Below are some of the major short day tour attractions in Zanzibar, they can easily be integrated with a Zanzibar beach holiday or as a half day tour as you wait for your flight. Contact Us to plan your Zanzibar day tour.
This is a tour itinerary for either one or half day tour of Zanzibar Island, that focuses on major attractions in Zanzibar. Selection of activities include; a stone-town tour, Spice tour, sailing trips to Prison Island and Jozani Forest; it’s a great packages for guest who love mixing beach vacation with a bit of nature and historical tour.
This is a four hours guided tour that begins at your Zanzibar hotel; where you will either walk or be driven to the historic city market opened in 1904. Here you will see and buy a huge variety of tropical fruits and spices, you will also feel the pulse of Zanzibar and hear different dialects being spoken by people at the market. From the market tour, you will then be taken to see the Anglican Cathedral of Christ; built by Bishop Steers in 1874 on the site of the slave market. You will see the actual rooms where the slaves were kept. Then pass through the narrow streets of the old Stone-Town, watching the historical structures and museums before returning to your hotel.
This is a four hours guided tour that takes you first to the Maruhubi Palace Ruins and then on to Kidichi; here you will see the Persian Baths built by Seyyid Said Bin Sultan, the first Sultan of Zanzibar for his wife the Princess Shehrzard (the grand-daughter of the Shah of Persia). You will then go to the Kizimbani spice plantations. Here you can see, touch, taste and smell the wide variety of medicinal plants, fruits and spices that Zanzibar is famous for.
This is a three hours guided tour that takes you to the Jozani forest. The forest has smaller trees and shrubs that makeup several sub-canopies under the highest canopy; once here, you will follow the nature Trails taking you to the mangrove forest area to a few wildlife and tree spices. Jozani is a habitat for many species of animals including Sykes monkeys, Vervet monkeys and the famous Kirk's Colobus monkey, an endemic species of Red Colobus that is found only in Zanzibar.
This is a full day Zanzibar sailing excursion taking you to major snorkeling and diving areas; the package includes refreshment, top quality snorkeling equipment with guides and instructors, homemade fruit juices, a full Zanzibar seafood lunch seated at teak picnic tables, fruit tasting, coffee and Amarula liqueur. The sailing will be in either a traditional sailing canoe or "Ngalawa" or in a modern speed boat.
This is a full day excursion that starts from Fumba, southwest Zanzibar and takes you to see the dolphins, the coral reefs and the idyllic sand-banks and Islands of the Menai Bay Conservation area. The fleet of traditional handmade Dhows are beautifully finished and maintained and are fully equipped with life-jackets Conforming to EC standards, waterproof bags, first aid kits, marine VHF radios and new professionally maintained engines as well as traditional lanteen sail.
This is a full day north coast guided tour that takes you to Nungwi via Mvuleni; where you will visit the ruins of the Portuguese Barracks and other attractions in the area. At Nungwi you will find the white sandy beaches and a wide choice of restaurants; here you will have an hour or so, to have lunch, swim and relax, then proceed to the boatyard to see how the traditional dhows are built.
This is a relaxing half-day tour on this beautiful Island just a short distance off Zanzibar town. This historical island was formerly owned by an Arab and was never used as a jail but as quarantine area for slaves. It was later bought by General Mathews. The jail which still stands was built in 1883 and hence the name Prison Island. The island offers stunning views of Zanzibar town and has a beautiful beach from where you can swim or snorkel and watch the giant tortoise.
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