Tanzania · STONE TOWN TOURS
Stone Town rewards a guide who knows the alleys and the history under them: the Omani and German trading years, the forts, the fish market and the sites of the slave trade. The 15 below are compared on length, group size, price and how much of the walk is spent indoors.
Explore Stone Town, Zanzibar’s spice farms, Swahili food, and Prison Island tortoises in one full-day cultural tour for $68.
“It was really nice tour with very good guide:) We saw the stone town and Prison Island 👍”
Review of Zanzibar’s $70 full-day tour to Prison Island, Stone Town, and a spice farm, with practical timing, highlights, drawbacks, and booking advice.
“What a great day we had . Taxi picked us up nice drive to stone town . Where we met our guide Abdul . He was very informative and was ready to answer any questions we had. Excellent trip to prison island and stone town . Walking us around and telling us so much information. Then finish off with a nice lunch and trip to the spice farm. Definitely recommend this trip”
Explore Zanzibar’s spice farms, Stone Town, and Prison Island with lunch, tortoises, boat rides, and practical tips for a full day out.
“our guide Fahed was excellent, very infornative about the spice farm and the trip to Prison Island and around Stone Town. He spent a lot of time making sure we saw everyrhing. A very good day”
Explore Stone Town’s landmarks, markets, doors, and layered history with a private local guide on this well-priced two-hour walking tour.
“Highly recommend as a stone tone tour, guide was extremely friendly and knowledgeable, and very receptive to going slower or faster in certain areas.”
Explore Stone Town’s slave-trade history, markets, palaces, doors, and narrow lanes on a flexible three-hour private walking tour.
“Great activity. Can very much recommend. Kassim knew very well about the history of Stonetown. He was very flexible regarding timing, location, route, our interests and the places we wanted to see.”
Explore Stone Town, Prison Island, giant tortoises, snorkeling, and Zanzibar’s spice farms on a private full-day tour.
“Amina [sp] was our guide and she was excellent. Very knowledgeable, very personable, and great company for the day. It was a full on day and definitely worthwhile.”
Explore Stone Town’s old forts, markets, slave-trade history, and narrow lanes with a local guide for $21 per person.
“Tour went amazingly. Our tour guide Ammar was very informative, we learned so much about the history of Zanzibar and were accommodated to. Would recommend time and time again one of the best tours to show a beautiful place.”
Explore Stone Town with guide Kassim on a private 2 to 3 hour walk covering Zanzibar history, markets, forts, and Freddie Mercury.
“This was an excellent tour from a local guide (Kassim) who knows a lot about the area and it’s history. Didn’t hesitate to go off script for a special request if you are interested in something in particular. Highly recommended.”
Stone Town walking tour review with slave-trade history, markets, carved doors, Freddie Mercury sites, costs, tips, and honest drawbacks.
“The tour guide Alfa was very good,was very nice to walk with him and listen stories about Stone Town”
Explore Stone Town, taste Zanzibar spices, and meet giant tortoises on a private full-day tour with lunch, transfers, and guides.
“Mady is a great guide, hassle free easy to understand and extremely knowledgeable. We started at a Spice Farm (which was one of my favorite parts) and he made exploring the different plants interesting. Then we had a lovely city tour and gRead more”
Review of Zanzibar’s private Spice Tour and Stone Town walk, with plantation tastings, slave trade history, hotel pickup, guides, and value tips.
“The Spice tour was interesting. We could have done without the fruit eating session as it gave us both queasy tummies. I didn’t like the fact they don’t display prices when selling their spices. I didn’t buy any for that very reason. The Stone Town tour was also good but my friend is hard of walking so we had to go slowly. She also wanted to buy African masks so we were limited for time. My only complaint is that I would have liked the guide to give us options of what we could see. We missed the Slave Trade area which is a shame. But the guide was very…”
Explore Stone Town’s markets, museums, doors, and Prison Island tortoises on a six-hour Zanzibar tour with hotel pickup.
“Our tour guy was really prepared, helpful and ready to every question we had.”
Review of Zanzibar’s Stone Town and Prison Island tour, with giant tortoises, boat rides, history, snorkeling, costs, tips, and practical advice.
“The tour went very well, the guide was very friendly and engaging.”
Explore Stone Town’s heritage, Zanzibar’s spice farms, fresh fruit, local cooking, and lunch on this private five-hour tour.
“We had an excellent spice farm and stone town tour. Especially spice farm tour was much better than we expected thanks to our guide. He let us smell different seeds and explained how different spices are grown. Food was also surprisingly good. During Stone town tour we learned a lot of Zanzibar history and saw most important parts of town.”
Review of Stone Town’s private walking tour, with UNESCO sights, local markets, Zanzibar history, guide tips, costs, and practical advice.
“my guide Abdalla was excellent. he explained the history the culture. highly recommend this tour.”
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