Nungwi Marine Turtles Mnarani

This guide to the Nungwi Marine Turtles Mnarani sanctuary in Zanzibar City opens with a puzzle: how a coral-rock tidal lagoon carved by the sea became a rescue site run by fishermen who once caught turtles in their nets. It traces the project's start in 1993, when local villagers teamed up with the Eco and Culture Tours nonprofit to keep injured green and hawksbill turtles alive instead of eating them, turning this lagoon into a makeshift hospital. Watch the water rise and fall through cracks in the old reef as you listen, keeping the pool tied to the tide outside.