Kind AND knowledgeable - Kassim is not only kind, but also very knowledgeable and a good speaker. We were taken to some of the more notable sights, but also to a few places off the beaten path. Kassim was thoughtful and careful to make stops in places where we had shade and a breeze. We learned a lot not only about stone town, but the peri-events that strongly influenced it, like the Berlin Treaty, discovery (all four of them!) of the new world and the economic dynamic of the Euro-African region. Thank you for providing this context!

Great Background for your Zanzibar Trip - Kassim was an excellent tour guide and was able to breakdown the history of Zanzibar and the slave trade in an easily digestible form. The history lesson also became a brief overview of some African history as a whole. A very worthwhile tour.

A great way to understand the areas history. - The history of stone town and the region was presented in an excellent manner. Kassim went out of his way to meet all our needs in a very prompt and professional manner.

An amazingly good guide - Kassim is a brilliant guide. From meeting him in the gardens, just ask any other guide, they all know & respect him, to arriving back to our hotel, over 3 hrs later, he was superb. The history of Stone Town is amazing & his knowledge-wow. Horrendous but don’t miss the history of slavery, very moving or the old market, particularly the fish market with auctions. What an 80th birthday celebration it was!! Next day, Jambo Spice Farm with Kassim again but, although he organised the driver, a lunch at the Farm, just us, Kassim, driver & farm guide in outdoor kitchen, Kassim handed the spice guiding to experienced lady. Torrential rain but fascinating a complete botany lesson! So 2 days of Kassim’s guiding should not be missed- he’s simply the best.

Perfect - Mady (our guide) was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. We learned so much and covered a lot of topics and different areas. We really enjoyed this experience and we highly recommend this as a fun, informative and efficient way to explore Stone Town

Wonderful tour and... - Wonderful tour and experience. Kassim is so knowledgeable and kind and answered every question we had. We really got a feel for Stone Town in a short time and had a lot of fun.

walking tour - The guide was knowledgeable, and was easy to understand, however I felt that more should have been said/ shown about some of the buildings ( that we walked past , even though open). however I did enjoy the tour

Stone town is great - Slave trade market museum. A lot of gift shops and markets with zanzibian clothes, masai clothes, including swahili and masai food. The blue gem jewellery shops are a gem and not to be missed

Informative and engaging walking tour - Despite the rain, Kassim was very engaging, enthusiastic, knowledgable and shared lots of interesting facts with us. It would have been good to have an idea of what the tour would cover, as not sure if we covered all key spots.

Capture of Stonetown-past and present - We had booked Kassim for our tour after reading reviews of how excellent he was. Instead Madi showed up to guide us. Madi’s English was easy to understand and he was very knowledgeable. The tour had a good overall view of past and present.