Zanzibar Spice Farms: Aromatic Walking Tour with Tasting and Traditional Swahili Lunch

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Immerse yourself in the aromatic world of Zanzibar Spice Farms on this walking tour. Smell, taste, and learn about a variety of spices, herbs, and tropical fruits. Indulge in a traditional Swahili lunch and take home fresh packaged spices. Book now!

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

School of Agriculture - Spice tasting, Spice Tour. seasonal fruit tasting

What's Included

Seasonal fruits included
Transportation in a private vehicle

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Additional Information

Portuguese merchants first brought herbs and spices to Zanzibar in the 16th century, sourced from their territorial holdings in India and South America.
This experience involves a guided stroll through a spice farm, or ‘shamba,’ where you will observe different types of fruits, spices, and herbs being grown and harvested. Your guide will explain each…

Location

School of Agriculture

Cancellation Policy

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

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Virginia

Jun 30, 2023

Fragrant, informative and enjoyable - Our guide, Zamir from Madeira Travel and Tours of Zanzibar, took us to the Union Spice Farm which operates as part of a local village. The explanations of the spices and their growth stages and uses were very informative. Whilst we walked around the farm, Illi climbed trees to bring down samples and made us beautiful jewellery from the leaves and flowers, a very talented young man. As Australians, we could not take any spices home, but were shown the packaged soaps and perfumes that Australian customs will allow. There was no hard sell, which we really appreciated. Finally, Butterfly the showman performed a show demonstrating the benefits of coconuts and how to engage a multilingual audience.

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Wearner1205

Jul 14, 2019

Excellent Way to See your Spices As they Grow - We visited the Spice farm in Zanzibar in February of 2019. It was a superb introduction to the many spices we use all the time. Who knew the size of a growing vanilla bean or how difficult it is to cultivate and how much manual labor is involved. we saw cloves on the tree, nutmeg, and cinnamon as bark. the guides were knowledgeable and easy to understand. One assistant was an expert weaver of palm leaves. I still have my tie.. this is a winning tour. I recommend it!!

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Bruce

Mar 17, 2020

A day at a spice farm - On the whole, the day was a little disjointed with the initial van not being large enough for our party, so we had to wait for an additional van to get there. The spice farm tour itself with James as our guide, was very interesting. He and his "assistant" showed us numerous spices in their natural form, how they grow, how they harvest them and uses for different parts of the plants. The assistant(s) wove hats, ties and headbands from fronds and presented them to us and there was an opportunity at one point to buy soap, lotions or oils and at another point to buy the herbs and spices in different forms. Because of the way it was segmented, it seemed that was always someone that should get a tip, and cumulatively it added up to a high percentage of the tour cost. James and his portion of the tour was very well done and informative....balance of the tour was average

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From $103

minimum 3 guests

up to 15 guests

3 Adult, 1 Youth