On a Luxury Zanzibar Spice Island Exploration Safari Gateway Tour - 4 Days discover Zanzibar Island’s magical secretes on this tour deep into the island. Its perfumed air caresses travelers with scents of the spices that have grown in abundance throughout the island since time began.
Exotic and enchanting, this Indian Ocean isle allures travelers with a personality and pace all its own—just a short hop from mainland Tanzania, and other major towns and cities in East Africa, but a world away.
Check out this amazing Zanzibar safari tour that can be booked as a short gateway, weekend plot or break from Africa, Europe and Parts of Asia.
One More Reason To Book This Safari Experience
- To explore the interior of Zanzibar Island and the old historical town of Stonetown
- To shop for artefacts, curios, crafts, paintings, carvings, spices and other souvenirs in Zanzibar’s bustling streets.
- Learn about Zanzibar's rich history by visiting the Zanzibar Museum and the Old Fort.
- Walk the street of Stonetown which exists today much as it did in the days when the “Isle of Spices” was a great trading centre for spices.
- Visit the spice plantations where cinnamon, cardamom and strong, flavourful Arabic coffees and the finest and most desired of all the cloves are grown.
- See the endangered nearly extinct red colobus monkey at the enchanting Jozani Forest.
- Combine this holiday with other Zanzibar beach holidays and excursions to really enjoy it.
The Detailed Luxury Zanzibar Spice Island Exploration Safari Gateway Tour - 4 Days Luxury Safari Adventure Holiday Vacation Itinerary
Day 1: Nairobi - Zanzibar
We board a flight in Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, Arusha, Kigali or Entebbe and we’re off to paradise, with accommodations that immerse the traveller in the romantic atmosphere of this enchanting island.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Overnight: Zanzibar Beach Resort
Day 2: Old Town and Spice Plantations
The day begins with breakfast and a serene view over the Indian Ocean to the endless horizon.
A walking tour is the best way to experience the Zanzibar Island’s Stonetown, which exists today much as it did in the days when the “Isle of Spices” was a great trading centre known the world over for spices, timber and slaves. The marketplace is alive with vendors who hawk their exotic wares in a multitude of languages, as many as the intense palette of colours in their fabrics and trinkets for sale.
As we move away from the raucous market, the winding streets grow serene and mysterious with whitewashed houses, ornately carved wooden doors and balconies studded with brass. We visit the Zanzibar Museum and the Old Fort.
We lunch—relaxed and oh-so-luscious—followed by an afternoon of touring the plantations where cinnamon, cardamom and strong, flavourful Arabic coffees are grown. And, of course, we see the cloves—the gold of Zanzibar—the world’s finest and most desired spice.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Overnight: Zanzibar Beach Resort
Day 3: Jozani Forest
There are few places in the world where the red Colobus monkey can be found, and this morning we travel across the island through quaint villages and lush vegetation to just such a place—the enchanting Jozani Forest. These Old World monkeys leap acrobatically throughout the arboreal canopy in troops of up to a hundred creatures. With extinction a distinct possibility, they are a privilege to behold.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Overnight: Zanzibar Beach Resort
Day 4: Zanzibar – Depart – Nairobi City
Today brings a farewell to the island. Depending upon flight times which can be sometimes early or sometimes late (being in a splendidly far-flung outpost of civilization after all!), we may have time for one last trip to the marketplace for that fantastically carved teakwood chest or supply of intensely scented pomanders as a heady reminder of our sojourn in this ageless Swahili paradise.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Overnight: Zanzibar Beach Resort
Prices
Please treat the prices shown as a price estimate. Your final price might go up or down following seasonal prices in the different lodges, camps and resorts. All prices indicated are per person, based on 2 persons sharing a room, and on estimated high season rates.
Rate Includes
- Meals and Accommodation as per itinerary
- Airport transfers
- Non motorised water sports
Rate Excludes
- International Flights into and out of Zanzibar
- Beverages
- Any items of a personal nature
- All statutory increases beyond our control
- International flights into and out of Zanzibar
- Tanzania Visas
- Scuba Diving and Motorised Water sports
- Spa Treatments
