Zanzibar History Tour: Explore Stone Town & Prison Island

Uncover the rich history and spice trade of Zanzibar on a Stone Town and Spice Tour. Explore historical sites, visit a spice farm, and see giant tortoise on Prison Island.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Prison Island - Changuu Private Island - On Prison Island, giant tortoises roam freely, offering opportunities to feed, photograph, and even massage them. Additionally, visitors can learn about the island’s rich history.
  • Stone Town - This tour includes visits to the Old Fort, Freddy Mercury’s house, Tipu Tipu’s house, and the House of…
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Lunch
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Buying product, souvenirs, clothes, fabrics
  • Tips to our guide
Additional Information

This tour provides an opportunity to learn about Zanzibar’s history and various periods of colonization with our knowledgeable guide. You will visit historical sites such as the old slave market, Darajani market, the old fort, Freddy Mercury’s house, the House of Wonders, Tippu Tip’s house, and more.
Additionally, you will explore one of the largest…

Location
Prison Island - Changuu Private Island
Off the Coast From Stone Town, Shangani
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Davidrw707pu
Sep 23, 2024
Must do tour on Stone town - Abu was the perfect guide. The tour was a great balance of being very informative whilst getting a very authentic feel for Stone Town and Zanzibar, great vip treatment on Prison island and amazing to get the history of Stone Town, the architecture, markets and way of life. The Tour was also the perfect amount of time (4 hours). Abu was great company more of a friend then an guide and everything on the tour was seem-less, he also couldn’t be more helpful trying to assist with the rest of our stay in Zanzibar. Can’t recommend this tour / company enough.
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Worwig
Aug 15, 2024
Amazing way to see Zanzibar! - Our guide Abu was amazing! Professional, knowledgeable and a pleasure to spend time with. The day was so enjoyable - spice farm, prison island d and stone town tour. We had a great time. Highly recommend.
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Tenaja_m
Jul 19, 2024
The best experience in Zanzibar - Abu was so kind and accommodating. He ensured that we saw everything we wanted and within our time constraints. He was very informative and also personable. We really enjoyed our tour. We had no idea a water taxi was a speed boat thrill ride. We loved it.
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Borisk260
Jun 23, 2024
Wonderful day spent in Zanzibar - We visited the Spice Farm, Prison Island and Stone town during the day tour. Our guide Abu is exceptionally caring and knowledgeable. He took good care of us during the tour and taught us history of Zanzibar and a lot of information about different spices. Would definitely recommend to join this tour!
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Adampr3162yz
Jun 3, 2024
Informative and fun! - What an amazing tour. Our guide, Abu, was very easy going, informative, and made us feel at ease. We had a lovely time in stone town and on prison island, he also took us to a lovely restaurant for lunch. We would definitely recommend him to other people and use this service again in the future!
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Shemelle
May 28, 2024
The best Stone Town tour on the island - This was one of my best days in Zanzibar! I was picked up from my hotel and taken to a spice farm near Stone Town, where I got to learn about all the different spices that are grown in Zanzibar. Then we went into Stonetown to get a boat to prison island, where I saw the giant turtles and had a tour of the prison. We then came back to Stone Town for a very informative walking tour and stopped for a traditional Swahili lunch, which was delicious. I even got to see the East African slave tour exhibit upon request. I was then dropped back to my hotel. The tour guide and driver was friendly, informative, polite, patient, helpful, and down to earth. I would recommend this tour to all as it is very inclusive and you get to see a large part of West Zanzibar in one day. I even got to do some shopping too!
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Kim_p
Apr 9, 2024
Wonderful tour with a knowledgeable guide - Abu and his driver provided a wonderful tour for us. Abu is knowledgeable and very proud of his country and was excited to share it with us. He was very accommodating and tailored the tour to our needs. We had a wonderful Swahili lunch even though Abu could not eat because of Ramadan. He arranged a driver for us to take us to dinner at night. We very much enjoyed our tour with Abu.
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B1024jxlaurentp
Mar 2, 2024
Hotel riu jambo zanzibar - Superb stay in Zanzibar Simply magnificent accompanied by Issa our local guide (WhatsApp +255 62 835 3717) with very competitive prices we had an unforgettable stay Especially if you have the opportunity to go there, don’t hesitate Nice visit
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Rebecca_s
Jun 27, 2024
Nice way to get some highlights! - Abuu, our guide was friendly and knowledgeable, and he adjusted things as we went based on what we wanted to do. The visit to Prison Island was short and felt a bit rushed, but it was a highlight. Abuu knew a lot about the history of StoneTown, so we really enjoyed learning from him and lunch was delicious. We had a different guide at the spice farm, and while our visit was great and very informational, there were parts that felt like they were just seeking money. A huge bonus was that this tour included a ride to and from our hotel (which was a long way!).
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David_p
Mar 8, 2024
Interesting experience - Abu was a friendly and informative guide. The tour will benefit from the reopening of the museum. The lunch of assorted carbohydrates was not for the gastronome I am sure there more interesting forms of Swahili food
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