Just off the northeast coast of Zanzibar lies Mnemba Island. Only 1.5 km in circumference the island is quite small. I wasn't actually able to visit Mnemba since it is privately owned and houses an incredibly exclusive private resort, however, the Marine Park surrounding the island is open to the public for snorkeling, diving and swimming.
I took a day trip to go snorkeling in the Mnemba atoll. The marine life is exquisite and beatiful.
There were tons of huge starfish: they had skinny blue ones like the one you see below and really thick red ones as well.
I have no idea what these fish are called but I thought they were really cute and funny. They are almost a foot long and super skinny. Their mouths look like little trumpets.
And just before we left the captain of our snorkeling boat jumped in and found a baby octopus. He let me hold him for a little bit. When you let the octopus go you have to peel all of its eight legs off of your arm and it feels kind of like velcro.
After a few hours of snorkeling, we were taken back to a beach on the main island where there was freshly grilled kingfish, rice and fruit being served. It was a delicious way to finish up the day!
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