Guests can also swim with whale sharks, or observe hawksbill and green turtles hatching on the nearby Mafia Island.

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With world-class diving, a fantastic roll call of birds and a couple of marine national parks ( Mnazi Bay-Ruvula Estuary Marine Park and Mafia Island Marine Park), coastal Tanzania is no slouch in the wildlife department.

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These have nothing to do with the weather and everything to do with the Mafia, which, say magistrates in Palermo, has almost complete control of the island's economy.

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