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Diving Holidays in Zanzibar, Tanzania

There are around 30 dive sites dotted all around the island for divers at all levels of experience and these can be dived day or night. Dive sites include marine protected areas with amazing underwater marine life, reefs that are home to the tiniest shrimp to huge turtles, steep walls and ring-shaped coral reefs. You may expect to see majestic turtles, giant groupers, morays, rays, dozens of colourful sea slugs, and even whale sharks.

Best month for Diving

Perfect for Learn To Dive

Perfect for Qualified diver with daily dives

beginner

PADI Open Water E-Learning Course (Incl. E Learning)

Duration: 4 day

£399

Per Person

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day

Details

Description :

Diver certification begins here. Start with PADI's online eLearning course. Move to the pool and practice your new skills. Then experience four open water (ocean/lake) dives. During the PADI Open Water Diver course, you’ll learn what you need to know to explore the underwater world using scuba.

The PADI Open Water Diver course includes three parts: Knowledge Development, Confined Water Dives, and Open Water Dives. Knowledge Development covers the principles, concepts and terms you need to know for dive safety and enjoyment. During the Confined Water Dives, you learn and practice scuba skills in a pool or water with pool-like conditions. You’ll enjoy making one or more minidives, which take you through the same steps you follow when you make open water dives. To complete training you practice, apply, and demonstrate what you learn during four Open Water Dives at a local dive site.

Earning a PADI Open Water Diver certification shows that you met the course requirements. Dive centers and resorts require proof of certification before they will rent scuba equipment, fill scuba cylinders or book dive excursions. As a PADI Open Water Diver, you’ll be trained to a maximum depth of 18 metres/60 feet, and are qualified to dive in conditions as good as, or better than, those in which you trained. It’s just the beginning of a lifetime filled with dive adventures.

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device, and a tank. The equipment you wear varies, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water.

beginner

Junior PADI Open Water E-Learning Course (Incl. E Learning)

Duration: 4 day

For kids age 11-14. Just the same as the adult PADI Open Water Course, but with limited depth to 12 metre.

£399

Per Person

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day

Details

Description :

PADI’s Junior Open Water Diver course is similar to the adult certification program and prepares kids to become full-fledged divers when they are of age. Students as young as 10 years old can utilize the eLearning program Open Water Diver course online (minimum age requirements may be higher in some locations due to local laws and regulations). This course allows kids to get their first PADI scuba certification. Children can learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures, or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.

The PADI Junior Open Water Course is typically run over five days and is a fun-filled course designed to qualify kids to dive to a maximum depth of 12m. The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. Kids get to learn to breathe underwater for the first time (something they’ll never forget) and learn what they need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, children will first train in the pool and then get to explore wondrous reefs, under the supervision of a PADI Instructor.

The PADI Junior Open Water Course consists of three main phases:

- Knowledge development to understand basic principles of scuba diving.
- Confined water dives (pool training) to learn basic scuba skills.
- Open water dives to review skills and explore!

In the PADI Junior Open Water Course, children will learn to use basic scuba gear and standard accessories.

beginner

PADI Open Water Course (excl. e-learning or study materials)

Duration: 4 day

Become a qualified scuba diving in 4 days

£480

Per Person

- +

day

Details

Description :

Diver certification begins here. Start with PADI's online eLearning course (not included or classroom theory training). Move to the pool and practice your new skills. Then experience four open water (ocean/lake) dives. During the PADI Open Water Diver course, you’ll learn what you need to know to explore the underwater world using scuba.

The PADI Open Water Diver course includes three parts: Knowledge Development, Confined Water Dives, and Open Water Dives. Knowledge Development covers the principles, concepts and terms you need to know for dive safety and enjoyment. During the Confined Water Dives, you learn and practice scuba skills in a pool or water with pool-like conditions. You’ll enjoy making one or more minidives, which take you through the same steps you follow when you make open water dives. To complete training you practice, apply, and demonstrate what you learn during four Open Water Dives at a local dive site.

Earning a PADI Open Water Diver certification shows that you met the course requirements. Dive centers and resorts require proof of certification before they will rent scuba equipment, fill scuba cylinders or book dive excursions. As a PADI Open Water Diver, you’ll be trained to a maximum depth of 18 metres/60 feet, and are qualified to dive in conditions as good as, or better than, those in which you trained. It’s just the beginning of a lifetime filled with dive adventures.

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device, and a tank. The equipment you wear varies, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water.

beginner

Junior PADI Open Water Course (Excl. E Learning and study materials)

Duration: 4 day

Beginner scuba diving course for kids 11-14. Maximum 12 metre depth.

£480

Per Person

- +

day

Details

Description :

PADI’s Junior Open Water Diver course is similar to the adult certification program and prepares kids to become full-fledged divers when they are of age. Students as young as 10 years old can utilize the eLearning program Open Water Diver course online (minimum age requirements may be higher in some locations due to local laws and regulations). This course allows kids to get their first PADI scuba certification. Children can learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures, or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.

The PADI Junior Open Water Course is typically run over four days and is a fun-filled course designed to qualify kids to dive to a maximum depth of 12m. The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. Kids get to learn to breathe underwater for the first time (something they’ll never forget) and learn what they need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, children will first train in the pool and then get to explore wondrous reefs, under the supervision of a PADI Instructor.

The PADI Junior Open Water Course consists of three main phases:

beginner

PADI Advanced Course (Excl. E Learning or study materials)

Duration: 2 day

Taking your diving to the next level

£395

Per Person

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day

Details

Description :

The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver is designed to improve your underwater knowledge and skills. You can enroll immediately after earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification regardless of your skill level. The course helps you build confidence in navigation, fine-tune buoyancy skills, and introduces you to different diving activities such as wreck diving, night diving, or underwater imaging.

After completing your eLearning, you’ll make five Adventure Dives: a deep dive (beyond 18m/60F), a navigation dive, and three additional Adventure Dives of your choice to earn your certification.

intermediate

Diving - Daily 2 Tanks Boat Dives (inc. ALL equipment,tanks weights and air only)

Duration: 1 day

Get out to the best local dive sites by boat

£97

Per Person

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day

Details

Description :

2 tank boat divers per day, including Full kit, tanks, weights & air only. This will normally be guided as part of a small group of divers per dive guide.

intermediate

PADI Advanced Course (Incl. E Learning)

Duration: 2 day

Take your diving to the next level. Choose 5 specialty dives. Be a better and safer diver

£379

Per Person

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day

Details

Description :

After completing your eLearning, you’ll make five Adventure Dives: a deep dive (beyond 18m/60F), a navigation dive, and three additional Adventure Dives of your choice to earn your certification.

intermediate

Single boat dive with tanks, weight & air

Duration: 4 dive

Join a daily guided boat dives from your resort

£153

Per Person

- +

dive

Details

Description :

Single boat dive with tanks, weights & air. Generally these are guided dive with a small group running from your resort, or near by jetty. Single tank boat dives tend to be slightly closer to the resort, no more than 50 minutes boat to the dive site. Two tank boat dives tend to get to further afield dive sites. Some dive centre will charge a supplement to specific dive sites to cover marine park fees or extra travel time.

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Kitesurfing Holidays in Zanzibar, Tanzania

The main kitesurfing area on Zanzibar is on the south easter part of the island, including the kite beaches of Paje down to Jambiani Beach. This region is perhaps one of the most stunning kitesurfing beaches in the world!

Huge beautiful white sand beaches set against a stunning background of the endless blue Indian Ocean, white, where the pace of life hasn’t changed for over fifty years. The reef is far off-shore, incasing massive flat water lagoons, perfect for learning to kitesurfing and freestylers. The reef itself offers fun waves for the more experienced kitesurfer. The people are curious, friendly and welcoming, but most of all they teach us what we in the fast western world lost a long time ago: Hakuna Matata (no problem in Swahili) and Pole Pole (take it slow). Zanzibar is a truly unique place in the world. Combine this amazing sport with relaxing and discovering the raw beauty of this relatively untouched island.

Best month for Kitesurfing

Perfect for Learn To Kitesurf

Perfect for Improver (not riding upwind)

Perfect for Independent kiter with storage

Ok for Waves

Perfect for Independent kiter

Poor for Foiling

beginner

Kitesurf Group instruction (incl. equipment)

Duration: 9 hour

£254

Per Person

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hour

Details

Description :

Group lessons are great value for money and lots of fun, but if you are looking for rapid progression, we recommend upgrading to private or semi-private lessons (see other courses, or please call us for advice).

Group kitesurf lessons are normally upto a maximum of 4 students per instructor. The two students normally share a kite. Lessons are normally taken in 2 to 3 hour sessions, but depend on the local wind and sea conditions. Some centres will shorten the hours if they have less students as they will be able to cover the same course structure in a shorter time. Lessons are dependent on local conditions.

beginner

Kitesurf Semi Private Instruction (incl. equipment)

Duration: 9 hour

£246

Per Person

- +

hour

Details

Description :

Semi-Private lessons are a maximum of 2 students per instructor, meaning fast progression. The lessons include all equipment and are designed to take you from total beginner to up and riding. We normally suggest at least 10 hours to get the up on the board doing short runs. Lessons are normally in 2 - 3-hour sessions, but dependent on local conditions.

beginner

Kitesurf Private Learn To Kitesurf Course (incl. equipment)

Duration: 6 hour

£331

Per Person

- +

hour

Details

Description :

Kitesurfing Lessons with a personal instructor gives you the opportunity to have a 1-on-1 interaction with your instructor to help you learn at a pace that is driven by you. The Learn To Kitesurf course aims to get you riding, while also teaching you how to read the conditions and utilise your equipment safely and correctly.

You will start with the basics; this includes setup of your equipment, safety features that you will utilise and how to fly a small 2metre trainer kite. When your instructor feels you are ready you can then head to the water. On day one you will only be using the kite and not go on the board just yet. Entering the water is when the fun starts! Here you will be taught how to properly fly an inflatable kitesurfing kite, how to control your kite and what to do if you crash it in the water. On day one you will be comfortable flying the kite and know what to do in any situation.

You will then move on to the board lessons. What does that mean? Well it is time to get up on the board now. You will practice using the kite to generate pull and you will learn how to get the kite to pull you without the board first. The idea is to get used to how the kite behaves when asked to pull you. Once confident doing this you will learn how to put the board on your feet and after that, how to get up on the board. Most people will manage to do a few metres on the board by the end of the course.

improver

Kitesurf Private lesson (incl. equipment)

Duration: 1 hour

Guaranteed fast progression with a private lessons

£68

Per Person

- +

hour

Details

Description :

Private 1-1 kitesurf instruction is the best and fastest way to learn to kitesurf, improve, or master a specific trick or move. Lessons are normally in 1-2 hour sessions, but you can discuss this with your personal instructor.

intermediate

Kitesurf Storage & Centre services

Duration: 3 day

Rescue and Storage

£24

Per Person

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day

Details

Description :

This service will allow you to store your kitesurf equipment at the centre, and often also includes free rescue service assuming you are riding upwind level or above.

intermediate

Kitesurf daily unlimited rental - full equipment

Duration: 1 day

£178

Per Person

- +

day

Details

Description :

Daily kitesurf unlimited rental, with choice of boards and kites, bar included. The range of equipment will vary from each different kitesurf school, so sometimes the exact kite size may not be available. Kitesurf rental packages are great if you want to experiment with different types of equipment before you decide to invest in your own, or if you just don't want toe hassle of taking your own equipment.

The quality of kitesurf rental equipment will vary from each different sport centre. Take a look at the sport centre details for more information on this. if you are not sure then you can always call us. We only work with the best kitesurf centres in each resort and do our best to visit every centre we offer.

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3* Paje By Night

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Paje By Night

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Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center close by
Kitesurfing center onsite
Board Basis :

breakfast

from £43 /night

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a beautiful beach hotel on a six kilometre long beach

3* Hakuna Majiwe Lodge

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Hakuna Majiwe Lodge

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Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center 1.9 km away
Kitesurfing center close by
Board Basis :

bed and breakfast

from £50 /night

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3* Bellevue Guesthouse - Bwejuu

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Bellevue Guesthouse - Bwejuu

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Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center 4.5 km away
Kitesurfing center 4.9 km away
Board Basis :

bed and breakfast

from £62 /night

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3* Ananda Beach Hotel

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Ananda Beach Hotel

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Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Kitesurfing center close by
Board Basis :

breakfast

from £70 /night

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barefoot luxury hotel with its own kitesurf centre

4* Dhow Inn

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Dhow Inn

Hotel Information

Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center close by
Kitesurfing center close by
Board Basis :

breakfast

from £96 /night

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a small ecological hotel set on one of the best beaches on the island

4* Cristal Hotel

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Cristal Hotel

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Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center close by
Kitesurfing center close by
Board Basis :

buffet breakfast

from £102 /night

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stunning small hotel with on-site kitesurf school

4* Mvuvi Boutique Resort

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Mvuvi Boutique Resort

Hotel Information

Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center 30.5 km away
Kitesurfing center 35.3 km away
Board Basis :

breakfast

from £143 /night

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the coolest place to stay in paje!

4* Mr Kahawa The Lofts

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Mr Kahawa The Lofts

Hotel Information

Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center close by
Kitesurfing center onsite
Board Basis :

bed & breakfast

from £187 /night

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incredible on-site watersports centre

5* Breezes Beach Club and Spa, Dongwe

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Breezes Beach Club and Spa, Dongwe

Hotel Information

Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center 7.9 km away
Kitesurfing center 8.3 km away
Board Basis :

room only

from £218 /night

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5* Upendo Beach

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Upendo Beach

Hotel Information

Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center 12.8 km away
Kitesurfing center 13.1 km away
Board Basis :

bed and breakfast

from £291 /night

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fantastic beach resort in a beautiful area of zanzibar

4* Kisiwa on the Beach, Paje

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Kisiwa on the Beach, Paje

Hotel Information

Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center 1.5 km away
Kitesurfing center close by
Board Basis :

room only

from £323 /night

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set on the on the northwestern coast on the tropical beach of kendwa

5* Gold Zanzibar Beach Resort

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Gold Zanzibar Beach Resort

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Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center 2.4 km away
Kitesurfing center 63.5 km away
Board Basis :

half board

from £346 /night

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the most luxurious hotel on this part of zanzibar

5* White Sands Luxury Villas

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White Sands Luxury Villas

Hotel Information

Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center 1.7 km away
Kitesurfing center close by
Board Basis :

half board

from £400 /night

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baraza is zanzibar's most exclusive boutique resort

5* Baraza Resort and Spa, Dongwe

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Baraza Resort and Spa, Dongwe

Hotel Information

Destination :

Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sport center :

Diving center 8.3 km away
Kitesurfing center 8.6 km away
Board Basis :

all inclusive all meal

from £752 /night

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