Mafia Island is a unique destination off Tanzania's coast with secluded sandbars, nesting turtles and migrating whale sharks. It is much less known and definitely much quieter than Zanzibar, but it ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. MAFIA ISLAND, Tanzania — His white beard streaming in the turquoise waters, Waziri Mpogo dives under the surface a few hundred meters offshore of a ...

Residents of Mafia Island in Tanzania don’t really eat sea cucumber; they call it jongoo bahari, or “ocean millipede” in Swahili. But sea cucumbers are a prized delicacy in East Asia, where demand has ...

From the helicopter window, Jumeirah Thanda Island looked unreal, a circle of white sand dropped into the middle of the Indian Ocean. Five hectares of beach and tropical greenery, completely ...