On the South Coast of Zanzibar at Kizimkazi, there is a growing industry springing up around large resident pods of humpbacked and bottlenose dolphins. Local fishermen and villagers recognised the financial potential a few years ago and are using their boats to take tourists to swim with the dolphins. Since that time, various marine biologists and projects have tried to monitor the dolphins’ behaviour patterns around the boats and the tourists.

The present researcher assesses that these dolphins are very stressed due to the uncontrolled jostling and chasing of boat operators. An Official Code of Conduct when diving and swimming around dolphins is in progress by the Institute of Marine Sciences (University of Dar Es Salaam), Zanzibar,based in Stone Town.
This is good news and will help educate the fishermen and paying visitors showing them how to enjoy the dolphins and minimize the damage to their natural behavioural patterns.

try to enter the water as silently as possible, a big splash may get a laugh from the onlookers but the dolphins will be far gone. Let them approach you – you've got no chance of catching up with them.

12:30hrs – End of tour and transfer back to the hotel.