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Private Tour Zanzibar: Unique Stone Town and Spice Farm Plantations Combo
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Zanzibar
This unified venture of Stone Town City Tour and Spice Tour is an outing bundle that explores some of the highly visited tourist spots that Zanzibar boasts of.
This unified venture of Stone Town City Tour and Spice Tour is an outing bundle that explores some of the highly visited tourist spots that Zanzibar boasts of.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Market Street - We’ll start by walking through Stone Town, or Mji Mkongwe, which means “Ancient Town”. This historic trade center with Swahili & Islamic influences was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status. Our walk will be 2 - 3 hours. You’ll be immersed in the special history of this unique, indigenous place.
We’ll wander through amazing narrow…
- Market Street - We’ll start by walking through Stone Town, or Mji Mkongwe, which means “Ancient Town”. This historic trade center with Swahili & Islamic influences was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status. Our walk will be 2 - 3 hours. You’ll be immersed in the special history of this unique, indigenous place.
We’ll wander through amazing narrow streets, by antique shops, exceptional handmade Arabic & Indian style doors, and visit historic buildings and local museums. We’ll view the main slave market of East Africa, a Portuguese fortress, the landmark House of Wonder and a local bazaar. We’ll also stop for local coffee or ginger tea, and make time for shopping too.
After our Stone Town excursion we’ll visit a local Spice Farm. We’ll spend 2 hrs. at the Spice Farm, experiencing many different spices and discovering plants, scents and tastes of cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, nutmeg, ginger, turmeric, coffee, and more.
We’ll finish with a spectacular coconut tree climber show, who sings local songs while picking coconuts high in the branches of the tree. Finally, we’ll stop at a spice table, where you can see the processed spices and can buy some unique gifts to take home with you.
What's Included
- Service fees included
- Gratuities (tips)
- All entrance fees covered
- Complimentary bottled water
- Expert professional guide
- All taxes included
- Service fees included
- Gratuities (tips)
- All entrance fees covered
- Complimentary bottled water
- Expert professional guide
- All taxes included
What's Not Included
- Medical Insurance if needed
- Expenses of a personal Nature
- Pick up and drop off from your hotel
- Medical Insurance if needed
- Expenses of a personal Nature
- Pick up and drop off from your hotel
Location
Old Slave Market/Anglican Cathedral
Mkunazini Street
New Mkunazini Road, Zanzibar, Tanzania Infront of the Old Slave Market/Anglican Cathedral at the main entrance (main entrance located at Mkunazini Road)
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
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(36 Ratings)
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Lido_beach_family
Sep 8, 2024
Highly recommended tour of Spice Farm Plantation and Stone Town - I highly recommend this tour. Our guide, Masoud, was excellent, very knowledgeable about the spices and Stone Town.
We signed up for the afternoon tour, since we arrived at Zanzibar from the mainland in the morning. First we toured the spice farm. It was very interesting and Masoud was very engaging and explained all the details about the spices. Then, we took a walking tour of Stone Town. Again, very informative and interesting.
I can't think of a better and more enjoyable way to understand the history of Zanzibar than to take this tour.
Thank you, Masoud!
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Y7777gqannf
Jul 27, 2024
Informative walking tour! - Masoud gave us a great walking tour of Stone Town. He provided us with a very helpful introduction to the area, showed us the highlights, and provided lots of background information that we wouldn’t otherwise have known about that helped us to appreciate and better understand the sights. This is wonderful way to start your trip to Zanzibar!
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Grandtour05249633888
Jul 20, 2024
Awesome way to see Stone Town incl. Small streets and non-touristy area - First of all, thank you Masoud for the very nice guiding through city and the spice farm. We were having a very good time, however beforehand had some issues with traffic to get to stone town, so I highly recommend to provide your mobile phone number, or to contact Masoud directly via +255 772 777 297 so you can discuss about transportation (Masoud can also organize transport, we did not see that beforehand). In fact the tour was so good and we had the feeling that we could spend a little bit more time in stone town so we came back and booked some additional time with Masoud as a guide. We saw the harbour, the markets, small streets, nice doors, the former slave market, all with a very good guide and a lot of information. We can only highly recommend to take some time with Masoud and let him show you a different view from stone town. Thanks for the awesome time! :)
Best regards
Lena & Marc
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1021dan
May 30, 2024
Make this part of your Zanzibar visit - Masoud was a great host who has excellent language skills, knowledge and sense of humor.
It was the perfect departure day activity with friends
Any trip would be incomplete without his guidance
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Chidiver1210
May 30, 2024
Amazing day in Zanzibar - Masoud was great. Has amazing knowledge of Zanzibar history, culture and spices. Had a great day first learning about many spices at the spice farm. Then a wonderful walk and history lesson about Zanzibar and Stone town. Highly recommend him. Big 5 stars!!!
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Wandering_db
May 30, 2024
Great way to experience understand of the most important aspects of Zanzibar: the spice trade and Stone Town! - Masoud provided a great tour!
We began with an excellent visit to Kizimbani Farms where we tried to guess spices and were able to sample some of the Zanzibar products made from those spices. And we enjoyed fresh and thirst-clenching coconut at the end of the visit.
After, we enjoyed a leisurely but yet complete walk and tour of stone town including
(1) Old Slave Market / Anglican Cathedral and the East African Slave Trade Exibition, where we learned about the villains and heroes of this terrible era in Zanzibar’s history,
(2) Darajani Bazaar, where we saw fish auctions, bought some Zanzibar cinnamon, and sampled and learned how to finish peeling fresh roasted cashews,
(3) Stone Town touring and shopping, where we learned about the construction and ongoing preservation of this city of coral, and enjoyed beautiful panoramic views of the area and took a break,
(4) Freddie Mercury Museum, where we learned about the most iconic rock star from Zanzibar and his later investments on the island, and
(5) Old Fort, where we learned about the Portuguese history of Zanzibar.
Masoud was an excellent guide!
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775olafb
May 7, 2024
Stone Town Tour with the best guide ever - The best guide we ever had.Great Tour, great people.
Fun Day. A Tour you must book when you visit Sansibar.
We will come again
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Z1014tlkyled
Apr 7, 2024
Adventures with Masudy - The morning started off arriving at the spice farm, where we got to meet Masudy! A friendly face, a personality to match and most of all a proud Zanzibari!
Our senses got to experience the delights of fruits and spices as we guessed our way through lemon grass, nutmeg and many more!
From the spice farm we hit the road to Stone Town, where we explored the history behind Zanzibars past, although sad, we very enlightened by Masudy's extensive knowledge and passion in sharing the stories and truths of a life once lived.
Our final stop was a brief boat ride across the sea to Prison Island. Masudy took us through its inception and a few close ups with the resident tortoises, some of which are a few hundred years old!
A huge shout out to Masudy and what he does in brining his home to life! It was a true pleasure spending the day with him as we took on the adventures of Zanzibar!
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276hbl
Mar 30, 2024
It doesn't get any better! - We did the above-mentioned tour on a very hot day during Ramadan. Hats off to Masoud and Yusuf, who accompanied us to the spice farm and then to and through Stonetown in a relaxed manner without drinking.
The information during the trip about Zanzibar, life, religion and conditions made the journey pass quickly and was mostly new to us.
Masoud knew what each spice was best used for. Not just in the kitchen, but also in medicine. He knew so much that our memory was exhausted at some point. Our tip for the spice farm: definitely do it, even if you embarrass yourself when you smell the spices and you only get it right every now and then. It's best to wear flip-flops in case it rains (pours).
In Stonetown we were very happy that Masoud was our 'walking GPS', without him we would have gotten lost and walked past a lot of things. He was also a walking history encyclopedia on the city tour. The horror of slavery was almost real, as he described it. With great ease, he led us to the roof terrace in one hotel to enjoy the great view and panoramic view, and in another hotel he explained the special features of the building.
Our tip for Stonetown: definitely do it. Masoud adapts the pace to his guests and has an answer to every question. Opinions differ when it comes to footwear. For me, the flip-flops were good, for my husband it had to be sneakers.
Conclusion: The spice farm and Stonetown tour with Masoud is absolutely recommendable!
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Jonathanbj2854ip
Mar 20, 2024
Great day for the family with experienced local guide - Great tour for the whole family. Highly recommend to anyone looking to take in a spice tour or walking tour of old stone town. Very knowledgeable and flexible guide who catered to the day we wanted to have.
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