MAINLAND AND ZANZIBAR ISLAND EXCURSION

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

ZANZIBAR EXCURSION

GET TO VISIT ZANZIBAR ISLAND,TANZANIA,WHICH CONSIST TWO ISLANDS ON IT UNGUJA AND PEMBA.INSIDE ZANZIBAR ISLAND YOU WILL GET TO ENJOY THE BEAUTIFULL BEACHES AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SWIM,SUNBED,SANDBANK,SNORKLING, AND ALSO GET TO VISIT AND TAKE A TOUR AT DIFFERENT PLACES IN ISLAND LIKE

SPICE TOUR.
and manyIn days past, Zanzibar was known as a spice island, exporting cloves, vanilla, nutmeg and cardamom across the world. The spices were brought over from Asia and South America and flourished in the tropical climes.

Nowadays the plantations are a tribute to the island’s past, swapping spices for tourism, combining both in a spice tour, one of the most popular excursions on the island. Walk through the spice farm with your guide. Touch, smell and taste different spices and tropical fruits.

Try to guess which is which, from the crushed leaves, the fruit, shoots and vines and creepers crawling up the Zanzibar Spice Tour trees. Learn about their properties, their origins and their use as medicines and in food and drink.

A visit to a spice farm village gives you an insight into local life and the opportunity to try some Swahili dishes, taste the fruits in season and try some spiced tea. An optional lunch is available at Mtoni Marine Restaurant, a special menu, prepared with the best of the seasonal fruit and spices
introduced to you during the tour.

Depending on the season you are visiting, you can find anything from vanilla, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, turmeric, lemon grass, cloves, ylang ylang, cumin, garlic, ginger, coriander, pepper, allspice, tamarind, chilli, oregano and more!

Fruits can include banana, pineapple, jack fruit, custard fruit, oranges, star fruit, tangerine, passion fruit, mango, avocado, pear, papaya, grape fruit 
others.

DOLPHIN TOUR.GET TIME TO SWIM WITH THE SPINNED DOLPHIN AND SNORKLING AT DOLPHIN TOUR

PRISON ISLAND.GET TO DISCOVER THE TRUTH AND HISTORY OF SLAVE IN ZANZIBAR AND WHY ITS CALLED PRISON ISLAND AND ALSO GET TO SEE THE TORTOISE THAT SAID TO BE 200YEARS OF AGE FROM COMORO AND SEE HOW THE TORTOISE GIVE RIDE TO KIDS AND ALSO AFTER THAT YOU WILL SWIM,AND DO SNORKLING IN SEARCHING OF TROPICAL FISH

JOZANI FOREST,In the south of the island, Jozani Forest is a wonder and delight, with tales of Zanzibar leopards, medicinal cures and stunning scenery. Currently under consideration to become Zanzibar’s second World Heritage Site, the Jozani-Chwaka Bay area is a hotspot of biodiversity. The forest is home to a number of endemic species, including the Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey.

Your park ranger will take you on a nature trail, lined with eucalyptus and mahogany trees and explain the medicinal properties of various plants and tell you about the animals, birds and reptiles that make their home in the various habitats of this tropical rainforest.

Troops of Zanzibar Red Columbus monkeys can be found scrambling from branch to branch, in search of food. The monkeys have become acclimatized to people and allow you to get close to them to take photographs as they eat, play and jumping from the treetops. The mangrove boardwalk takes you above the swamp, where, depending on the tide, you can see tropical fish flitting between the mangrove roots and crabs scuttling across the mud. Mangroves play an important role in environmental conservation and as a resource for villagers and community life. Your ranger will explain the different species found in the swamp and their uses.



SUNSET DHOW CRUISE,GET TO ENJOY THE EVENING TRIP IN A BOAT WHILE EXPLORING THE ISLAND TILL SUNSET WITH THE BEAUTIFULL SOUND OF LOCAL MUSIC AND ENJOYING SOME SWAHILI SNACKS AND DRINKS THAT YOU WILL BE SERVED

SUNSET DHOW HONEYMOON,GET TO ENJOY THE SUNSET WITH YOUR LOVED ONE DURING EVENING TIME TILL SUNSET IN A BOAT TRIP WITH BEAUTIFULL VIEW AND BEAUTIFUL LOCAL MUSIC AND SWAHILI SNACKS AND DRINKS THAT YOU WILL BE SERVED

STONE TOWN CITY TOUR,GET A CITY TOUR AND VISIT DIFFERENT PLACES IN STONE TOWN CITY,GET TO VISIT THE FIRST CHURCH OF ANGLICAN BUILT DURING COLONIALISM IN ZANZIBAR AND VISIT DIFFERENT PLACES AND SLAVE ROUTES

SLAVE ROUTES OF ZANZIBAR,GET TO VISIT THE PLACE THAT THE SLAVE ROUTES WERE CONDUCTED AND KNOW THE HISTORY OF SLAVE TRADE

CHUMBE ISLAND,GET TIME TO VISIT THE CHUMBE ISLAND WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFLL CORAL GARDENS,SHALLOW REEF WITH OVER 200 SPECIES OF CORALAND 400 SPECIES OF FISH,CHUMBE FOREST RESERVE WITH ITS UNIQUE FLORA AND FAUNA INCLUDING THE ELUSIVE ADER'S DUIKER ANTELOPE,AN ABUNDANCE OF BIRDS,CRABS,REPTILES AND THE RARE NOCTURNAL COCONUT CRAB,CLIMB THE LIGHTHOUSE,BUILT 1904,WHICH OFFERS BREATH-TAKING VIEW OF THE ISLAND AND OF ZANZIBAR

SAFARI BLUE,GET THE TIME TO VISIT THE MENAI BAY AND SEE THE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN,DO SNORKLING,SANDBANK AND GET THE GASTRONOMY TASTE THE FLAVOURS OF ZANZIBAR AT OUR DESERT ISLAND RESTAURANT,DELICIOUS SEA FOOD BUFFET.AND ALL IN ALL GET TO SEE THE NATURAL WONDERS AT KWALE ISLAND HAS A HIDDEN LAGOON SURROUNDED BY A MANGROVE FOREST AND BAOBAB TREE.

NUNGWI BEACH,GET TO VIST NORTH COAST BEAUTIFULL BEACHES AND GET A SUNBED,SWIMMING,AND SNORKLLING.

PRISON ISLAND AND SANDBANK,GET TO VISIT PRISON ISLAND AND SEE THE TORTOISE THAT SAID TO BE 200YEARS OF AGE,HISTORY OF PRISON ISLAND AND DO SNORKLLING AND SWIMMING,AND AFTER THAT SANDBANK TRIP WHERE YOU CAN HAVE LOTS OF FUN LIKE SWIMMING,SNORKLLING,SUNBURN AND HAVE SWAHILI CUISINE,ITALIAN CHEES,TROPICAL LOCAL FRUITS,BEVERATE AND WINE

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