3-Day Zanzibar Prison Island and Jozani Forest Tour

The journey

Trip highlights

• 01 Meet giant tortoises on Prison Island
• 02 Learn the history of Prison Island as a former prison for enslaved people
• 03 Look for rare red Colobus monkeys in Jozani Forest
• 04 Walk through the mangrove forest at Jozani
• 05 Relax, swim, or snorkel near Prison Island's reef

Set off from Stone Town on a boat trip to Prison Island, where you can meet giant tortoises, learn about the island's history as a former prison for enslaved people, and relax, swim, or snorkel by the nearby reef. Continue to Jozani Forest to look for the rare red Colobus monkeys, along with different species of butterflies and birds, and stroll through the mangrove forest. This 3-day Zanzibar package also leaves you time to enjoy Stone Town and shop for souvenirs before departure.

Set off from Stone Town on a boat trip to Prison Island, where you can meet giant tortoises, learn about the island's history as a former prison for enslaved people, and relax, swim, or snorkel by the nearby reef.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 3 Days

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included · Standard

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Zanzibar, Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1

Day 01

Arrival in Stone Town and Prison Island Excursion

• Upon arrival, your guide will pick you up from the airport or harbour and take you to check in at your hotel in Stone Town.
• After check-in, your guide will take you for lunch. Afterwards, you will hop in a boat and head to Prison Island. The boat ride to Prison Island takes 40 minutes, and there you can immerse yourself in the history of what was once a prison for enslaved people.
• You will have the opportunity to meet the giant tortoises and enjoy a fantastic time cuddling and feeding them. After that, you may relax on the beach with some sunbathing and swimming.
• As there is a reef nearby, you can also take the opportunity to go snorkelling. You will return to Stone Town in the evening, where dinner at Forodhani is highly recommended.

2

Day 02

Jozani Forest and Mangrove Walk

• After breakfast, your guide will be ready in the hotel lobby to take you to Jozani Forest.
• Here, you will have wonderful photo opportunities and sightings of the rare creatures living in the forest, which are usually easy to view along the pathways.
• Our guides are also naturalists and nature lovers who truly enjoy spending time in the nature reserve, so expect to receive plenty of information. At Jozani, you will also visit the mangrove swamp and walk through the mangrove forest. After lunch, you will have some free time as you head back to Stone Town.
• You can leave room for anything random that may come along.

3

Day 03

Free Time and Departure

• This is your last day in Zanzibar. We have left it free for you to purchase souvenirs.

The route

Where you'll travel

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

• Jozani Forest
• Prison Island
• Driver-guide
• Inward transfers
• Boat hire
• Taxes
• Two nights at a hotel in Stone Town
• 2 breakfasts

What's Not Included

• Flights
• Tips for the guide
• Visas

Know before you go

• We provide safaris with the best prices to travellers in all budget categories, from ordinary to luxury, and from campers to those preferring lodge or tented camp stays, across all price ranges. We especially target the segment of the market looking for the comfort of a lodge or permanent tented camps in the moderate price range.
• Enjoyable 3 Days Zanzibar Stone Town & Beach Packages Holiday Tour. This is a Zanzibar travel package that takes you to two places: Jozani Forest and Prison Island. All this happens over a span of three days. This guided tour takes you to Jozani, which is also famous for rare red Colobus monkeys and the even harder-to-spot Zanzibar Sykes' monkey, a very rare monkey species unique to Zanzibar. Along with Red Colobus Monkeys, you can expect to see bushbabies, 50 different species of butterflies, and 40 species of birds. Jozani Forest is a natural pharmacy, an amazing source of natural remedies, where every plant or tree cures something. What is so beautiful about the Jozani Forest tour is that the height of the trees and the palms is just outstanding.
• Prison Island, on the other hand, is an old quarantine station, the headquarters of giant land tortoises, and a snorkelling spot. Join a half-day trip to Prison Island. We will take a boat from the shores of Stone Town, setting down anchor 5 km away on the beautiful white sandy beach of Prison Island.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Tour start

Q6JC+HHJ, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Tour ends at the same location as the start point.