Top Zanzibar City Historical Tours

It’s fascinating to explore historic Stone Town—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—but it’s easy to lose your way in the area’s maze-like, narrow streets. To stay oriented and ensure you don’t miss key highlights, join a private guide with deep knowledge of local culture. It’s fully personalized to your preferences, whether you’re shopping for local textiles, interested in history, or learning about Stone Town’s unique architecture.

If you need private, cheap, safe, private transfer from airport to Stown Town or Stown Town to airport, we could help you. We will wait in airport for you and take to your final destination in Stown Town. No more annoying taxi drivers. • Transport is private • Car fit 7 with normal baggage or 5 people with large baggage • Transfer is Airport-Stown Town or Stown Town-Airport • After buy we will ask for exact arrival/departure time and hotel or you could inform us

If you need cheap, safe, private transfer from anywhere to anywhere in Zanzibar island, we could help you. Transfer could be from airport to any beach hotel. Any beach to hotel to any other location in island. No more annoying taxi drivers. You pay fixed price for car so price is like this. Car fit 7 with normal baggage or 5 people with large baggage • Car have air conditioning • After buy we will ask for exact time and hotel or you could inform us • Experienced driver

It is a full-day private tour that includes the three most recommended tours in Stone Town; Prison Island, Nakupenda (Sandbank), and Stone Town City Tour. It is the Lifetime experience that you will not want to miss while on your vacation in Zanzibar.

Immerse yourself in Zanzibar’s dramatic history on a full-day, guided tour of Stone Town and Prison Island. Explore on foot and by boat for a comprehensive overview of the area, learn about local culture, architecture, and wildlife, and enjoy the convenience of round-trip hotel transfers.

A 3-hour food- and spice-focused tour in a local farming village Visit a local spice farm and learn about the history of Zanzibar’s relationship to spices Meet a rural farmer and learn African farming methods and even perform some techniques yourself

Visit the historic Stone Town of Zanzibar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on a guided, half-day tour from Zanzibar. With an experienced guide to lead the way, you’ll explore a blend of African, Arab, Indian, Persian, and European cultures, following narrow streets shaded by elegant balconies and verandahs. See the former slave market, the Sultan Palace, and a series of beautifully-carved wooden doors, with a 30-minute shopping break to browse for some of Zanzibar’s most distinctive souvenirs.

When you book this tour with us we serve you as private with good experience and care and make sure you enjoy your day with us.

This is a walking tour that takes you through fabled Stone Town, where history appears to stand still. With visits to the House of Wonders,the former slave market for East African Slave trade, and the Arab Fort amongst others, it is a fascinating look at the essence of Zanzibar.The architectural style of Stone town buildings is a unique mixture of various influences and culture. You will see Zanzibar’s bustling market, winding alleyways, ornately carved and studded doors, two cathedrals and countless mosques! Stone Town has some excellent gifts shops with plenty of souvenirs and handicrafts to choose from. A guided walk through this colorful and alternating city with tour knowledgeable tour guides, who knows not only funny of Stone town, but also cruel stories to tell about life of the old times in Stone town.

This is one of our most recommended tours in Stone Tone where you will take a local traditional private boat to Prison Island then After we will go to Nakupenda Sandbank and have a seafood buffet, relaxing at the calmest waters while enjoying the most beautiful views.

This is a private tour that includes the two most recommended activities to do while in Stone Town; Prison Island and Stone Town City tour. During this tour, you will learn History, culture, and much more.

We follow the trail of the sultans, slaves and explorers in the winding streets of Stone Town. Your guide will tell you about the events that shaped Zanzibar, leading you through the buildings where it all happened, such as the former Slave Market and Anglican Cathedral, the House of Wonders and the Sultans’ Palace Museum, the Old Arab Fort and Dispensary. While tracing the steps of the past, the walking tour provides you with a window into modern life in Stone The City Tour is very flexible and can be adapted to suit your interests and time frame. If you’re a shopaholic, culture vulture or history buff we have something to suit everyone. If you want to hunt for antiques and souvenir shop follow David Livingstone’s time in Zanzibar and walk the path of the slave trade. Your guide can recommend and customize routes and itineraries that will optimise your time and get the most out of your trip.

This tour again takes you from the hotel to Stone town, where you board a boat out the front of the forodhani gardens. From there the captain takes you on a 20/30 minutes ride to prison island. The island is the home of many giants tortoises originating from the Seychelles. For years this was the door for the slaves to the island of Zanzibar. Its fringed with a lovely white sand beach, at low tide and small coral reefs, making it ideal for sunbathing, swimming and snorkeling. After you will be taken in the boat to an idyllic island where you will have time to relax and sunbathe. After you will resfresh yourself eating fresh fruits of the island. Then you will be taken to a coral reef to snorkel. When you finish snorkeling you will taste delicious seafood, including, octopus, prawns, fresh fish and lobster.

This tour is a walking tour in a spice farm (shamba). While there, you shall see how the spices, herbs and fruits grow and are cultivated. Your tour guide will describe how the crops can be used. You will be smelling and tasting spices, herbs and tropical fruits such as clove, lemongrass, nutmeg, cinnamon, turmeric, vanilla, coconuts, papaya, chili, black pepper, jackfruit, cardamom, cassava and oranges.

The UNESCO World Heritage-listed Stone Town and Prison Island are two of Zanzibar’s most important historic sites. Explore both in one day with this private tour, including a cruise to Prison Island and guided tours of both destinations. Admire the ancient architecture, browse the bazaars, and see the site of the former slave market in Stone Town. Then, head out to Prison Island to learn more about the region’s slave history and admire the colony of giant tortoises.

Discover the spices that thrive in Zanzibar’s villages and plantations on a walking tour that’s an aromatic immersion in the island’s rural life. Join a guide for a walk through local farms, see workers climb into the spice trees, sample spices and fruits fresh from the field, and learn the history of Zanzibar’s spice trade. This Zanzibar spice farm tour includes pickup and drop-off in Zanzibar, with both morning and afternoon departures available.

This tour is based on architecture, historical buildings and the stories behind those buildings. Guests will also see how local people culturally live.

Uzi island has managed not to be involved in tourism development and most of the Uzis are fishermen and peasants. The island's scenery is fascinating and lush with mangrove, banana plantations, and huge mango trees. The island is part of a conservation area and is an ecosystem with seaweed, corals and a big variation of plants, and sea- and land animals. The island can only be reached by boat or at low tide when the only road to the island surfaces.

This tour is one of a kind tour designed for short travelers looking for a quick and authentic overview of Zanzibar. This carefully designed tour is the perfect way to explore the history, culture, highlights and traditions of this Wonderful destination .As per the tour you get to visit spice farms, Prison Island, Stone town, local markets and more Including round-trip transfers from Ferry Terminal, Airport or your hotel. After this tour with our professional guides you will leave a memory to cherish forever

Regarding our headcounter is a-rounding stone-town so it is easy to meet with our customer and give an extra attention and to make sure we go beyond with the expectation( meeting the customer expectations) also it’s very flexible and fast to provide an assistance for our customer if there is an inconvenience situation again our guiders are professionals and native from Zanzibar, they have enough experience to deal with the customer and ensure you really enjoy by narrating a real history of slave marketing center,old Fort,place of museum,hamamni old bath,house of Wonder,bustling bazzar,place of winding alley,mosque,walking the narrow street and many more attractive and wondering place,people with their environment.

TThis is a private tour that includes two of the most recommended activities in Zanzibar; The Stone Town and Spice Tour. We will start with the city tour where you will be able to explore the History and Culture of the oldest city in East Africa "Stone Town", learn about the Slave Trade, and much more. After the Stone Town city tour, we will go visit the Spice Farm where you will be able to explore and learn about different types of Spices and plantations that are available in Zanzibar.

Widen your perspective of Zanzibar on a private 6-day tour of the island, with hassle-free round-trip transfer allowing you to seamlessly tick off highlights including Stone Town, Jozani Forest, and the island’s scenic coastline in just one trip. Benefit from your driver-guide’s personalized attention on a private tour while avoiding hidden costs with accommodation and meals included as per itinerary.

The Jozani Forest is located in the central east region of Zanzibar Island is the home of rare Red Colobus Monkey, which is only endemic to Zanzibar. A red colobus monkey, unlike their more widespread and adapted cousins, the Black and White Colobus, are a rain forest species which are now confined to very small areas of equatorial forest in tropical Africa. It is therefore a rare treat to be able to see them here in Zanzibar. The reserve also accommodate a large mangrove swamp and a tract of natural forest that is home to a few unique species including the Sykes monkey, bush babies, duikers, hyraxes, over 50 species of butterfly and 40 species of birds.

The tour is guided by a certified and licensed tour guide. It is flexible in terms of the time to start and end. It gives the visitor access to the history,culture, architecture and way of life of Stonetown which is the World Heritage site. It is affordable.