Stone Town Walking Tour: Unveil the Historic Wonders of a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Uncover the enchanting history of Stone Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on a private walking tour. Navigate through narrow streets with a knowledgeable guide and delve into the area’s fascinating cultural heritage and architectural wonders.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Stone Town - This tour will give you an excellent way of familiarizing yourself with Stone Town’s geography, history, architecture and culture. This fascinating excursion leads you through a maze of narrow streets that boasts more than 2000 limestone buildings, covering an area of 50 hectares and with a population of 18000 living in the suburbs….
What's Included
  • Professional tour guide
  • Pick up from Stone Town hotels upon request
What's Not Included
  • Transfers from other parts of the island (tour starts in Stone Town)
  • Food and Drinks
  • Tips/Gratuities for the guide
  • Any cost of personal nature
Additional Information

Delving into the history of Stone Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an intriguing experience, yet its labyrinthine streets can be perplexing. In order to navigate easily and catch all the significant sights, engage an expert guide who is well-versed with the local history, cultural heritage, and architecture. This can be entirely customized to your…

Location
Zanzibar Tourist Information Centre
Mizingani Road
The meeting point is Infront of the Old fort at the main entrance.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Lyndsey_b
Jan 14, 2025
Redeemed (after a false start) - Something went awry with the admin, no-one met me at the agreed time/place and couldn't get through on the provided phone number. However, a very prompt response to my email asking what happened produced, within minutes, Imran at my hotel ready to go. We did the walking tour immediately. He provided lots of history and information, covered all the promised places, answered all my questions including giving me time enough at the slavery exhibition. Imran was friendly, chatty, informative and helpful about other things I could see/do. Just what I had hoped for.
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Caitmoran
Jan 7, 2025
Superb walking tour of Zanzibar with Mohammed - A great walking tour with Mohammed, who was so knowledgeable and interesting. We had a two hour walk around the stone town area and Mohammed explained the history of Zanzibar and the significance of the different sites so clearly and accessibly. Mohammed was an absolute pleasure - courteous, kind and insightful. I couldn’t recommend this tour more- fantastic high quality professional level guiding and approach.
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Gilestakesabreak
Dec 26, 2024
Definitely Recommended - I booked this tour as an afterthought after booking a hotel stay up north in Nungwi, and I’m really glad I did. Stone Town is a very interesting and charming place to explore and I was fortunate to have Mohammed as my most pleasant and knowledgeable guide. Definitely recommended for anyone visiting Zanzibar for the first time.
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Sophie_m
Dec 17, 2024
Very interesting - Mohammed is an excellent guide who provide us a lot of information about Zanzibar and Stone Town. We started by the Old Fort and an introduction to history and religion in this island. We discovered the meaning of the door carving. We had a good overview of the market, the spices and other products. And we leant a lot at the slave museum.
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Ramonstephen_v
Nov 8, 2024
Informative & Fun - It was educational, informative at the same time entertaining. Ali?(sorry forgot your name🫰) was so knowledgable & fun. Very helpful too he helped us bargain a little with our souveneirs, arranged our tuktuk ride & brought us to our lunch destination Lukmaan. After 65 countries and a hundred tours he's at the top of our list.
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Krystle_g
Oct 24, 2024
Great Tour! - This is a must do tour while in Zanzibar. I learned so much about the island and the history of its people. Imran was a wonderful tour guide. It is also great for solo travelers who want to get to know the city.
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Heinz
Oct 24, 2024
Informatif and very entertaining - With Ramadhan we had a very good guide. Local knowledge and lots of information about the city and the history of StownTown. Highly recommended.
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Laurie_m
Oct 11, 2024
Excellent experience! - Mohammed gave a comprehensive tour of Stone Town. His knowledge of the history, culture and tidbits of information was phenomenal. We were thankful for him for our first experience of navigating that streets. Without him, we would have gotten lost!!!
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Sebastian_f
Oct 4, 2024
Highly recommend! - Highly recommend as a stone tone tour, guide was extremely friendly and knowledgeable, and very receptive to going slower or faster in certain areas.
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Love_b
Oct 24, 2024
Meh - Great guide but the town really wasn't as interesting as I thought it would be. This obviously is not the tour guides fault. Lots of nice doors and narrow streets. Fish market auction was cool. Slave market tour was a whitewashed museum piece that seemed to highlight the role of British in liberation. All in all a decent place to visit to buy souvenirs. Very busy town
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