Tanzania · COOKING CLASSES IN ZANZIBAR
Good cooking classes in Zanzibar fill weeks ahead in high season and the best go first. Below: the 5 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Shop Darajani Market, taste fresh spices, and cook Zanzibari dishes in this five-hour Stone Town food experience.
“Lutfia was warm, friendly and knowledgable, the spice tour was highly informative and interactive with our guide going above and beyond to explain things to us.”
Explore Zanzibar’s spice farms, taste tropical fruit, cook a Swahili lunch, and take home fresh spices on this 3-hour tour.
“Extremely fun and enlightening tour! We learned so much about all the different spices they grow at the farm. Not to mention, the staff were so incredibly friendly and kind! Only downside was that we did not cook the food with them. Rather they showed us some of the ingredients for one of the side dishes, which we slightly helped out with. Otherwise, a lovely experience! Highly recommend:)”
Swim in Zanzibar’s sacred Kuza Cave, cook Swahili food, hear live drumming, and support local schools on a $13 half-day tour.
“Swimming in the Cave was amazing. The cooking lesson was very inspiring & drum bear lessons were also quite cool”
Review of Zanzibar’s $61 spice farm and Swahili cooking tour, with practical advice on food, transport, tips, toilets, and value.
“Great experience! Big farm with many different kinds of spices. We liked how to tour guide always made us guess the spices and all about them. The cooking class was interesting, but we felt a bit unwanted. The ladies showed us how to prepare the dishes, but did not seem interested in speaking to us. Would be better to have a shared cooking class rather than private. At each single stop they've always asked us for tips which was annoying. Overall we recommend the tour.”
Review of Zanzibar’s 10-hour private tour with Mnemba Atoll, home cooking, Stone Town, horseback riding, lunch, and hotel pickup.
Every kind of day out, mainland and island.
