The experience of arriving at Mnemba Island, a private resort two miles from Zanzibar, was exactly as I remembered. When the speedboat neared the pearly shore, a crooked line of hotel staff dressed in ...

This secluded private island surrounded by crystalline water has been a favorite celebrity refuge for years. After being closed this year for a striking renovation, it’s now open for guests again.

Looking out now over the Indian Ocean from Mnemba Island, it is hard to believe that just three years ago the stunning coral reef surrounding this part of Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago was dying.

Fun fact: Zanzibar is not an island. It is an archipelago - a collection of small and large landmasses suspended in the hypnotic-blue Indian Ocean, off the coast of east Africa. One of those tiny ...