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Tour style – Chill out & Beach, Culture & History, Festivals & Events

6 days

In less than a decade, the Sauti za Busara Swahili Music Festival has firmly established itself as one of East Africa’s finest annual cultural events. Enjoy this five-day celebration of diverse music, theatre and dance while experiencing the mystical spice island. Experience the wealth and variety of Swahili music, and tour the narrow streets, vibrant markets and fragrant clove plantations. Let the rhythm move you in Zanzibar.

  • Day 1 Arrive Zanzibar/Stone Town (B)

    Welcome to Zanzibar. Here you will be met at the airport (or ferry terminal) upon your arrival and transferred to your hotel in Stone Town. Enjoy rest of the day at leisure

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  • Day 2 – Stone Town Tour / Sauti za Busara Music Festival (2B)

    Explore Stone Town at your own leisure, and enjoy the culture and nightlife that it has to offer. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Stone Town is a captivating labyrinth of narrow streets and winding alleyways. Lose yourself in the buzz of the markets, delight your senses in the bustling bazaars, and check out the many mosques and grand Arab residences. You can spend hours just wandering the alleys and squares, drinking potent coffee from pavement vendors, or buying local snacks, such as sesame bread, from scores of tiny cafes. Optional activities include tours of the ruins of the Sultan’s Palace, a tour of the Jozani Forest, or a city tour. Our local representative will brief you on these activities, as well as any others that take your fancy, and is at hand to assist with enquiries and bookings. Zanzibar, ‘the spice island,’ has an extremely interesting history and culture as it was the centre of the slave and spice trades in the 1800s. Zanzibar remains one of the most fascinating places in East Africa, despite a heavy increase in tourism since the early 1990s. Thanks to an ambitious and far-reaching preservation programme funded by UNESCO and the Aga Khan Foundation, many famous old buildings have been restored, or are in the process of being renovated. Enjoying the evening at the Sauti za Busara Music Festival

  • Day 3 Spice Plantation (B)

    An essential ingredient in a Zanzibari’s everyday life, is the island’s connection to spices and herbs. Zanzibar and spice is a romantic entanglement that dates back to the 16th century. Apart from being an important commodity on the trade routes, spices are used in traditional dishes, as cures for ailments and even for dyeing traditional ceremonial outfits for weddings and festivals. Visiting a spice and fruit plantation is a stimulation overload with your senses guaranteed to be awakened by breathtaking scents, tantalizing aromas, and mouth-watering perfumes. Zanzibar has become known as the island of spice with tourists likely to find a wide variety of oriental spices including cloves, cinnamon, black pepper, ginger, nutmeg, and saffron amongst others. Spices play a pivotal part in Zanzibar’s economy with cloves being the island’s top export. Zanzibar boasts a wonderful assortment of produce with the most common including an intriguing combination known as yoghurt fruit, the unique tasting Jack Fruit that is a delightful taste-bud tickler, a whopping 25 varieties of banana, and star fruit, which is loaded with vitamin C and reputed to be good for the eyesight. Discovering the spice and fruit plantations of Zanzibar indeed promises to be one of the highlights of your holiday.

  • Days 4-5 Stone Town(B)

    Enjoy a day to relax and explore the stone town. Evening enjoy the Sauti Za Busara Music festival

  • Day 6 Depart Zanzibar (B)

    Today you will be transferred to your point of departure in Stone Town (airport or ferry terminal).

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