Slave Chambers: Built around 1880 from the cave and connected to the seaside 2kms away, the area is surrounded by varieties of indigenous trees such as Breadfruit, Ramboutants and Scenty shrubs. It was an important transit point for the captured slaves to be sold to the outside world at the time of the abolishment of slavery in 1873. between 1880 – 1905 the chamber was being used as a place of concealment of the human cargo pending their disposal. A utilised as the hideout by the Arabs for their human cargo ready for shipment.

The full day guided tour begins and ends at your hotel. Mangapwani (“Arab Shore”) lies in a district where many Arabs used to lives. In village there is a Police Station, also a large Government “Bungalow” which was built by the Arabs who originally owned Prison Island. Good bathing, Swimming may be had at Mangapwani and beach leasurely may be had a Mangapwani beach.

Coconut Palms, Thatching, Baskets, Weaving, Pottery, Grinding Millets, Rice, Coconut Rope Making, Coconut Palm Climbing, Local Cuisine Cooking, Zanzibar Aroma and Incense, Construction of Local Homes, Bread Making, Spices, Banana Plantations, Seasonal Fruits, Local Koranic Schools, Local Traditional Music/Songs and Dancers.

The four – hour guided tour begins and ends at your hotel where you will be driven to Village on outskirts of Zanzibar Town. Here you will able to see white walking through the farm village and capitalising on the village life of the locals who are always busy carrying on with their daily activities like: grinding millets with mortar pestles; thatching coconut palms; preparation of bread for evening meal – guests are welcome to taste -. We move further to see locals climbing Coconut Palm Tree – guests to try it out -; coconut products – madafu milk; baskets; rope; coconut palm caps. Further a field cassava plantation and bananas with their various products can be seen and tasted – cassava chips; grilled cassava; ripe banana with coconut, grilled banana; spices; weaving of baskets, floor mats, brooms, food covers etc. Koranic Schools will also be visited. We proceed to the last stop to be welcomed by drumbeats where guests are requested to participate with refreshments of fruits of the season and mineral water and soft drinks. This traditional trip organised at evening time as a part of funny trip.

SAND BANK

Situated on the South west of Zanzibar is a funny trip which takes 6hrs. You will be picked up from your hotel in Stone town and board in the outboard engine boat ready for sand bank tour.

Activities:- Freedom of Swimming, fishing, sunbath and of course burn the fish to the fire. The tour organized with picnic lunch soft drinks no Alcoholic. A plenty of time for leisure in this huge bank while some sea transports passing by, going and back from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam. You will experience difference, especially when you find Dhows Sailing westward to Bagamoyo and other places, fishing boats pass through for fishing trips.

Our luxurious boat which contained with life jackets will take you back to the hotel after the tour you can be surprised when sometimes you see marlin, Baracuda, Dolphins and other Kingfishes passing close to where you are.

The name Zanzibar is derived from a combination of two Arabic words, ‘Zinj’, meaning black, and ‘barr’, being the Arabic word for land, resulting in the ancient title ‘Land of the Blacks’. As Zanzibar absorbed peoples from as far as The Orient and Iberia, Assyria and India, so the tapestry of Zanzibar cultures became more diverse in its range, more unique in its expression. Zanzibar is the birthplace of Swahili, a lingua franca forged from global dialects, upon which legends were carried, trade routes opened and a Sultan’s empire prospered.

Zanzibar has a rich history with many invasions through the centuries. In the middle of the 19th century under the Omani Arabs the Island was the most important trading port on the East Coast of Africa.

The strident laments and exultant overtures of Swahili taarab were born, their rhythms and melodies carried and honed between Zanzibar and the Arabian Gulf until they became the sounds of the islands’ own musical narrative.
The architectural styles of Stone Town were borne of the social convergence, while the tangled mass of stories, woven from centuries of lives lived, bestow a folklore and legacy that permeate life on the archipelago.

The stone town of Zanzibar is a fascinating warren of narrow streets, overhanging balconies and huge intricately carved doors. The bustling Suk (bazaar) where traders frantically bargain, is full of the pungent perfume of exotic spices.