Zanzibar Town Off The Beaten Path Tips by sachara Top 5 Page for this destination

Dolphin Tour

From Stone Town we visited the south part of the island. The trip over the island to the south was wonderful. The inland was very green, with some rainforest and huge mangotrees along the road.

In Kizimkazi, 53 KM south of Stone Town, at the beach near Kizidi restaurant we took a boat. After one hour our boat reached the place where the dolphins were. It was amazing, we saw so many dolphins swimming and diving around and under our boat.

After three hours we returned to the Kidizi Restaurant for our lunch. We arranged this trip directly with the driver of our hotel, but you can book a trip like this also in one of the many travel agencies in Stone Town.

Spice Tour

Everywhere in Stone Town, in the travel agencies or hotels, you can book a half-day spice tour. We went to the plantations near Kizimbani, north east of Stone Town.

At Kizimbani you can make a guided walk of three and half hours visiting the plantations.
The enthusiastic young guide showed us many spices. It was interesting to see how they grow, in trees, at small plants or in the soil. We saw carambola, pepper, cloves, cardamon, nutmeg, coffee, ylang-ylang, cinnamon and many more. At the end of the walk we visited the old Persian baths nearby.