Dive Review of Ras Nungwi Beach Resort in
Africa/Africa, Zanzibar

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Ras Nungwi Beach Resort, Mar, 2006, by Stanley Zuk, NY, USA . Report 2486 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Due to overfishing Zanzibar is not a good dive destination as it was in the past. The only good dive on the island is around the marine reserve Menemba atoll, where you can see rich fishlife, a few frog fish, some nice trevally, batfish, and snapper schools and a few trutles, coral seems healthy and nice particularily around Nungwi dives, but there's no large pelagics and no large fish. You will be lucky to see some small blue spotted stingrays, a few young moray eels, and some mantis shrimp. If it wasn't for Menemba atoll, one big Napoleon, a few trutles, and Bommy reef with countless lionfish, there would be nothing to see there. Locals killed all the small fish around beaches and even snorkeling is only good around Menemba atoll. Ras Nungwi is a very nice resort, but the food is repugnant, even with all inclusive expensive package you'd rather go to Nungwi village for a better food. Thank God I had my rental car, otherwise it's hard to see the rest of the island, monkeys in Jozani forest and swimming with dolphins in Kizimkazi, and most of all eat better than a bad food in Ras Nungwi and Matemwe Beach hotels.One more thing, expect to get a dive test from revolting dive operation in Ras Nungwi Beach Hotel, even if you dove all over the world, and have more experience than their own dive guides, if you haven't been diving for more than two months. If you are an experienced diver, don't go to Zanzibar, and don't stay in Ras Nungwi Beach Hotel.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Mexico, Cayman Islands, Bonaire, Curacao, Virigin Islands, Fiji, Cook Islands, Maldives, Micronesia, French Polynesia, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Tuamotu Islands, Fakarava, Rangiroa, Seychelles, PNG, Palau
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny,cloudy	Seas	calm,choppy
Water Temp	82-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	safety stop
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Ras Nungwi Beach Resort in Africa/Africa, Zanzibar

Ras Nungwi Beach Resort, Mar, 2006,

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Dive Review of Ras Nungwi Beach Resort in
Africa/Africa, Zanzibar