Mafia Island Marine Park (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mafia Island Marine Park is a protected area in the vicinity of Mafia Island south of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean, and part of the country of Tanzania.The Mafia archipelago consists of one large island (394 km ) and several smaller ones. Some of these are inhabited, such as Chole Island (2 km ), with a population of 800. Chole Bay, Mafia's protected deep-water anchorage and original harbour, is studded with islands, sandbanks and beaches. The main town is Kilindoni. The stretch of water between the deltas of the Rufiji River and the island is called Mafia Channel. There are popular rumours of pygmy hippo on the island but there are no confirmed sightings.