Name: Zanzibar: Stone Town 3-Hour Walking Tour
Brand: GetYourGuide
SKU: 208863
Rating: 3.8793104 (58 reviews)

Peruse the Zanzibar Stone Town on this 3-hour walking tour, with a professional guide who will take you to the historical sites, fruits and spice market, curio shops and bazaar streets.

About this activity

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Duration 3 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
Live tour guide: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian
Pickup included: Your hotel.
Wheelchair accessible
Private group available

Highlights

Visit the old slave market
Discover the origin of Swahili
Explore the historical sites
Visit the spice and fruit market

Full description

After a greeting and short briefing, you will be heading to the old fort which is also known as the Arab fort, the house of wonders, and then to Forodhani Gardens, a darajani fruits and spice market, and the Zanzibar ferry terminal. The tour also includes visits to the Freddie Mercury house, Zanzibar Curio Shop, Jaws Corner coffee shop, and more. Visit the Anglican cathedral, also known as the former slave market which was used for centuries as a hub for the East African slave market, whereby slaves were hunted and abducted from Malawi, Congo, Zambia and other parts of east Africa. With your guide you will have enough time for some leisure time to explore the narrow streets alongside the curio shops. The tour will end after 3 hours.

Includes

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Guide fee to all the markets
Entrance fee to Sultan Palace
Government taxes

Tips for the guide

Not suitable for

People with mobility impairments

Important information

What to bring

Sunscreen

Not allowed

Luggage or large bags

Know before you go

If tourists are staying in Stone Town, the pick up time from the hotel is at 9:00 AM, the guide will come to collect you at your hotel lobby
Tourists must wear clothing which is at least below the knees
You may not take someone's picture without their permission
Comfortable shoes are suggested for leisure walking

Customer reviews

Overall rating

3.9 /5

based on 58 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.2/5
Value for money
3.6/5
Service
3.5/5
Organization
4/5

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GetYourGuide traveler September 20, 2023 – Verified booking

Our guide was very open-minded and showed and explained to us all the important and interesting corners of Stone Town. At the end we were also on a viewing platform where you can see very nicely over the city. The market was also very impressive. Top price-performance ratio. The tour can easily be done in 2 hours and is completely sufficient.

Claudio – ItalyJuly 28, 2023 – Verified booking

Very interesting tour to discover the most characteristic corners of the city. The guide Yusuf, local but with a very fluent Italian, was able to describe many details of the life and history of the capital. If you visit Zanzibar, I think you cannot do without trying to find out more about Stone Town. During the tour, the guide tries to suggest buying something in the shops, but not in a pressing way; both the guide and the shopkeepers were respectful of any polite denials.

Dagmar – GermanyJune 13, 2023 – Verified booking

I really enjoyed the tour. The small guide Jaffat from Tanzania was very nice, very knowledgeable and local. His German was very easy to understand and he was very helpful. The taxi driver was also very nice and experienced and the taxi itself was clean and tidy and pleasantly quiet to drive with. All highly recommended.

Zanzibar: Stone Town 3-Hour Walking Tour

Zanzibar: Stone Town 3-Hour Walking Tour

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