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This three-night, four-day tour of Zanzibar Island combines Stone Town, a Spice Island tour, a cultural tour, and a visit to the slave caves. Explore spices-growing areas to learn about the nature of the spices, how they are reared, and their uses, with the chance to taste and purchase spices straight from the source. Visit the Kidichi Persian baths built by the first Sultan of Zanzibar, Sultan Said bin Sultan, in 1850, and continue to the ruins of the Maruhubi Palace, built in 1880. The experience also includes a sunset cruise along the Stone Town waterfront and a closer look at the everyday lives and enduring traditions of the Zanzibari people.
It was purposely built by Sultan Said Baraghash Bin Said to accommodate his 99 concubines.
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Meet and greet on arrival at Zanzibar Airport. You will then be transferred to your hotel in Stone Town. Overnight stay at Zanzibar Serena Inn or Tembo House Hotel, based on your preference, on a bed and breakfast basis.
After breakfast at the hotel, depart for a spice tour. You will visit several spices-growing areas to learn about the nature of the spices, how they are reared, and their uses. You can even taste and purchase some of the spices straight from the source. There is a wide variety of spices and herbs grown in Zanzibar, including medicinal herbs, cosmetic plants, and ornamental plants. If the season is right, you will see such interesting spices and herbs as cloves, rambutan, iodine plants, nutmeg, lipstick, vanilla, lemon grass, shampoo plant, henna, and many others.
Later in the tour, you'll visit the Kidichi Persian baths, built by the first Sultan of Zanzibar, Sultan Said bin Sultan, in 1850. After that, you'll be taken to the ruins of the Maruhubi Palace, built in 1880. It was purposely built by Sultan Said Baraghash Bin Said to accommodate his 99 concubines.
Lunch will be arranged at Serena Restaurant in Mangapwani.
After exploring the area in the afternoon, you'll visit the Slave Caves of Stone Town before having dinner at one of the restaurants in town.
Breakfast at the hotel, then depart for a cultural tour to get a firsthand experience of the everyday lives of the Zanzibari people and their enduring traditions. You will visit two very special villages and a local school. Lunch at a restaurant in town, then return to your hotel for relaxation.
In the evening, you will go for a sunset cruise along the Stone Town waterfront. Return to the hotel for an overnight stay at Zanzibar Serena Inn or Tembo House Hotel, based on your preference, on a bed and breakfast basis.
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight home.
Where this trip takes you
Stone Town, Kidichi Persian baths, Maruhubi Palace, Stone Town waterfront
The route
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Your 4 days finish where they began, in Zanzibar.
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