Ababhenkethi kwiSiqithi saseMafia bonwabele ubumnandi Ixesha le-whale shark Ngokubona yonke imihla ookrebe beminenga ababonelela ngehambo entle ye-snorkeling ngezi zidalwa zimangalisayo. I-whale shark (i-Rhincodon typus) zondla kufutshane nonxweme kufutshane ne-Kilindoni, idolophu ephambili yesiqithi kwinyanga kaSeptemba ukuya kweyoKwindla minyaka le.
Inkqubo yolawulo lwendwendwe ivumela kuphela abaqhubi beenqanawa abanamaphepha-mvume kunye nokulawula indlela yokuziphatha kwabatyeleli ukuqinisekisa ukuba akukho qhakamshelwano nookrebe. I-whale shark ihamba kancinci, ihamba nge-carpet shark kunye neyona ntlobo enkulu yeentlanzi eyaziwayo. Oyena mntu mkhulu oqinisekisiweyo wayenobude obungaphezulu kwe-18 m.
Kubekho ne Ufudo lwe Hawksbill olungaphandle kwexesha lonyaka (iEretmochelys imbricata) enamaqanda angaphaya kwama 60 aqanduselwa kwindlwane nganye, ibhonasi eyongeziweyo kwabo bakhenkethi. Elona xesha lokuqanduselwa liJulayi-Septemba rhoqo ngonyaka xa ngaphezulu kwe-100 iindlwane zivulwa ngononophelo kwaye abantu bakhuselwe elwandle.
Isiqithi saseMafia siyinxalenye ye- Isiqithi saseTanzania iMafiao, kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya. Imijelo emikhulu yonxweme olusemazantsi esiqithi kunye namanzi asingqongileyo akhuselwe yi Mafia Island Marine Park. Ngaphakathi epakini kukho iingqaqa ezininzi zekorale, ikhaya lezilwanyana zasendle ezinje ngookrebe bomnenga kunye noofudo baselwandle. Emazantsi, amalwandle aquka iRas Kisimani esecaleni, ngaphesheya kweBwejuu Island. Unxweme oludumileyo lwase-Utende olungena eChole Bay.
