How we make money

Transparency: WildToSea currently earns no affiliate commission from any link. The author manages Boutique Hotel Matlai, which is mentioned where it is relevant.

Our promise

WildToSea is free to read. Today it has no affiliate links, no ads and no paid placements, so it earns nothing from what it recommends. The site is funded by its author.

If we add affiliate links later, they will be marked rel="sponsored", you will see a notice next to them, and this page will name the programs. It will never change what we recommend. Where something isn't worth it, we say so.

Who runs WildToSea (and our independence)

WildToSea is published by Tim Hennig, who also runs Boutique-Hotel Matlai on Zanzibar's east coast. We say so openly: where we recommend Matlai, we tell you it's the author's own hotel — every time. It's one option among several, and we'll point you elsewhere when another place fits you better (a different coast, budget, or style).

Our guides are also written with real, named local contributors — guides, instructors and business owners who actually live and work here. When a contributor's own business is mentioned, that relationship is stated plainly. We never invent authors or fake reviews.

In short: real people, honest trade-offs, disclosed relationships. If we wouldn't tell a friend to do it, we won't tell you.