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.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Market Street - Start your day trip by walking through amazing narrow streets decorated with antique shops, well handcraft Arabic and Indian styles doors, stone town old buildings , historical museums, the main slave market in East Africa, Portuguese fortress, house of wonder, local bazaar, etc.Takes 2 to 3hrs of get connected to indigenous drink local coffee and ginger tea with them, and even interact to their story telling, given time for shopping, eat or drink. Stone Town or Mji Mkongwe in swahili meaning”ancient town” is the old part of Zanzibar city, The old town is about 2 and half kilomiter squre miles and awarded world Heritage Site status in 2000.
Our last stop will be Spice Farm, 2hrs of blowing up your mind and given different tasks of taste and find out spices, where you can experience several type such as cardamom, cinnamon, cloves,vanilla, nutmeg ginger, turmeric, coffee plant, etc.Then spactacular show to a coconut climber majestically singing a local song such as JAMBO BWANA without missing fruits sessions and the last one is to be shown the spice table to have look processed ones and even buying some of it (if you find ok for you) to your beloved for the lovely present back home.
What's 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
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.
Customer Ratings
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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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Jmo10000
Feb 18, 2024
Fantastic Tour - With the Best Guide! - My cousin and I took a tour of Stonetown with Masoud. Having traveled a lot and having been on many tours around the world, I can sincerely say that Masoud ranks at the top of tour guides that I have met. He is very articulate (his English is excellent), highly knowledgeable about the Island and its history, and simply a pleasure to be around and take a tour with. He is charming and has such a positive and joyful approach throughout. Because I was a bit "under the weather" (recovering from jet lag, etc.), he was also incredibly flexible and adjusted the tour to meet our needs. He knows so much about the history of Zanzibar, and explains everything in such an understandable way. When he discovered that I'd also need transportation back to the airport, he also offered to take me, rather than my taking a taxi with a stranger. His fee was the same as any taxi would have charged. As a female traveling to the airport alone, it was so very reassuring for me as he waited to be sure I was in the right place and through the gates. Masoud was one of the exceptional people that made my visit to Zanzibar a most memorable one. If you are visiting the Island, I highly recommend him for any trip or tour that you might want to take!
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Kerstino859
Feb 11, 2024
excellent insight view of Stone Town - I met Masoudy the first time in january 2023 when I booked a city tour in Stone Town. I was impressed by is profund historical knowledge, his excellent english and first of all his welcoming and joyful attitude. I went back to Zanzibar in january 2024 and met Masoudy again to learn more about his wonderful hometown. I highly recommend to spend a day with Masoudy!
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Samuelpr5913jb
Jan 24, 2024
Fantastic tour of Spice Farm, Stone Town and Prison Island! - We had a fantastic day with Masoud. Staring with the private spice farm tour, which was really interesting, learnt lots about the different local uses of spices and herbs, and we got to try many different fruits, spices and coconut. The Stone Town tour again was incredibly interesting and Masoud was full of knowledge about the history and culture. We also added on a trip to Prison Island on the day to see the giant tortoises. We'd highly recommend this tour, and we're so glad we did it at the very start of our trip! We even booked on for a different tour the next day because we had such a good time with Masoud :)
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Tour64541545226
Dec 6, 2023
Massoud is Amazing! - Masoud is not only extremely knowledgeable in the history of Stone Town and Zanzibar, he is also friendly and helpful. This tour was one of the highlights of our amazing journey in Tanzania!
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Voyage628895
Dec 2, 2023
Hands down the BEST tour in Zanzibar - We spent the day with Masoud as a family of 8. His knowledge of the area, answer to every question, and ability to relate to both the adults and the kids in our group was wonderful. He is SO informed and was able to show us so many things to taste, smell, and touch. We saw stone town, the spice market, slate trade area and museum, as well as the old fort. You simply MUST take a tour with him if you're visiting Zanzibar. We have been 3 times and this was hands down the tour we should have taken on our first visit so we could truly understand the history.
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Pawelmarciniak
Nov 8, 2023
Learned a lot, lot's of fun, well organized tour - We spent a great day with Masoud. 3 of us had a full day private excursion starting from spice farm, then sightseeing Stone Town, and cruising to Prison Island. I was impressed with Masoud’s in depth insight the history of the town as well as the botanic knowledge of spice. That was an intense and informative day and even though, we did not feel tired thanks to Masoud’s great sense of humor, relaxed atmosphere and very good tour organization. He was happy to advise and adapt the tour to our needs. I would highly recommend Masoud for tours in Zanzibar.
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