Here’s a sailing adventure from the far east of Africa…the exotic and remote islands of Zanzibar.
“Quick, look! The sky is on fire,” says our skipper, pointing to the horizon.
Although this will soon become a familiar refrain, we are repeatedly in awe of the wild African sunsets that bathe our 17-metre (60 foot) catamaran, Julia, in golden, pink and scarlet light. We’re anchored in the mirror-still waters off the sheltered west coast of Pemba, the second-largest island in the Zanzibar archipelago, which lies five degrees south of the equator off the east coast of Tanzania. It’s about 80 km north of the main island, Unguja, the place most tourists are referring to when they speak about Zanzibar.
Smaller, greener and less-developed, Pemba attracts just a fraction of the region’s visitors and is the focus of this Australian adventure travel company. Usually a solo traveler, I’m initially nervous about spending seven days on a boat with strangers, but shortly after boarding in Kendwa, in the north of Unguja, it becomes apparent this trip is going to be different. Read more
