Summary of Vintage Zanzibar Safari : This special offer is a complete holiday package and combines beach experience with tours to help you discover Zanzibar. The package covers the highlights of Zanzibar: Stone Town, Spice Tour and Johazi Forest.
You visit ruins of palaces and ancient mosques?, a Sultans harem, the Mangapwani slave caves and of course the spice plantations after which Zanzibar takes its trade name.
Nature lovers will be delighted by Jozani Forest, one of the few remaining sanctuaries of the red colobus monkey.
Stay is based on standard rooms at the Karafuu Beach Hotel/ Tembo House Hotel. The offer is very good value as rates are valid in the high season without having to pay high season supplements as in other hotels.
Itinerary:
Day 1. ARRIVE ZANZIBAR
On arrival in Zanzibar you will be met by our representative and transferred to Tembo House Hotel.
Overnight at Tembo House hotel. (Dinner is at client?s own discretion)
Day 2. STONE TOWN TOUR
After breakfast you will be commence on the Stone Town tour. The 2-hour tour will take you to the most scenic parts of the Old Town.
This is the cultural heart of Zanzibar. Our guides are experienced and very well conversant with the rich history of the Island.
The Old Town oozes magic and mystery and shafts and sharp light joust with deep shadows creating a fascinating world in the narrow streets.
UNESCO has recently declared Stone Town as one of the world’s historic cities, and it’s now a protected area in Zanzibar.
The tour takes you to the former site of the slave market; the cathedral (Cathedral Church of Christ) built in its site in 1874, the Sultan?s palace and more. Relax at leisure at the beach side.
Overnight and Breakfast, at Tembo House hotel. (Dinner is at client’s own discretion)
Day 3: SPICE TOUR / JOHAZI MARINE
After breakfast pick up from hotel and transfer to Kizimbani Village for the Spice Tour.
For much of the year the scent of cloves is carried in the breezes from the clove buds drying the sun on road reside mats.
The Spice Island as it is affectionately called has over forty of the most valuable tropical aromatic plants that were introduced over the last two centuries by the Oman Arabs.
The spices are grown in the spice grades in the hills north of Stone Town.
Our knowledgeable guides will take you through this fascinating tour. Spices can be tasted and even purchased. Later return to your hotel for lunch.
The afternoon will feature a visit to Johazi forest. This forest is one of the last remaining sanctuaries in the world of the red colubus monkey.
Wonderful photo opportunities and sightings of these rare creatures living in the forest reserves are possible on the pathways.
Our guides are also naturalists and nature lovers will have a wonderful time in the nature reserve. After lunch, transfer to Karafuu beach hotel for overnight.
Breakfast, Dinner and overnight at Karafuu Beach hotel
Days 4 & 5. KARAFUU BEACH HOTEL
Spend the days enjoying beaches of East Coast and the Swahili way of living or at the resort’s swimming pool.
Scuba diving or diving course for beginners are available (at an Extra cost) at most of the beach resorts in Zanzibar
Breakfast, Dinner and overnight at Karafuu Beach hotel.
Day 6. ZANZIBAR & DEPART
After breakfast check out and transfer to Zanzibar Airport for your flight back home
Includes in Vintage Zanzibar Safari:
- Meet and greet at the Airport on arrival.
- Transfer from Airport to hotel and the reverse on departure
- Tembo House is based on Bed and Breakfast. (Dinner is at client’s own discretion)
- Excursions as per the Itinerary (Stone Town, Spice Tour and Johazi Forest)
- Accommodation is based on standard rooms
- Includes government taxes and surcharge
Excludes in Vintage Zanzibar Safari :
- Extras at the hotel i.e. telephone, laundry and extra meals & drinks
- Any flights
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