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Zanzibar
Stone Town Tour
The three and a half-hour tour begins with a visit to Zanzibar's
colorful market, alive with the buzz of locals bartering fresh
vegetables, and baskets full of tropical fruit, among the heady smell of
herbs and spices. Having sampled some wild passion fruit, red
bananas and Jackfruit (amongst many other exotic fruits), the tour
continues on to the site of the Anglican cathedral, its foundations
built on the very spot where slaves were once sold and traded, before
the abolishment of slavery (by decree of the Sultan of Zanzibar) in
1873. Signifying an important time in Zanzibar, the cathedral's
high alters stands on the exact site of the whipping
post in the slave market. Afterwards, visit Zanzibar
Museum where David
Livingstone's first impression of the island can be read through
his written journals and potent letter back home. From there, visit Tippu
Tip House, Africa
House (the former British Club), the Old
Fort, Peoples
Garden, House
of Wonders and the old Khoja
Shia Itnashari Dispensary, full of intrigue from years gone by.
The tour ends on a high note with a stroll through the narrow, winding
streets of Old Stone Town. Click
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Town.
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Dolphin Watching and Jozani
Forest Tour
This tour takes you to Kizimkazi
along the southwest coast of Zanzibar. Herald for its friendly
schools of dolphin, there is a fair chance you will get to watch them up
close and personal. On your way back to your hotel, your guide
will stop and visit ZALA Park and Jozani
Forest National Park. Click
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Forest.
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Spice Tours
Guaranteed to awaken your senses, you will visit a spice plantation
where you will have the opportunity to pick, smell and savor fruits and
spices, packets of which you have probably seen on the supermarket shelf
back home but not recognized before. Commencing at the Maruhubi Palace
Ruins via the house of Africa's greatest explorer Dr. Livingstone, the
journey will take you north of town towards the Kidichi Persian Baths.
From there, you will continue to the rural areas were local farmers live
and produce some of the world's most exotic fruits and spices for
export: Cloves, star fruit, bulls heart, tangerine trees, lemon grass,
mangosteen and lipstick trees to mention but a few. Read about some of
the cultural
experiences of Zanzibar by clicking
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Prison
(Changuu) Island Tour
Earning its name as a former prison for slaves and a quarantine
station for Zanzibar and the mainland. Nowadays the island gives you the
chance to escape for some peace and quiet. A hundred-year-old
Giant Tortoises act as unlikely vigilantes over the island, and you
can't help but wonder what tales they would tell, if only they could
talk! Approximately one kilometer long and a ¼ kilometer wide the
island offers some of the most pristine swimming and snorkeling
conditions in crystal clear waters. Click
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(Changuu) Island.
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