Expedition Mtwara 2016 - Budget
Pre-fieldwork / Preparation£1825.88
Identification Books currently not acquired
The Coral Finder Toolkit 2.0, £38.20 (Source: Coralhub.info and Byoguides.com)
A Guide to the Common Reef Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean and Kenya Coast, by K. Bock and J. Mackinnon, £0.01 (Source: Amazon.com).
The Reef Guide to Fishes, Corals, Nudibranchs and Oter Invertebrates: East and South Coasts of Southern Africa by D. King and V. Fraser, £7.6 (Source: Amazon.com).
Indian Ocean Reef Guide (1997), £109.98 and Indian Ocean: Tropical Fish Guide (1993), £61.13. Both comprehensively written by Helmut Debelius (Source: Amazon.com).
A Guide to the Seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean Islands, edited by Matthew D Richmond, £22.20 (Source: Amazon.com).
World Atlas of Marine Fauna: Selected Non-sessile Marine Invertebrates from Around the World by R. Kuiter and Helmut Debelius, £68.30 (Source Amazon.com).
Soft Corals and Sea Fans by K. Fabricius, £98.64 (Source Amazon.com).
Corals of the World Vol. 1 2 3 by J.Veron, £185.00 (Source Amazon.com).
Research Permits
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI): Each applicant is required to pay an application fee of $1200 per person or 20% of the total budget, whichever is higher. The second option does not include return air tickets, vehicle hire or other capital investment.
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH): Application fee is $50 and undergraduate research permit fees is $100.
CTA or if necessary, Residence Permit Class C:
Each expedition members has to acquire either a CTA (Carrying on Temporary Assignment) permit upon arrival or a class C resident permit, both of which cost $100. Assuming six expedition members are included in the project, this equates to a total of $600 or £382.30.
International Travel (Flights)£2749.68
Flight Costs
£424 per person via Emirates Airlines for 7 expedition members.
Subsistence (Accommodation and Food)£326.43
Accommodation
Campsite will be on eco2’s private land costing $10 per week, per person totalling $500 or £326.43.
Food
Food will be mainly prepared and delivered by a local chef hired by eco2 and meals are expected to cost between $3 and $7 per day. Each participant will pay for their own meal every day.
In-country Travel£629.80
Transport to Site Location
The six expedition members will travel by coach to Mnaida Street in Mtwara via in-country coaches i.e. Machinga line bus service or JM bus services from Julius Nyerere International Airport (8+ hours) and currently costs $15 or £9.56.Therefore coach travel will cost the team £114.72 to take and return participants to Julius Nyerere International Airport.
Dive Boat Fuel
Dive Boat includes 2 x 75hp Twin Outboard Engine. (0.50 specific fuel consumption x 150 horse power) / 6.1 fuel specific weight = 12.3 Gallons per Hour. Contacts advise a budget of £350 – £450 for Fuel Costs.
Locally Rented Dhow
If eco2 cannot lend the dive boat to the expedition members due to research, tourism or business obligations or if the expedition can save money on surveying further locations within the time period available, a locally rented dhow will be attained. Approximate cost to the owners would be a per diem of $20 a day. As tourism is highest during August, a total of $100 (currently £65.08) will be added to the budget.
Field Equipment £2203.37
Dive Equipment
3 X BCD and Regulators, £765.51 including postage (Source:
3 X SMBs for £47.76 including postage (Source:
10 X Cylinder O-Rings, £3.06, (Source: Cornwall Divers Store).
6 X Faber 12ltr Cylinder, £990.00 (Source:
Surveying Equipment
50m Fiberglass Survey Tape, £11.46 (Source:
2 X Gopro Action Camera with 1080 resolution, £188.00 (Source:
6 X Large Dive Slates, £68.80 (Source:
10 X Spare Pencils Best Suited for Dive Slates, £15.55 (Source:
Garmin eTrex 10 - Hiking GPS navigator, £76.94 including postage (Source:
Materials for two quadrates include string (£3), 4 X pvc tubing (£23.28) and 10 X elbow joints (£7.98), totalling £34.26 (Source:
Snugpak Water Resistant Notebook to describe unidentified fish species shortly after surface, £2.03 including postage (Source:
Insurance£534.60
Diving Insurance
DAN Sport Bronze insurance package will be used by all expedition participants at £41.10, totalling a cost of £246.60.
Travel insurance
Cover for you may be used as they offer a group rate for six people for £288.00 with decent coverage (Source: comparethemarket.com).
Medical / Health & Safety£3,430.55
Vaccinations
The NHS supplies hepatitis A vaccinations for free as well as vaccinations for cholera, typhoid and tetanus however they have recently made vaccinations for hepatitis B cost £90 unless the person has received a booster in the previous year. Yellow fever vaccinations cost £75 per person, tuberculous costs £60 per person and an injection to help with rabies virus costs £165 of which has been included as team members will be eating close to wild monkeys. The price for malaria medication (doxycycline) for each participant for 150 days will cost £39 making a grand total of £2574.00.
02 Kit
A Wennoll WS100 Rescue Kit will be included in every dive boat the team uses. This oxygen unit contains a 2 liter tank and complies with IATA Dangerous Good Regulations for carriage on aircraft.
The unit includes a method to absorb exhaled CO2 and release the exhaled O2 enabling a continuous flow of 02 for an average of 7.5 hours. This enables the team to use the decompression chamber in Zanzibar that obliges to DAN guidelines and is part of the SSS Recompression Network, rather than the nearest privately owned decompression chamber in Northern Mozambique. The unit costs €1.185.00 or £856.55 (Source: