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Private Full-Day Tour: Stone Town, Spice Farm and Prison Island Heritage Visit in Zanzibar
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212 Ratings
Stone Town
Embark on a private full-day tour in Zanzibar to discover the rich heritage and history of Stone Town, visit a spice farm, and explore Prison Island. Immerse yourself in the aromas of spices and encounter the Giant Tortoise that has lived for centuries.
Embark on a private full-day tour in Zanzibar to discover the rich heritage and history of Stone Town, visit a spice farm, and explore Prison Island. Immerse yourself in the aromas of spices and encounter the Giant Tortoise that has lived for centuries.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Old Dispensary - Discover Old Dispensary House. You’ll finish your day with a look at some of modern-day Zanzibar’s top neighborhoods.
- St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Cathedral - Explore the Catholic Cathedral
- Stone Town - Trace the rich history of Zanzibar, including its Pre-Arabian Cultures, Colonial Era, and contemporary present, during…
- Old Dispensary - Discover Old Dispensary House. You’ll finish your day with a look at some of modern-day Zanzibar’s top neighborhoods.
- St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Cathedral - Explore the Catholic Cathedral
- Stone Town - Trace the rich history of Zanzibar, including its Pre-Arabian Cultures, Colonial Era, and contemporary present, during this 03-hour of Stone Town Tour.
- Prison Island - Changuu Private Island - Discover the natural beauty of Prison Island on this Half Day Tour . With your Guide, visit the viewpoint at Prison Historical Buildings and a long Jetty with Peacocks. See Giant Tortoises Sunbathe on a beautiful small White Sands Beach. Pickup and drop-off included.
- Jambo Spice Farm - Breathe in Zanzibar’s scents and spices on a 03-hour food and culture tour with a private Guide, and learn a magnificent history of Spice Island of Zanzibar. Visit a spice farm deep in Zanzibar’s countryside, and learn the island’s remarkable role in the historic spice trade. Taste fresh spices and seasonal fruits, see how cassavas are cultivated and processed, and taste a true scent of Zanzibar spices, like cloves, nutmeg, vanilla, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, and bunch of tropical fresh fruits.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Lunch
Additional Information
Take a day tour from Zanzibar city (Stone town) to explore 2 of the Sultanate’s most enchanting forts. Travel inland to the ancient capital of Unguja and the towns of Darajani Spice Market and Foradhani to experience the heritage and history of Zanzibar. Experience the motorized boat transfer to Prison Island and discover the Giant Tortoise that lived…
Take a day tour from Zanzibar city (Stone town) to explore 2 of the Sultanate’s most enchanting forts. Travel inland to the ancient capital of Unguja and the towns of Darajani Spice Market and Foradhani to experience the heritage and history of Zanzibar. Experience the motorized boat transfer to Prison Island and discover the Giant Tortoise that lived for hundred years.
Explore the spice farms at Kizimbani and Kidichi village and sense the aromas of spices with your friendly tour guide.
Location
Old Dispensary
Malindi Rd
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(212 Ratings)
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Celinege6728eg
Feb 26, 2025
Good discovery - IBRAHIM super guide franco Phone we liked very much I recommend very friendly and explains well. This visit allowed us to know a lot about Zanzibar history culture
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Guillaumedt4290sq
Feb 14, 2025
Visit February 2025 - We were guided by Ibra, a young Zanzibarite who speaks French well. He took us to visit a community spice farm where we tasted different fruits, possibility to buy cheap spices. Then we went to the prison island from Stone Town where we took beautiful pictures and saw the 100-year-old turtles.
We ended the tour by Stone Town where we ate in a restaurant (at our expense but cheap) and visited the markets.
It was a very nice experience.
Just a little regret on the island prison where we thought we saw more things but it was very beautiful nonetheless.
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Anita_k
Jan 20, 2025
The best of Zanzibar in one day - We had an amazing day with our unforgetable guide Amira. It was great to see and hear lot of information about Zanzibar history , but also prezent. We manage to interact with local people and have a glimpse of real life and thoughts. That was priceles experience. Thank you Amira.
It has been a long day, but we enjoyed every minute. I would recomend this tour to everyone who has a limited time to spent in Stone Town but still want to see something else nearby and are not afraid to get a little bit tired.
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Coastal66519640693
Jan 9, 2025
Perfect trip!!! - Very pleased we choosed this trip, there were four of us, one was a toodler under two , it is tailored to your needs, timetable of sightseeing as you prefer. Can’t thank enough our quide Amina, so much information in such a short period of time. Would definitely recommend
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Rosall66
Jan 7, 2025
Well paced & well organized day tour - Really good day tour with a lot packed in.
Starting off early in Prison/Changuu Island was great, as it was so quiet at that time, I got to enjoy the natural beauty and giant tortoises almost all to myself. This was perfect for me and I got to take lots of beautiful photos with no one in the frame. However, there were some nice looking amenities there (food and bar), which were too early for me to make use of. The views are incredible and it would be a fun backdrop for a drink or lunch if you went later in the day (flipside would likely be very heavy tourist traffic, though).
As part of the tour, the guide organized for a driver to take us to a Spice Farm next. Driver was great and the car was large, comfortable and air conditioned. The Tangawizi Spice Farm was great, so informative and interactive there was a good guide on site there, too, and opportunities to buy products.
I also enjoyed the Stone Town tour, which was the last part of the day tour. Even though I was staying in Stone Town and had walked around the area the day before, I learned new things on the tour and we explored the food market, too.
I left the day feeling like we'd done a lot; it was really well organized and well paced.
The final thing I'd add, is if you're staying in Stone Town, try to do the tour on your first day or so. I went around Stone Town myself the day before the tour and could have benefited from the guide's local knowledge on where to buy the best gifts etc., as the options are vast.
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Matthew_w
Dec 30, 2024
An excellent day - Amina [sp] was our guide and she was excellent. Very knowledgeable, very personable, and great company for the day. It was a full on day and definitely worthwhile.
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Octavia_p
Dec 28, 2024
Must do - Our tour guide iebraham was excellent. Very knowledgeable, patient and polite. The spice farm was amazing. Learning about the culture of Zanzibar was very interesting.
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Anthony_c
Dec 10, 2024
Exceptional Tour - We did this tour on Tuesday 3 Dec. Our guide Amina was exceptional and is a valuable asset to the tour company. She was extremely informative, chatty and easy to get along with. The highlight of this tour was the Spice Farm as we learnt a lot about how the spices we use a lot for cooking are actually grown.
Tony and Fiona Cullen
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Nicole
Feb 27, 2025
Nice, but not quite correct - During the tour we were unfortunately not able to visit all booked points.
The wort farm was interesting, but don't forget to tip, the farm guides address you especially about it.
Stown Town was very nice, also thanks to our German speaking guide who explained very well and could answer questions 😀
Unfortunately 😞 our greatest joy was made null. We couldn't visit Prison Island because of the wind.
That's nature, of course. But you know that a day earlier (as a diver we know it is visible a day earlier). We could have been made aware of this and should have been informed of it.
To be able to decide whether we still want to take the tour.
It was communicated to us only shortly before entering the spice farm. It's a shame.
Especially since there was no alternative program. Neither has any been proposed.
It just ended the tour earlier.
Without accommodation from Tripavisor.
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Wil_b
Feb 4, 2025
Avoid Mango Tours if you don’t want to be marooned on Prison Island in 35 degrees ! - Avoid Mango Tours at all cost.
Whilst the guides are ok the management back up is non existent. We were left marooned on Prison Island beach for over an hour in 35 degrees with no shade - our return boat never turned up and we had to hitch a lift on another boat. The management of Mango did nothing to rectify the situation when they eventually answered their reps call after 30+ minutes.
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