Private Zanzibar: Stone Town, Spice Farm & Prison Island Odyssey

Amina was great! I learned a lot about the island and the history. I totally recomented if you want to visit the main historical sites in one day and learn more about Zanzibar's history

We had an excellent tour of Stone Town, the spice farms, and Prison Island with Ibrahim (Ibu) and his team, Rashid and Hamisa. From start to finish, the experience was outstanding. Ibu guided the tour at our pace, making sure we were comfortable throughout, while sharing fascinating knowledge and history about the island. His passion and professionalism really stood out, and his team was equally fantastic. I would highly recommend Ibu and his team to anyone visiting Zanzibar.

Great taste of zanzibar. Our guide was informative and a pleasure to spend the day with. Whole team made sure we had a great day.

The most amazing, refreshing experience. Our tour guide was beyond patient, very informative, friendly and a breath of fresh air

Loved our tour. Our driver Simba and our guide Amina were excellent. Really friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Really enjoyed and would definitely recommend.

This was an enjoyable experience. Our guide, Amira, spoke excellent English, was very knowledgeable, and shared so much information about Zanzibar and its fascinating history. And our driver Simba did an outstanding job of navigating the traffic as we traveled around the island. We only had one full day in Zanzibar and this was a great tour to show us places beyond the beach!

The tour itself didn’t really align with the description. There was no snorkeling and the guide didn’t have the same itinerary from the company that was on Viator. In Stone Town he asked what we wanted to see and didn’t have a prepared tour. We also had to share the itinerary with him to be able to make the stops at the church and old dispensary. He wasn’t aware those were supposed to be stops. Also, it would have been good to know that at each stop, a local guide would take you instead of the main guide you’re with. Each of these local guides also expect a tip, so we ended up having to tip 4-5 additional people we didn’t expect to. A set lunch time also wasn’t part of the full day tour. We knew it wasn’t included, but assumed there would be a set time to stop for an opportunity to get lunch. We ended up not eating until almost the end of the tour when we had to ask to be taken somewhere. Overall, the tour was informative and we did see all the main attractions mentioned. It just wasn’t the smoothest and not quite as expected.

Loved the Spice farm experience. The farm provides a guide which was very knowledgeable. Loved smelling and seeing all the spice plants. Got to see someone climb up the coconut tree and drank/tasted fresh coconut. Also we were treated to fresh fruit and teas. There's also a store in which you can purchase. For the farm though it is CASH only and the spice guide, assistant spice guide, coconut guy, and fruit/tea shack people primarily work on tips so that caught us a bit off guard. Recommended bringing extra small bills for tips and additional cash if you want to buy spices. Stone town was neat and loved the architecture and slave market history. There's plenty of souvenir options. Prison island and seeing the tortoises and peacocks was cool.

Spice farm tour was nice. Prison island is OK, there is no scheduled time for snorkeling as advertised and even though they tried to accommodate us, there is no good snorkeling spot nearby. Stone town tour was average. Was expecting more history from guide. No water offered had to buy my own.

Very OK. Do it if you have time to kill and are bored. The guide was also very dis engaged and did not care to show much.