5 Days Zanzibar Experience

Day 1 Zanzibar Airport

On arrival at Zanzibar Airport, you will be welcomed by our representative and transfer to your hotel in Zanzibar. Check into your hotel and relax.

Spend the rest of the day relaxing at your hotel.

Dinner and Overnight at your hotel – Full Board.
(Luxury – The Residence Zanzibar. Midrange – Zanziber Ocean View. Budget - Your Zanzibar Place)

Day 2 Prison Island & Spice Farm

After breakfast at around 7:30 am, you will be picked up by your guide. Enjoy the ride to Prison Island on a traditional dhow. You will learn how this small island gained its name and explore the place that is home to more than 50 tortoises, some over 100 years old. After discovering the Prison Island and its history, take the opportunity to swim in the clear waters off the coast amongst tropical and colorful fish.

Later, you will proceed with the Spice Tour which takes 3 hours. You will be privileged to learn about tropical fruits, spices and herbs, and a few of the uncommon types of different plants from various vegetation.

On the tour, you can also hopefully see spices such as curry, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, pepper, tamarind, ginger, menthol, Zanzibar cloves, and numerous different spices and herbs offered by the Sultan of Oman over the Indian Ocean. Later, you will be taken to your accommodation.

Dinner and Overnight at your hotel – Full Board.

Day 3 Dolphin Tour & Michamvi Beach

The Dolphin Tour in Zanzibar is a half-day tour that is done at Kizimkazi fishing village on the South Coast of the island. The main attraction of this tour is being able to swim close to dolphins. If you are lucky, you can even get to play with them for a couple of hours.

If you like to do snorkeling, we promise that this is the best opportunity for you. Please bring your swimsuits and be ready to get wet!

Later, you will head to Michamvi Pungwi Beach where you will visit the Rock Restaurant before heading back to your hotel.

Dinner and Overnight at your hotel – Full Board.

Day 4 Beach Relaxation

Today you'll go on the Blue Safari (sandbank picnic), one of the most popular and remarkable tours in Zanzibar. The trip consists of sailing with locals with a traditional Swahili dhow, having a great seafood lunch, and visiting untouched, beautiful island beaches.

We will leave from Fumba with a custom wooden sailing dhow. The first stop is snorkeling at the Kwale Coral Reef, offering an overwhelming abundance of corals and colorful fish. Afterward, you can relax in a paradise-like sandbank with a snack and tropical fruits.

The next stop will be at Quail Island where a beach barbecue seafood buffet is served consisting of octopus, lobster, grilled fish, calamari, soft drinks, and tropical fruits (all the seafood you might want to try).

Additional activities on the island include a short jungle walk to see and climb a 500-year-old baobab tree and swim in a mangrove lagoon before sailing back to Fumba Village.

Dinner and Overnight at your hotel – Full Board.

Day 5 Zanzibar Airport

After breakfast, check out of your hotel and your guide will drive you back to Zanzibar Airport to board your flight back home.