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Tours and excursions

Half-day and full-day experiences across Unguja, with hotel pickup, licensed local guides and a fixed price agreed before you travel.

Culture and history

Stone Town Historical Tour

  • Stone Town, Unguja, Zanzibar
  • Half day, approximately 4 to 5 hours
  • Private or shared

A half-day guided walk through the coral stone lanes of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, taking in the old slave market, the…

Culture and history

Zanzibar Spice Farm Tour

  • Spice farms outside Stone Town, Unguja
  • Half day, approximately 3 to 4 hours
  • Private or shared

See, smell and taste the crops the Spice Islands were named for. A half-day walk through a working farm with cloves, vanilla,…

Beach and ocean

Prison Island Tour

  • Changuu Island, off Stone Town, Zanzibar
  • Half day, approximately 4 to 5 hours
  • Private or shared

A thirty-minute boat ride from Stone Town to Changuu Island, home to a colony of Aldabra giant tortoises, a 19th-century prison building…

Nature and wildlife

Jozani Forest Tour

  • Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park, Unguja
  • Half day, approximately 4 hours
  • Private or shared

Zanzibar's only national park and the one place on earth to see the endemic Kirk's red colobus monkey, plus a mangrove boardwalk…

Beach and ocean

Mnemba Island Half-Day Tour

  • Mnemba atoll, off Matemwe, north-east Unguja
  • Half day, approximately 4 to 5 hours
  • Private or shared

Snorkel the protected reef around Mnemba atoll off the north-east coast, with a good chance of swimming near wild dolphins on the…

Adventure activities

Safari Blue Zanzibar

  • Fumba and Menai Bay, south-west Unguja
  • Full day, approximately 8 hours
  • Private or shared

A full day on a traditional dhow from Fumba: snorkelling, a seafood lunch on an uninhabited island, sandbanks, a mangrove lagoon and…

Adventure activities

Zanzibar Aquarium and Caves

  • Paje, Jambiani, Kizimkazi and Nungwi, Zanzibar
  • Half day, 2 to 3 hours at the sites
  • Private or shared

Swim in a natural coral cave and visit the turtle aquarium. Kuza Cave at Jambiani, Maalum Cave at Paje and Salaam Cave…

Adventure activities

Zanzibar Quad Bike Tour

  • Village tracks and farmland, central Unguja
  • Half day, approximately 3 to 4 hours
  • Private or shared

Ride a quad through rice fields, sugar cane and village tracks no car reaches, with a safety briefing, a local guide and…

Beach and ocean

Sunset Dhow Cruise

  • Stone Town, Nungwi or Kendwa, depending on your hotel
  • Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Private or shared

Two and a half hours on the water as the sun goes down, with welcome drinks, snacks and a friendly captain who…

Culture and history

Nungwi Village Tour

  • Nungwi, northern Unguja
  • Half day, approximately 4 hours
  • Private or shared

Known locally as the Thousand Hands of Zanzibar. Meet the boat builders, weavers and craftspeople whose work supports the north coast.

Culture and history

Zanzibar Cooking Class

  • Stone Town area, Zanzibar
  • Half day, approximately 4 hours
  • Private or shared

Cook Swahili food with a local chef, from choosing ingredients to plating up. Includes traditional dress, local music and the meal you…

Adventure activities

Zanzibar Zipline Adventure

  • Forest zipline course, Unguja
  • Half day, approximately 3 hours
  • Shared

Fly across steel cables strung above the forest canopy, with a guided forest walk, suspension bridges and full safety equipment.

Adventure activities

Horse Riding Experience

  • Coastal stables, Zanzibar
  • Approximately 2 to 3 hours including transfers
  • Private or shared

Ride along the shoreline and through coastal trails on well-trained horses, with a stop to swim in the shallows with your horse.

Beach and ocean

The Rock Restaurant Experience

  • Michamvi Pingwe, south-east Unguja
  • Half day including transfers, allow 4 hours
  • Private

Lunch or dinner at the restaurant built on a rock in the sea off Michamvi Pingwe, with return transfers and the table…

Beach and ocean

Sea Turtles Sanctuary

  • Nungwi, northern Unguja
  • Approximately 1 hour at the site, half day with transfers
  • Private or shared

A natural tidal pool set in the coral rock where rescued marine turtles are rehabilitated. Feed them, swim with them and learn…

Adventure activities

Transparent Kayak and Drone Experience

  • Nungwi and Kendwa, northern Unguja
  • Approximately 1 hour on the water, half day with transfers
  • Private or shared

Paddle a clear-bottomed kayak over the reef at Nungwi or Kendwa while a professional drone films the whole thing from above.

Family experiences

Jozani Forest and Butterfly Centre

  • Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park, Unguja
  • Half day, approximately 5 hours
  • Private or shared

The red colobus monkeys of Jozani plus the neighbouring butterfly centre, home to chameleons, bush babies and elephant shrews.

Culture and history

Stone Town and Spice Farm

  • Stone Town and the spice farms, Unguja
  • Full day, approximately 7 hours
  • Private or shared

History in the morning, spices in the afternoon. The UNESCO old town followed by a working plantation where you smell and taste…

Culture and history

Stone Town and Jozani Forest

  • Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park and Stone Town
  • Full day, approximately 8 hours
  • Private or shared

Endemic red colobus monkeys in the island's only national park, then the UNESCO old town in the afternoon.

Beach and ocean

Spice Farm and Prison Island

  • Spice farms and Changuu Island, Zanzibar
  • Full day, approximately 7 to 8 hours
  • Private or shared

A morning on a working spice plantation, then the boat to Changuu Island for the giant tortoises, a snorkel and a swim.

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