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Luxury Spice Tour: Explore Zanzibar’s Rich Spice Farms with a Gourmet Lunch Included
4.6
24 Ratings
Zanzibar
Embark on a luxury spice tour in Zanzibar and discover the secrets of the island’s rich spice farms. Enjoy a gourmet lunch and indulge in handmade spices, soaps, and creams. Get ready for a sensory adventure!
Embark on a luxury spice tour in Zanzibar and discover the secrets of the island’s rich spice farms. Enjoy a gourmet lunch and indulge in handmade spices, soaps, and creams. Get ready for a sensory adventure!
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Jambo Spice Farm - You will immerse yourself in Zanzibar’s vibrant spice culture. You’ll enjoy a guided tour through lush plantations, where you can see, touch, and taste a variety of spices like cloves, cinnamon, vanilla, and nutmeg. Our knowledgeable guides will share the fascinating history and uses of these spices, and you’ll have the chance…
- Jambo Spice Farm - You will immerse yourself in Zanzibar’s vibrant spice culture. You’ll enjoy a guided tour through lush plantations, where you can see, touch, and taste a variety of spices like cloves, cinnamon, vanilla, and nutmeg. Our knowledgeable guides will share the fascinating history and uses of these spices, and you’ll have the chance to sample fresh tropical fruits, try some local dishes flavored with these spices, and even purchase some to take home as a delicious souvenir.
What's Included
- Spice lunch and drinks
- Transport waiting charge
- Mineral water
- Services of experienced professional tour guide
- Service entrance fees
- Pick up and drop off from your hotel (around Stone Town only)
- Spice lunch and drinks
- Transport waiting charge
- Mineral water
- Services of experienced professional tour guide
- Service entrance fees
- Pick up and drop off from your hotel (around Stone Town only)
What's Not Included
- Expenses of a personal nature
- Guide Tip
- Expenses of a personal nature
- Guide Tip
Additional Information
Embarking on a journey through one of Zanzibar’s Spice Farms offers guests an informative encounter with the variety of spices grown on the island. Along the walking tour, every spice is introduced and described by our knowledgeable guides. After gathering a wealth of information, guests are given the opportunity to purchase a range of spices, handmade…
Embarking on a journey through one of Zanzibar’s Spice Farms offers guests an informative encounter with the variety of spices grown on the island. Along the walking tour, every spice is introduced and described by our knowledgeable guides. After gathering a wealth of information, guests are given the opportunity to purchase a range of spices, handmade soaps, and creams from the local community residing within the farm. This enriching experience also includes interacting with diverse spice plants and trees through touch, scent and guesswork. The engaging and humorous approach of our tour guides surely adds joy and laughter to your tour experience.
Location
Stone Town
We will be in touch at the whole time to make sure we meet at the right place for starting our journey to spice farm.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(24 Ratings)
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Jcochran22
Oct 13, 2024
A fun, tasty adventure - We really enjoyed the Spice Tour, and learned a lot about the plants and trees where spices grow. It was not what we expected (an actual farm), but we loved it anyways. Our guides were very knowledgeable and friendly, and very accommodating to our older family members with limited mobility, especially in the rain. The traditional Zanzibari lunch was really delicious as was the fruit tasting (the best pineapple we have ever eaten!). It was a bit crowded and touristy, but you'll learn a lot and enjoy the Zanzibari hospitality and fun.
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Lamont_j
Jun 19, 2024
Great Experience! - 10 of us U.S. journalists and professional friends traveled together. The informed and amiable tour guide taught us a lot about how spices are grown on the island. The lunch they cooked for us at the end was, we agreed, one of the best meals we had in Zanzibar - and all were good. Plus, all of us bought some of the great soap, spice, coffee, and other products before leaving. Highly recommend this!
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Catherine_w
Mar 6, 2024
Informative, stress free and interesting - Great Meal! Best of all trips - I was driven to the farm. I had a most intensive tour of all the spice plants and was dressed up in garlands of palm leaves and hibiscus! The meal and the fresh fruit afterwards was a bit of a high point. We saw a man climb a coconut palm and then we ate fresh coconut and drank coconut water. Everything was good and the guide was happy to let me sit and rest as I needed.
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Benny_b
Jul 7, 2023
A delight for your senses. - The tour guide was knowledgeable with a great personality. The farm had more to offer than I expected. Choose this tour!
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Lamontj814
Jul 6, 2023
Excellent From Start To End! - I led a group of 10 U.S. journalists and friends, and this was one of our planned events. Everybody agreed that it was an excellent experience from start to finish. Amiable, knowledgeable tour guide with an equally excellent assistant. The lunch they prepared for us and served at the end was one of the best meals we had during our stay in Zanzibar, and we all bought some of their coffees, teas, soaps, and other personal care items when we were given the opportunity at the end. This was worth probably twice what it actually cost. We highly recommend it. When I return, this will definitely be on the itinerary again. We went in the latter of June, arguably the best month for weather in Zanzibar. Warm but not hot and humid.
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Berndv452
Apr 8, 2023
Fantastic - It was a very nice experience and we learned a lot from our guide/“rafiki” Ismael. He was a very sweet and funny man and learned us a lot. 9/10, would recommend
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1bluepenguin
Sep 15, 2022
Good trip - We used Zan Archipelago Tours & Safaris for ur tour to Prison island, we liked the service so we booked for the 1/2 day spice tour
Pick up was on time and in a good taxi.
The guide was very informative and we were dazzled by the massive variety of spices that were grown on the island
Would recommend
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V_roniquen234
Aug 9, 2024
very good experience - All right. The Guide explains well you can feel everything taste and touch. Very educational. We are given crown bracelet made of banbou.
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Alessandra
Jun 20, 2024
Flavor on point - Beautiful day and very informative! Our guide was very good! They make us taste several different types of spices and explain the benefits and their uses!
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Mariliisjukk
Dec 6, 2021
Do not recommend - The spice farm experience was a poor one with this company.
First of all, it was way overpriced. Secondly, the tour guide and the information he gave out, seemed very random and not very professional. He made inappropriate nationality jokes and made faces when we did not know some spices or fruits and was verbal about how is it possible certain plants we had never seen or it did not grow in cold climates. He seemed bored during the job. Quite arrogant behaviour and there hopefully are better guides. The tour was supposed to last 4-5 hours but we were back in Stone Town in a bit over 3 hours, so it felt very rushed.
The spices and the garden was well kept - seemed to be only for tourism purposes, though. Fruit tasting was nice! We could eat all sorts of tropical fruits.
The prices of the spice farm's soaps and spices 2-5x higher than of Stone Town's market
Overall for this price and description, we were not satisfied. Probably possible to get the same tour for at least half off when bought from the spot.
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