Zanzibar pairs beach time with real history. Stone Town's alleys are lined with carved wooden doors and old merchant houses, the spice farms inland still grow the cloves and vanilla the island became known for, and dhows still work the same coastal routes they always have.
This 9-day itinerary covers more than the beach: Stone Town's UNESCO-listed old town, spice farms, the coral reefs around Mnemba Atoll, and the red colobus monkeys of Jozani Forest.
Book NowA UNESCO World Heritage site, with Swahili, Arab, and European influence visible in the architecture across the old town.
Walk through working farms growing cloves, vanilla, cinnamon, and cardamom, the crops that gave Zanzibar its old nickname, the Spice Island.
A full day on the water: lagoons, sandbanks, mangrove channels, and a fresh seafood lunch.
Home to the endemic red colobus monkey, with a boardwalk trail through the mangroves.
Snorkeling over coral reefs with a chance of dolphins and sea turtles, in some of the clearest water around the island.
A restaurant built on a rock just off the beach, reachable on foot at low tide or by boat when the water's up.
From Stone Town's old streets to the beaches up north, this itinerary is built to cover Zanzibar properly in nine days.
Book Now