White sandy beaches and turquoise waters–Zanzibar offers paradise-like conditions. It’s no surprise that the beaches of this Tanzanian archipelago are almost too beautiful to be true. TRAVELBOOK knows ...

Watching life go by from the veranda of one of the Matemwe Lodge bungalows in Zanzibar, Tanzania, it feels like it could be 1816 rather than 2016. Fishermen in dhows — traditional wooden sailboats — ...

To the thousands of European and American tourists who flock to it on vacation, the village of Matemwe Beach looks like a tropical paradise: white sandy beaches, warm turquoise ocean, and plenty of ...

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Watch this clip where a mother captured a magical ocean moment as her young daughter swam alongside a pod of wild dolphins in ...

THE protest by Matemwe villagers against the sale of their burial land to a foreign investor has paid off in the form of the Zanzibar government's decision to restore the centuries-old graveyard for ...

Zanzibar, Tanzania — On a warm morning at Matemwe, a small crowd gathers behind a rope barrier as the sand begins to tremble. A tiny head pushes through a soft mound of earth, then another, and ...