Stone Town, Spice Farm, and Jozani Forest: Private Exploration of Zanzibar's Culture and Wildlife

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Immerse yourself in the rich culture and diverse wildlife of Zanzibar with a private tour of Stone Town, Spice Farm, and Jozani Forest. Explore the history, architecture, and traditions while discovering the natural beauty of this African paradise.

Duration: 8 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Stone Town - Stone Town is renowned for its unique architecture, featuring historic buildings and narrow streets. As one of Africa’s oldest cities, it was once a prominent trading hub in East Africa.
This tour offers an exploration of Stone Town’s rich history, with visits to notable sites such as the Anglican Cathedral and Former Slave Market,…

Stone Town - Stone Town is renowned for its unique architecture, featuring historic buildings and narrow streets. As one of Africa’s oldest cities, it was once a prominent trading hub in East Africa.

This tour offers an exploration of Stone Town’s rich history, with visits to notable sites such as the Anglican Cathedral and Former Slave Market, House of Wonders (National Museum in Zanzibar), Palace Museum, the Old Fort, Hamamni Baths, Catholic Cathedral, Freddy Mercury House, Darajani Market, Tipu Tipu’s House, and other popular landmarks and attractions in Stone Town.

Jambo Spice Farm - Zanzibar Island is famous for its diverse spices and herbs. This tour includes a visit to the Jambo and Tangawizi Spice Farm, where participants can learn about, explore, smell, and taste a variety of spices, herbs, and tropical fruits available in Zanzibar, such as cloves, lemongrass, nutmeg, cinnamon, turmeric, vanilla, coconuts, papaya, chili, black pepper, jackfruit, cardamom, cassava, and many more.

At the Spice Farm, visitors will also have the opportunity to watch a local climb a coconut tree while singing a traditional song (Jambo Bwana), and later enjoy fresh fruits including coconut juice, bananas, watermelons, pineapples, mangoes, and more.

Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park - Jozani Forest National Park is the only National Park in Zanzibar. It is famous for the Red Colobus Monkeys, a rare species that is easily found in Zanzibar.

Other species in Jozani include the Sykes monkey, bushbabies, over 50 species of butterflies, and 40 species of birds. Butterflies and birds are most commonly seen early in the morning or in the evening.

Additionally, Jozani Forest features a variety of plants, some of which are used for medicinal purposes, construction, and furniture making.

After the Jozani forest tour, visitors can enjoy a Mangrove boardwalk, where they will learn about mangroves and their importance in preventing coastal erosion.

What's Included

Private transportation
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
In-vehicle air conditioning
Snacks

What's Not Included

Old Slave Market entrance fee - $5pp
Jozani entrance fee - $12pp
Lunch

Additional Information

Join our exclusive tour to discover the highlights of Zanzibar with a thoughtfully designed itinerary that includes the Stone Town City Tour, Spice Farm Tour, and Jozani Forest National Park. In addition to the stunning beaches, this tour explores the rich history, fascinating architecture, diverse cultures, and unique natural beauty and wildlife that Zanzibar boasts.

Location

Stone Town

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Dkali2019

Sep 14, 2024

Don’t miss this tour - For the first part Abdul was awesome. Knowledgeable, kind and listened well, answered all questions. For the second leg we had Ahmed who was also wonderful

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Judi_k

Apr 12, 2024

Amazing tour - What an amazing day, our driver Ahmed met us at the port, excellent communication about where to meet. It was quite rainy and so we made a few adjustments to the order of our day, he was great about calling ahead to verify availability and accessibility as two of us travel with walkers and poc’s. We started at a beautiful spice farm where they had guides to show us around and then we sat under a covered area to learn how the spices were used for cooking and healing. We also tried some amazing fresh fruits. We then drove to Jozani forest (a beautiful ride with so much to see). A guide there showed us around and the rain cleared and we were able to see several monkeys, definitely a highlight for us! We then drove back towards port and Stone Town. On our way out we’d driven through and seen quite a bit but the tour included a guide and short walking tour. Our guide was amazing and started telling us all kinds of stories as we drove through the market area heading to where we had planned to park. The rain decided to return in full force so we opted to return to the ship and be content with what we saw driving through. I can’t believe how much we were able to do given how much it rained and our limited mobility. Ahmed and all of our guides were so kind and helpful, I heartily recommend this tour!

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Bbwalker2

Aug 4, 2023

A wonderful day! - Our tour started off with our wonderful driver Ahmedi he gave us so much great information and was great to just talk to. Our first stop was Jozani forest where we had another great guide with an eagle eye. We got to see so many monkeys up close! Then we headed to Stone town. Our guide was amazing! A local himself he took us all over in a very quick amount of time. He was extremely knowledgeable. He also gave us a great lunch recommendation at the Africa hotel. The food was amazing and the view overlooking the water was wonderful. Then we headed to our last stop the spice farm, a perfect way to end the day. We learned so much and got to try the freshest fruits ever. 12/10 tour!

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Ragavan

Jun 27, 2022

Good private tour of Stone town, spice farm and Jozani Forest - On the 20th of June we had a private tour with Sultan tours for Jozani Forest, Spice farm and Stonetown. The communication with the organization was superb and the chauffeur was precisely on time. Furthermore, he was kind and patient as it took a whole day. Another good point was that for each section of the tour we had a separate guide who was specialized on that specific subject. Comparing the price with other operators, the price/quality ratio was excellent. I would recommend Sultan tours to anyone who is interested in sightseeing in Zanzibar

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Mattarally

Apr 15, 2020

The real taste of Africa - Our guide did explain all history behind the stone town and take us to all landmarks that are located in Stone Town and it reminds me a little bit of Sevilla. Spice Farm was so memorable and was the best in Zanzibar, tasted all spices and enjoyed fresh fruit and great dish too. Jozani Park was great too. I highly recommend it, The Sultan Tours was so helpful during our trip in Tanzania.

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Gnter_d

Jan 7, 2022

Good combination of impressions - The Tour itself is a pretty good combination for the money and sure to take all day if you are staying somewhere in the North as it takes some time to travel. The Jozani forest was first, a pretty short stop to take a brief walk in the jungle and you are pretty much guaranteed to see the monkeys. Then a quick walk around the mangroves and back to the car. This is done in small groups by the way. Might be worth spending 30 minutes more afterwards in the jungle to see more things. Next up was Stone Town, this was pretty much perfect, professional guide, plenty time and all very safe and easy. Last up was the spice farm which was interesting but also felt like a bit too much focused on activities for tips. Altogether a good tour that still can handle some improvements.

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