ZANZIBAR ISLAND
Stone Town Tour
The
tour starts from wherever the client wants to be picked up. One
gets a comprehensive view of the Stone Town, it's sand and stone
ancient built houses, some of them have Arab/Indian carved doors
and the architecture which helps to make Zanzibar famous.
We then proceed to the main City market which was opened in 1904,
where tropical fruits, vegetables, spices and fresh fish from
the island are sold.
Our next stop will be at the Anglican Church of Christ which was
built by Bishop Steers in 1873 on the side of the Old Slave Market.
There is a cross in the church which is made of wood from the
tree under which Dr. David Livingstone died. Next to the Church
you will visit the slave chambers, tiny rooms in which the slaves
were kept before being auctioned.
From here we continue our tour to the Sultan's Palace Museum,
House of Wonders (Beit-el-ajaib built in 1883 and bombarded by
the British Fleet in 1886), next to this you can also see the
Old Fort, (built in 1700), moving along the sea front we come
to the Jamituri Gardens where you can spend your evenings leisurely
watching the brilliant sunset while you are enjoying the locally
made dishes. From here we drive you to The Africa House formerly
known as English Club, we then come to Tippu Tip house, (A notorious
slave trader). We round up our tour by taking you to the museum
of Natural History and Peace Memorial Museum.
Spice
tours
Zanzibar is also known as "The Island of Spices", whose
name evokes a romantic past embalmed in the aroma of cloves, cinnamon,
cardamom and lemon grass. This tour starts with a drive through
a profusion of greenery in the countryside seeing, smelling and
tasting a variety of mouth-watering tropical seasonal fruits,
some examples are: jack fruit, pineapple, banana, green coconut
(madafu), dourian, love apple (matufaa), litche (shoki-shoki),
soursop (mabungo)
and starfruit (carambola).
Some
of the spices are cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, turmeric
and nutmeg - are as exotic as the flavour. A full tour involves
much more than spices and you will also have a chance to see the
iodine plant, heena bush, ylang-ylang, the lipstick tree, cocoa
and coffee trees. The tour also includes a visit to the Kidichi
Persian Baths built in 1850 by Seyyid Said bin Sultan for his
Persian wife Princess Sheherezade granddaughter of the Shah of
Persia, you will also visit the Maruhubi Palace Ruins built by
the third Sultan of Zanzibar Seyyid Barghash for his 99 concubines.
Prison island tours
Prison Island or Changuu Island is the middle island of the three
visible from the Stone Town, it takes approximately 30 minutes
to get there by boat. The prison on this island was built in 1893,
which was later used as a quarantine Hospital, it has a frangipani
lined path around the island where the former patients took their
evening walks. Apart from the Prison ruins you can also see the
beautiful peacocks and the enormous giant tortoises some of which
are over a 100 years old. These tortoises were brought here from
Seychelles by Sultan Said in the 1820's. Efforts are being made
to pretect the eggs of the tortoise. The island is a superb scenario
for the photographer. A self walking safari covers the island
in 15minutes. On this little paradise one can also swim, snorkel,
sunbathe or just relax and enjoy the peacefulness that this beautiful
island has to offer.
Jozani forest tour
Jozani
Forest lies 35kms South-East of Zanzibar Town with an area of
about 1,000 hectares, it is a natural forest where long ago you
could find leopards and antelopes. At present it is the habitat
for the Red Colobus Monkeys (Colobus badius kirkii) and the Blue
Sykes Monkey. The Red Colobus monkey is one of the most endangered
and rarest species in the world, they are very friendly creatures
and love to be photographed and can be viewed at close quarters
by the help of your guide.
You may also get a glimpse of various butterflies, birds and snakes.
Other interesting features suitable for tourist in this forest
include the coastal evergreen bushland, mangroove forest, saline
grassland and ground water forest, though these may require longer
walks to reach.
Dolphin tour
The drive from town to the South takes one hours. On your way
you might get a chance to see the famous Red Colobus Monkeys of
the Jozani Forest. Kizimkazi fishing village is the home of several
schools of the bottle-nosed dolphins, here you are taken by boat
out into the sea to view the dolphins and if lucky will be able
to swim quite close to them as they are very friendly and playful,
Kizimkazi is also the site of a 12th Century Mosque, the earliest
evidence of Islam in East Africa.
Sunset dhow cruise
This tour starts an hour before sunset, the guests are picked
from their hotels and transferred to thee drop off point at the
sea front, where the guests then board the dhow.
The skilled crew on board take the dhow about 1 km away from the
shore by means of an engine, once out in the sea the engine is
shut off and during a tense moment the skillful crew put up the
sail, when the sail is in favour of the wind, the guest can sit
back and relax enjoying the peacefulness of the ocean, as the
dhow glides through the water, you can watch the wonder of the
fiery golden sun setting beyond the horizon (while savouring a
glass of chilled wine) .
Tour to the North
This trip leads you through the Mangapwani cave which is a 30minute
drive from Zanzibar town, upto 1911 the cave was a secret hideout
from which the slaves were illegaly led out to the sea through
a secret passage and then transported by dhow after the official
closure of the Slave Market in June 1873. The tour then proceeds
to Nungwi in the North of Zanzibar which is an hours drive from
the cave. Nungwi has crystal clear waters an excellent
place for diving, snorkelling, swimming and sunbathing. As Zanzibar
is a turtle conservation area you will be able to see the natural
turtle aquarium here.
In this tour we also take you to a site where local villagers
build dhows and boats to date using traditional tools.
Bush Art Africa Safaris
ZANZIBAR PACKAGES
GROUP
SPECIAL PACKAGE
4 Days 3 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel for overnight (Town or coastal hotel).
Day 2: After breakfast pick up from your hotel for any two tours
mentioned (Spice tour, Town tour, Prison Island or Jozani Forest);
then return to your hotel for overnight.
Day 3: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 4: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your return flight.
4
Days/3 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel for overnight (Town or coastal hotel).
Day 2: After breakfast pick up from your hotel for any two tours
mentioned (Spice tour, Town tour, Prison Island or Jozani Forest)
then return to your hotel for overnight.
Day 3: After breakfast pickup from your hotel drive you to the
South East of Zanzibar for dolphin tour. Then return to your hotel
for overnight.
Day 4: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your return flight.
5 Days 4 Nights
5 Days / 4 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel for overnight (Town or coastal hotel).
Day 2: After breakfast pick up from your hotel for any two tours
mentioned (Spice tour, Town tour, Prison Island or Jozani Forest);
then return to your hotel for overnight.
Day 3: After breakfast pickup from your hotel drive you to the
South East of Zanzibar for dolphin tour then return to your hotel
for overnight.
Day 4: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 5: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your return flight
KWS
5B: 5 Days 4 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel for overnight (Town or coastal hotel).
Day 2: After breakfast pick up from your hotel for Stone Town
tour then, proceed on a Spice tour, return to your hotel for overnight.
Day 3: After breakfast pick up from your hotel for Prison island
tour (Half or full day).
Day 4: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 5: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your return flight.
KWS
5C: 5 Days 4 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen town hotel (Serena Inn, Tembo hotel, Dhow Palace,
Emerson & Green, Chavda hotel, Mazson’s hotel, Fisherman’s
Resort or Mbweni Ruins) for overnIght.
Day 2: After breakfast drive you from the hotel to the Spice farms
for a Spice Tour; then transfer to your chosen coastal hotel (Mnemba
Island Lodge, Karafuu Beach Resort or Sultan Palace) for overnight.
Day 3&4: At leisure and overnight at coastal hotel.
Day 5: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your return flight
KWS
5D: 5 Days / 4 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel for overnight (Town or coastal hotel).
Day 2,3 & 4: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 5: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your return flight.
KWS
5E: 5 Days / 4 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen town hotel (Serena Inn, Tembo Hotel, Dhow Palace,
Emerson & Green, Chavda hotel, Mazson’s Hotel, Fisherman’s
Resort or Mbweni ruins) for overnight.
Day 2: At leisure and overnight in town hotel.
Day 3: After breakfast pick up from your hotel and transfer to
your chosen coastal hotel (Mnemba Island Lodge, Karafuu Beach
Resort or Sultan Palace) for overnight.
Day 4: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 5: Transfer from your hotel to the airport for your departure
flight.
6
Days 5 Nights
KWS 6A: 6 Days / 5Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel in town for overnight (Serena Inn, Tembo
Hotel, Dhow Palace, Emerson & Green, Chavda hotel, Mazson’s
Hotel or Mbweni ruins).
Day 2: After breakfast pick up from your hotel for any two tours
mentioned (Spice, Historical stone town, Prison Island, Jozani
forest or Sunset cruise); then return to your hotel for overnight.
Day 3: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 4: After breakfast pick up from your hotel and transfer to
your chosen coastal hotel (Mnemba Island Lodge, Karafuu Beach
Resort or Sultan Palace) for overnight.
Day 5: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 6: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your departure flight
KWS
6B: 6 Days / 5Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel in town (Serena Inn, Tembo hotel, Dhow Palace,
Emerson & Green, Chavda hotel, Mazson’s hotel, or Mbweni
ruins) for overnight.
Day 2: After breakfast pick up from your hotel for any two tours
mentioned (Spice, Historical stone town, Prison island, Jozani
forest or Sunset cruise) return to your hotel for overnight.
Day 3: After breakfast pick up from your town hotel and transfer
to your chosen coastal hotel (Mnemba Island Lodge, Karafuu Beach
Resort or Sultan Palace).
Day 4&5: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 6: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your departure flight
KWS
6C: 6 Day / 5 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to any chosen hotel (except Mnemba island lodge) for overnight.
Day 2: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 3: After breakfast pick up from your hotel and transfer you
to Mnemba Island Lodge for overnight.
Day 4 & 5: At leisure and overnight at Mnemba Island Lodge.
Day 6: Pick up from Mnemba Island Lodge and transfer to the airport
for your departure flight.
KWS
6D: 6 Days / 5 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & Greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel for overnight (Town or coastal hotel).
Day 2-5: At leisure and overnight at your hotel
Day 6: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your departure flight.
KWS
6E: 6 Days / 5Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel for overnight (Town or coastal hotel).
Day 2: After breakfast pick up from your hotel for Historical
stone town tour; then proceed on a Spice tour in the afternoon,
return to your hotel for overnight.
Day 3: After breakfast pick up from your hotel for a Prison island
tour (half or full day tour), return to your hotel for overnight.
Day 4: After breakfast pickup from your hotel drive you to the
South East of Zanzibar for a Dolphin tour, return to your hotel
for overnight.
Day5: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 6: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your departure flight
7
Days 6 Nights
KWS 7A: 7 Days / 6Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel in town (Serena Inn, Tembo Hotel, Dhow Palace,
Emerson & Green, Chavda hotel, Mazson’s hotel, Fisherman’s
resort or Mbweni ruins) for overnight.
Day 2: After breakfast, pickup from your hotel for any two tours
mentioned (Spice, Historical stone town, Jozani forest, Prison
island or Sunset cruise).
Day 3: At leisure and overnight at your hotel in town.
Day 4: After breakfast transfer you to one of the following hotels
at the East Coast (Mnemba Island Lodge, Karafuu Beach Resort or
Sultan Palace) for overnight.
Day 5&6: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 7: Pickup from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your departure flight.
KWS
7B: 7 Days / 6 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel (Town or coastal hotel) except Mnemba Island
Lodge.
Day 2-3: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 4: Transfer you from your hotel to Mnemba Island Lodge for
overnight.
Day 5&6: At leisure and overnight at Mnemba island Lodge.
Day 7: Pick up from Mnemba Island Lodge and transfer to the airport
for your departure flight.
KWS
7C: 7 Days / 6nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen coastal hotel (Mnemba island lodge, Karafuu Beach
Resort or Sultan Palace) for overnight.
Day 2-4: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 5: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to your chosen town
hotel (Serena Inn, Tembo Hotel, Dhow Palace, Emerson & Green,
Chavda hotel, Mazson’s hotel or Mbweni ruins) for overnight.
Day 6: After breakfast, pick up from your hotel for any two tours
mentioned (Spice, Historical Stone town, Prison Island, Jozani
Forest or a Sunset Cruise), return to your hotel for overnight.
Day7: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your departure flight.
KWS
7D: 7 Days / 6 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel for overnight (Town or coastal hotel).
Day 2-6: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 7: Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your departure flight.
8
Days 7 Nights
KWS 8A: 8 Days / 7Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel in town (Serena Inn, Tembo Hotel, Dhow Palace,
Emerson & Green, Chavda hotel, Mazson’s Hotel, Fisherman’s
Resort or Mbweni ruins) for overnight.
Day 2: After breakfast, pickup from your hotel for any two tours
mentioned (Spice, Historical Stone Town, Jozani Forest, Prison
Island or Sunset Cruise) return to your hotel for overnight.
Day 3: At leisure and overnight in town.
Day 4: After breakfast pickup from your hotel then transfer to
your chosen coastal hotel (Mnemba Island Lodge, Karafuu Beach
Resort or Sultan Palace) for overnight.
Day 5 & 7: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 8: Pickup from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your return flight.
KWS
8B: 8 Days / 7Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel in town (Serena Inn, Tembo Hotel, Dhow Palace,
Emerson & Green, Chavda hotel, Mazson’s Hotel, Fisherman’s
Resort or Mbweni ruins) for overnight.
Day 2: At leisure and overnight in town
Day 3: After breakfast pickup from your town hotel then transfer
to your chosen coastal hotel (Mnemba Island Lodge, Karafuu Beach
Resort or Sultan Palace) for overnight.
Day 4-7:At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 8: Pickup from your hotel and transfer to the airport for
your return flight.
KWS
8C: 8 Days /7 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen hotel for overnight (Town or coastal hotel).
Day 2-7: At leisure and overnight at your hotel.
Day 8: Pick up from your hotel and transfer you to the airport
for your departure flight.
KWS 8D 7 Days/6 Nights
Day 1: Your arrival, meet & greet at the airport and transfer
to your chosen stone town hotel for overnight (Tembo, Dhow Palace,
Mazson’s, Chavda or Serena Inn) – H/B.
Day 2: After breakfast pick up from your hotel for a historical
stone town tour (mineral water & snacks will be served) return
to your hotel for evening at leisure and overnight. – H/B.
Day 3: After breakfast pick up from your hotel for spice tour
(mineral water & snacks will be served), return to your hotel
in time for lunch.
16:30hrs – proceed on a Sunset Dhow Cruise (beers, wine,
soft drinks, mineral water and snacks will be served), return
to your hotel for overnight – H/B.
Day 4: After breakfast pick up from your hotel and transfer you
to the Karafuu Beach Resort. Evening at leisure and overnight
– F/B.
Day 5 – 7: At leisure and overnight at Karafuu – F/B.
Day 7: Special "Farewell Seafood Barbeque" Dinner for
the group (lobster, prawns, fish etc.) either on the beach or
poolside.
Day 8: Pick up from your hotel and transfer you to the airport
for your departure flight.
Mnemba
Island Lodge - Zanzibar
Small, quiet, relaxed and casually elegant – the perfect
location for the romantic holiday of your dream.
This small paradise island is surrounded by an enchanting white
sandy beach where you cast off your cares with your shoes, never
to be worn again on this barefoot haven, which is set in a secluded
location in the north-eastern side of Zanzibar Island.
60 minutes drive from the Zanzibar airport to the pick up point
where you will be collected by boat, and transferred to the island
within a 12-minute boat ride.
This idyllic romantic island that is a lovers hideaway, shelters
10 bungalows that are built from traditional Zanzibari hand-woven
straw and palm matting.
Facilities:
Restaurant, bar, curio shop and water sports (Scuba diving, snorkelling,
game fishing, wind-surfing, sunset cruise).
Accommodation
Self-contained ocean facing bungalows, with hot/cold water and
laundry.
Meal basis:
All-inclusive (Three meals a day, afternoon tea, coffees, cakes,
soft drinks, juices, mineral water, beers, Spirits and
house wines).
Zanzibar Serena Inn - Zanzibar
A charming and well managed first class hotel in a convenient
location – offering a high standard of accommodation, excellent
food and attentive service.
Beautifully located on the West side of the historical Stone Town,
at the seafront where the radiant sunset can always be viewed
from the hotel.
This newly opened hotel consists of 51 luxury rooms created from
two old colonial residences, just 15 minutes drive from the airport
and 5 minutes drive from the harbour.
Facilities:
Swimming
pool, seafront restaurant, bar, coffee shop, boutique, and a conference
room that seats up to 50 persons at a time.
Accommodation:
Ocean view rooms (sleeping up to 2 adults and 1 child) with air-conditioning,
one king size or twin beds, bath/shower with hot and cold water,
hairdryer, radio, satellite TV, safe box, minibar, private balcony
and a telephone.
Meal
Basis
Bed and breakfast, half board or full board.
Blue Bay Resort - Zanzibar
High standard of hospitality in a relaxed atmosphere – Blue
Bay Resort offers an exclusive and peaceful home from home environment.
This newly opened wonderful resort, situated on the finest wide,
white sandy beach on the East Coast of Zanzibar Island in an area
known as Kiwengwa.
The drive from the Zanzibar airport or town to this resort takes
approximately 40 minutes.
Blue Bay Resort with its 88 attractive and spacious rooms is built
on a raised ground overlooking the verdant gardens with its swaying
palm trees, public area, pool and the warm turquoise Indian Ocean.
Facilities:
Two restaurants, conference room, swimming pool sporting games,
water-sports, pool-side and beach bar.
Accommodation:
Self-contained
superior and deluxe rooms with minibar, telephone, fans, air-conditioning
and hot/cold shower.
Meal
basis:
Half board and full board only.
Karafuu Beach Resort - Zanzibar
A well – run hotel with a high standard of accommodation
and extensive facilities – Join as much or as little as
you like.
Karafuu Beach Resort located beautifully at the South East Coast
on this glorious Island of Zanzibar, and is positioned directly
on the beach, one and a half hours drive from the Zanzibar airport.
The resort was built in harmony with the environment with local
materials according to ancient Zanzibar traditions. Roofs made
of makuti and walls of coral stone.
This 92-room property offers a comfortable accommodation and provides
a lively holiday atmosphere that gives you a choice from four
different restaurants.
The
main restaurant, with it’s international buffets;Le Grand
Bleu, a la carte restaurant where you can taste fresh seafood
daily. Floating restaurant offering a lobster menu. Masai Village
for the Swahili performance.
Facilities:
4 restaurants, a swimming pool, poolside bar, main bar, 2 conference
rooms, water sports (wind surfing, water-skiing, canoeing, scuba
diving, snorkelling, deep sea fishing etc.), sporting games (tennis,
volley ball, aerobics etc.) and a discotheque.
Accommodation:
Cottages & sea front cottages (with minibars) and standard
rooms, are all air-conditioned and self-contained with verandah,
wardrobe, telephone, fans and hot & cold water.
Ras
Nungwi Beach Hotel - Zanzibar
An elegant hotel offering total relaxation, combined with sports
facilities for the active, well known for its high standard of
service.
Another
fancinating and stylish hotel to relax and enjoy your holiday
is at the Ras Nungwi Beach Hotel, set on the attractive beach
of the Northern part of Zanzibar island, 1 hours drive from the
airport/town and to be found in the region called Nungwi.
This 32 room hotel is built from hand-cut fossilized coral limestone,
makuti thatch and other natural materials, literally blending
into the landscape.
Facilities:
Restaurant, bar, swimming pool, sporting games, water-sports –
water skiing, snorkeling, deep sea fishing, canoeing, wind surfing
and dhow cruises.
Accommodation:
Self-contained lodges, chalets, superior chalets and superior
deluxe chalets, with ceiling fans, mosquito nets and a balcony.
The superior chalets and the superior deluxe chalets are air-conditioned.
Meal basis:
Full board only.
Sultan Palace Hotel -- Sultan Palace Hotel - Zanzibar
Friendly hotel offering a high standard of accommodation, ideal
for those looking for a quite, relaxing holiday with a beautiful
surrounding.
This stylish resort is situated on the southeast coast of Zanzibar
Island; one and a half hours drive from the
Zanzibar airport.
The 15 flower-named nautilus shaped cottages, enjoy a wonderful
view and soft breeze from the ocean, where each cottage is furnished
with local antique furniture's including the carved ornamented
doors and an attractive
private garden and verandah.
Accommodation:
Cottages (sleeping up to 2+1 extra bed) with air-conditioning,
ceiling fan, fridge, safe box, telephone, hair-drier and a wonderful
verandah facing the ocean, furnished with two sun-beds and a table
where to enjoy morning breakfast.
Facilities:
2
restaurants, 2 bars and snorkeling. Scuba diving, and big game
fishing can be arranged
Meal basis:
Full board only.
