Pemba Island

Pemba island is situated at 80km from Zanzibar Island, about the identical distance immediately east of  Tanga, on the Tanzanian mainland. With its hilly panorama its highest level is lower than one hundred meters above sea degree.

Arab sailors as soon as named Pemba as ‘El Huthera’, which means the Inexperienced, because of her dense and plush vegetation. There are extra pure forests and plantations than on Zanzibar Island, and it grows extra cloves than her Zanzibar.
At present, earnings from the clove crop are supported by different agricultural merchandise, cattle elevating, and fishing, which is a vital supply of livelihood. Pemba can also be well-liked for its voodoo and conventional healers. Individuals come from all through East Africa looking for cures or study the talents of the artwork from parishioners on Pemba.

The fascinating level about Pemba is its wealth of pure assets, starting from seashores to mangrove ecosystems and pure forests. The coral reefs surrounding the island shield an enormous quantity of marine species and supply a few of the greatest diving spots on the earth. Whereas a lot of the coast is lined with mangroves, there are a couple of superb stretches of shoreline and sufficient engaging offshore islands with pure, clear seashores and fascinating hen life to maintain somebody busy for fairly some time.