Scuba diving off the Indan Ocean coasts of Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique is varied, relaxed and very pretty. There are often surprises too, with large encounters you would expect elsewhere.

The animal inhabitants of Africa's wide open plains are far more famous than the marine creatures that hover beneath her coastal waters. Although nothing will ever compare with the spine-tingling moment when you first look deep into the eyes of a cheetah or watch a newly born elephant wrap itself around its mothers legs, under the bright blue skies and iridescent turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean are lush coral reefs teeming with life.