Zanzibar Tours & Tickets

This was a really interesting tour. It started with a mud hut cooking lesson given by a local woman. A salutary lesson in not taking western infrastructure for granted! We then had the tour of the spice plants which was fascinating, even if you’re not into cooking. We then had a traditional lunch, including our previously made dish. An eye opening experience into the daily life of locals.

Spice market that was chosen was beyond amazing. I was charged to be picked outside of Stoneton. I paid $55 and the car that came to pick me up was dirty and did not seem that would be transportation you would send for anyone. The hotel rep gave me a side look when it arrived and later.told me that the car looked weird. After the spice tour I met another gentleman for the walking tour of Stonetown which is included in this package. While he was charming and funny, there was not alot of info shared about the places we went. There was a reliance on the posted signs at some spots. We met back up with the driver and he drove the other guide home and then proceeded back to my hotel...about a 1 hour drive. 10 minutes in his car broke down. We then switched to his uncles car then his friends car. Took almost 2 hours to get back. I never met the tour operator. I had scheduled the sunset cruise with this company for the next day but cancelled because of the previous exp. Since I had paid for the cruise, I didnt get money back but would have thought it a good gesture due to paying $55 for transportation that was not sufficient

Tour started on time and we ended up being 5 girls. We each paid the price of 40 euros so it definitely would have been cheaper to negotiate with a local for a spice tour but this has the advantage or going through a reputable site and great policies with it. We left on time and headed to our first stop which was in a local village where we visited a family. She explained in Swahili how to plant and cook the cassava plant. We then proceeded to help cook part of our lunch meal and this part was the cooked cassava with coconut We then took our minivan to the Kizimbani Spice farm. Our lovely guide showed us many different spices, inviting us to guess each spice by odour or taste which was very fun. She was very knowledgeable and courteous. Towards the end of the tour you can buy some locally made soaps that have spices from Zanzibar and at the very end you can buy spices, coffee or tea from a vendor on the grounds. For lunch they prepared for us a meal that included fish and some meat. It was delicious. The cassava dish we previously made was also delicious. Our driver was very nice and made sure to drive carefully.

Great trip half the price of the same in hotel.watch out everyone wants a tip, slave entry not included in price. Beware spice guide requesting entry again. Otherwise recommend this .

The guide Ismail was very informative and the knowledge he had was first class. I managed to get my Partner and I into Freddie Mercury's house where he lived when he was young. The Spice farm was exceptional especially Mr Coffee he made it for us. Also there were only us two on the tour so it was like a private tour. Thank you for the experience....

Full day tour at spice farm and guided tour in Stone Town in Zanzibar. The driver came to our hotel at 08.00 sharp to pick us up for this tour. Overall when we had hotel pick-up and drop off included in our tours it worked very well. The guide at the spice farm was very good and knew all the spices also in Swedish! We got a new guide for Stone Town and he was also very good and nice to walk around with. I recommend this tour

Guides with passion and even protective against those who want to strip you. Rich historic buildings for the whole African continent.

I really recommend this full day trip out on the sea! We had a great guide called Juma and he was really very serviceminded, attentive and nice. First we went on a boattrip to Prison Island and we saw the great turtles and Juma guided us around the island. We then continued to Nakupenda Beach and snorkled there for a couple of hours. Juma and other guides prepared fresh fruits, water and seafood lunch for us with grilled shrimps, squid, octopus, lobster and langoustine together with french fries. It started to rain hard when we were about to have lunch and Juma and all the guides tried their hardest to make it comfortable for us even though it rained. We ended up having lunch in the boat with cover so we enjoyed the lunch very much. Soon, the rain ended and we could enjoy one more snorkling in the beautiful sea before we went back to Zanzibar Island. A great tour that includes everything!

Great guides, good value, amazing seeing the giant tortoises and feeding them, the rest of Prison Island, as also an ex hotel looks a bit cheesy. Didn't snorkel on this occasion as I was burnt from climbing Kilmanjaro, but the facility was there if we wanted to.

All in all we had a fun experience on the snorkeling portion of this tour. Keep in mind you need to be proactive about pick up scheduling, and last minute changes may come up during the day. If you just want to see the Rock you don't need a tour at all. Make reservations online and have someone drop you off at the location (there's a free little boat to take you across). Check the tides to see The Rock floating at its best. All in all though, no regrets because we had a good time.

We really enjoyed this snorkling tour around Mnemba Atoll. First we went looking for dolphins and we saw some wild dolphins. There was a lot of fish and we were able to snorkle for about two hours with a break. During the break we were served fresh fruits and water. After snorkling we went to a beautiful sand bank and spent half an hour there before heading back to Zanzibar Island. Beautiful tour!