Zanzibar Private Spice and Stonetown Tour(Include Lunch)

4.8 (86 reviews) Zanzibar City, Tanzania
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Duration7h
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LanguagesEnglish, French, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Enjoy a privately guided tour through the heart of Stone Town, the historic coastal gem of East Africa. Walk through narrow, winding alleys filled with rich culture, centuries-old architecture, and the vibrant stories of Zanzibar's Swahili, Arab, and European heritage. After discovering the town’s key landmarks, continue your journey to a nearby spice farm, where you'll explore lush plantations of cloves, cinnamon, vanilla, and more. Learn how these spices are grown and harvested, and watch a live demonstration of traditional Zanzibari cooking. At the end of the tour, savor a delicious local meal infused with freshly picked spices—a true taste of Zanzibar.

Options

Pickup anywhere(with entrance)

Entrance fees: Slave museum entrance fee are included
Private guided tour
Duration: 7 hours
Lunch of Swahili meal
Air conditioned vehicle: We will come to pick you up from any hotel, any where in the island
Pickup included

Pickup Stonetown (no entrance)

No slave museum ticket: The entrance fees in this place are not included
Private tour
Duration: 6 hours
Swahili food lunch
Air conditioned vehicle: Hotel location for pick-up must be in Stonetown area
Pickup included

Pickup anywhere (no entrance)

No entrance fees : Slave museum entrance fee not included
Private tour
Duration: 7 hours
Swahili food lunch
Air conditioned vehicle: We will pick you from any hotel in any place
Pickup included

Pickup Stontown(with entrance)

Entrance fees: Slave museum entrance fees are included
Private tour
Duration: 6 hours
Lunch of Swahili food
Air conditioned vehicle: Pickup hotel must be in Stonetown area
Pickup included

What's included

  • Bottled water
  • Lunch
  • Slave museum (option entree)
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Tour for all tours
  • Spice farm
  • minimum required drinking age is 18 years old
  • Personal expenses

What to expect

  1. Jambo Spice Farm
    3h · Admission ticket included
    We start with a spice tour where we visit a farm of 3 to 4 hectors planted with a variety of spice trees and plants each grouped under a certain small plot such as cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, ginger, turmeric, nutmegs lemongrass, and coffee, also we get chance to see some tropical fruit trees like mango, orange, and banana, (Max 1hour 30 minutes), after we take a short break at someone we refer as butterfly man who will be climbing a coconut tree for tourists singing hakuna matata song after he cuts young coconut for tourists to taste (30 minutes) then we go to have a lunch variety of local cousin food like pilau, cooked banana, spinach, fried chicken, sauce and kachumbari, (30 minutes) get time to visit spice shop to buy some spices if interested (30 minutes), take the car to Stone Town which takes 35 minutes to drive.
  2. Stone Town
    3h
    As we arrive in Stonetown we start our tour of two to three hours by walking at historical places, shopping in souvenir boutiques, and short stops at coffee shops if demanded by clients. The tour goes long or short depending on the demand of the tourists because visiting sometimes sufficient for an hour for every important historical point,
    We will start by the main market so known as Darajani Market, going to the old slave memorial market ( here required entrance and it is included in the price change) after we go past the Zanzíbar door and architecture, we pass the main center of the stone town famously known as jaws corner or Soko Muhogo, go passing the old Catholic church, go passing Freddie Mercury house, go down up to the old fort and we enter for free and take a look around after we pass the Forodhani park, go pass the house of wonder and finally palace museum, here our driver will pick the guests back to the hotel,
  3. Pass by
    On a small road in Stone Town, the historic center of Zanzibar, stands what's dubbed the Freddie Mercury House. Mercury spent parts of his childhood in this house
  4. Forodhani Gardens
    Pass by
    The Forodhani Gardens is a small park in the historical city of Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania. The gardens are located along the main seawalk of Stone Town
  5. Anglican Zanzibar Diocese
    1h · Admission ticket included
    A place to learn the actual history of Zanzíbar with what happened on the side slavery

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

Our pickup and guide will come to the hotel and register themselves at the reception, they will be wearing white t-shirts having a badge of Yazan Tours and Safaris on it
They will be having the names of tourists and their respective room numbers and also know complete details of what will be going to be done for the particular day

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation policy

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

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