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Let Zanzibar indulge you with its abundant sights and smells on this 4-day tour. Relax on a pristine beach, visit aromatic spice plantations, and marvel at Stone Town’s unique architecture.
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Arrive at Zanzibar and transfer to Essque Zalu Zanzibar, your home for the next few days. Stay in one of the Garden suites, each with a spacious master bedroom, as well as a lounge and outside terrace or balcony. Once you are comfortable, make the most of your amenities, pick your favourite drink from your personalised mini bar, freshen up under a solar heated shower, or lie back on the king sized poster colonial style beds.
Satisfy your taste buds with a choice of three distinctive restaurants, a scrumptious café, three well-stocked bars or dial a mixologist to come right to your suite and shake your very own tailor-made cocktail.
The rest of the day is at leisure. Optional tours can be arranged upon prior request. However, if you’re not in a mood to step out and explore Zanzibar today, visit the resort spa or art gallery instead.
Since the abolition of the slave trade, spices have been at the heart of Zanzibari enterprise. The sheer variety highlights the Islands strategic location as well as the depth of cultural interaction. Today’s tour involves visiting the spices growing areas to see different spices and to learn their nature, uses and taste some of them right on the spot depending on the season. Also visit the famous spices producing area where you can see medicinal, cosmetics, ornamental plants and herbs. Learn about cloves, nut meg, rambutan, lipstick, iodine plant, lemon grass, vanilla, henna, shampoo plant etc.
This spice tour offers you the opportunity to indulge your senses with a kaleidoscope of smells, tastes and textures. From the punch of a chili to the refreshing succulence of green coconut flesh, this tour will awaken your senses. It also provides you with the unique opportunity to purchase these exclusive spices straight from the source.
Finally visit the Kidichi Persian Baths that were built by the first Sultan of Zanzibar named Sultan Said Said Bin Sultan in 1850 and Maruhubi Palace Ruins built by the third Sultan of Zanzibar named Sultan Said Baraghash Bin Said in 1880 which were built especially for housing 99 of his harem.
Sensible shoes and hats are advised for this tour. It can be arranged in the morning or afternoon. The rest of the day is at leisure. Optional activities can be arranged upon prior request.
Go on a tour to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Stone Town today. This three and a half-hour tour commences with a visit to Zanzibar’s colorful market. Alive with the buzz of locals bartering fresh vegetables and baskets of tropical fruit, amongst the heady smell of jackfruit (and many other exotic fruits) you continue on to the site of a cathedral built in 1874. The cathedral signifies a compelling time in Zanzibar’s history and stands on the sight of a past slave market, its high altar standing on the exact site of the whipping post. Slavery was abolished in 1873 through a decree passed by the then current Sultan of Zanzibar.
Next visit the residence of the late Sultans of Zanzibar, ‘Tip Tip House’, the Old Fort, ‘Peoples Palace’ and the House of Wonders’, full of intrigue and vivid history from a bygone era. The tour ends with a stroll through the narrow streets of the old stone town, the heart of Zanzibar’s vibrant history with time for shopping.
This tour can be arranged in the morning or in the afternoon. The rest of the day is at leisure. Optional activities can be arranged upon prior request.
Transfer to the airport for your onward journey home.
Designed for travellers who enjoy the outdoors, are in good health, and want an interesting yet relaxing holiday experience. These trips may involve walking, trekking, hiking, cycling, rafting or sea kayaking at a very slow pace. Most of these trips are usually a week long in duration. These holidays usually include cultural activities and sightseeing that can be enjoyed by all. There will be exploring on foot as well. Most travellers will find themselves comfortable with the basic activity level trips.
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