Part 3 of 3
Published 3 June 2017 Saturday magazine Nation media
It’s a dream world.
We sail past a forest of the tallest mangrove trees that l’ve ever seen. Sparkling white sand bars appear in the low tide. It’s an endless blue planet from where we are when suddenly a dolphin slips in and out – too far to tell what species it is.
Towards midday Captain Lalli stops to refuel the tank and produces delicious, juicy mangoes – an impromptu picnic on the ocean.
Sailing on, he points to Faza, then Ndau – once powerful and independent sultanates on the island of Pate. We pass a Kenya Navy patrol dinghy and then get off at Mtangawanda, a tiny ‘port’ so named because it has black sand on its shores.
Landing at Mwangawanda (the place of black soil) to catch matatu to Pate village on Pate island Copyright Maya Mangat
Sailing through a storm on Indian Ocean to Pate island Copyright Maya Mangat
Fisherman on Pate island Copyright Rupi Mangat
Fresh catch of the day on Pate island Copyright Maya Mangat
Fresh catch of the day on Pate island Copyright Maya Mangat
Moonlion Safaris 