

Watching (or, better yet, sailing) the traditional wooden dhow boats is a must on a visit to Zanzibar - Hugh Sitton/Stone RF Many visitors hold that the best thing to do in Zanzibar is, well, as ...