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Private Tour Zanzibar: Unique Stone Town and Spice Farm Plantations Combo
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Zanzibar
This unified venture of Stone Town City Tour and Spice Tour is an outing bundle that explores some of the highly visited tourist spots that Zanzibar boasts of.
This unified venture of Stone Town City Tour and Spice Tour is an outing bundle that explores some of the highly visited tourist spots that Zanzibar boasts of.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Market Street - Begin the journey by exploring Stone Town, also known as Mji Mkongwe, which translates to “Ancient Town.” This historic trading hub, influenced by Swahili and Islamic cultures, has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The walk will last 2 to 3 hours, offering an immersive experience into the rich history of this…
- Market Street - Begin the journey by exploring Stone Town, also known as Mji Mkongwe, which translates to “Ancient Town.” This historic trading hub, influenced by Swahili and Islamic cultures, has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The walk will last 2 to 3 hours, offering an immersive experience into the rich history of this distinctive, indigenous location.
Stroll through the captivating narrow streets, past antique shops, and admire the exquisite handmade Arabic and Indian-style doors. Visit historic buildings and local museums, and see the main slave market of East Africa, a Portuguese fortress, the iconic House of Wonder, and a local bazaar. Enjoy a break with local coffee or ginger tea, and take some time for shopping.
Following the Stone Town tour, visit a local Spice Farm for a 2-hour experience. Discover a variety of spices and explore the plants, scents, and flavors of cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, nutmeg, ginger, turmeric, coffee, and more.
Conclude with an impressive coconut tree climber show, where a performer sings local songs while harvesting coconuts high in the tree branches. Finally, visit a spice table to see the processed spices and purchase unique gifts to take home.
What's Included
- Service fees included
- All entrance fees
- Bottled water during tour
- Experienced professional tour guide
- All taxes
- Tips & gratitude
- Service fees included
- All entrance fees
- Bottled water during tour
- Experienced professional tour guide
- All taxes
- Tips & gratitude
What's Not Included
- Medical Insurance if needed
- Expenses of a personal Nature
- Pick up and drop off from your hotel
- Freddy Mercury meseum, but outside will.
- Medical Insurance if needed
- Expenses of a personal Nature
- Pick up and drop off from your hotel
- Freddy Mercury meseum, but outside will.
Location
Old Slave Market/Anglican Cathedral
Mkunazini Street
New Mkunazini Road, Zanzibar, Tanzania Infront of the Old Slave Market/Anglican Cathedral at the main entrance (main entrance located at Mkunazini Road)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Phil_g
Feb 21, 2026
Fantastic tour with a fantastic guide - We made a new friend today - his name is Masoud
He took us on a very interesting visit to a spice farm first. And we actually knew SOME of the spices he showed us. We could also see how they grew and a little of how they are processed. Many look nothing like what we are used to seeing in packets!!
Then we toured Stone Town. It is amazing how much there is to see and how much history in a small space. And it feels like a maze so a guide is vital. Otherwise we’d probably still be wandering around 🤪🤪
Nothing was too much trouble for Masoud and he had answers to all our questions
We were so lucky and so grateful. Ramadan Kareem Masoud
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Ajfoster33
Feb 3, 2026
Wonderful experience! - If you want knowledge and history as part of your tour then this is the trip for you! Masoud is from Zanzibar and clearly loves educating tourists about his beautiful home.
We did a spice farm tour to start and you are able to see how so many different spices grow. It was incredibly informative. You are also able to buy different scented oils and soaps along with spices manufactured there at the farm before you depart. Next we went to Stonetown and toured the church/slave market and then walked throughout Stonetown where we got to see more highlights such as the differences in all beautiful doors, the fort, the churches, and many others. Really a bit of a choose your own adventure in what you want to know. I would highly recommend taking a tour with Masoud!
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Wr
Feb 3, 2026
10/10 highly recommended!! - If you are looking to book a spice and/or Stone Town tour look no further!! Masoud is the best in Zanzibar! Masoud drives q clean air-conditioned vehicle, he is timely and easy to communicate with. His knowledge of the culture, history and agriculture of Zanzibar is extensive. Seeing the other guides throughout Zanzibar on different tours it is obvious that Masoud is at the top. His passion for his home island is infectious and respectable. We had a wonderful time spending the day with Masoud, we highly recommend his services!!
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220barbarab
Jan 9, 2026
Great Zanzibar experience! - Had a great day and learnt so much!
Maqsood is professional, knows the history of Stone town, where to eat and shop and also knows all about the Spice farm - healing properties of plants and the use of spices
I strongly recommend his servces.
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Lindaelle2018
Jan 1, 2026
A great day! - Great day! :) We had a great day together with our guide Masoud who first took us to a Spicefarm north of Stonetown. There he showed different plants and spices and we first had to guess which species it was by how it smelled, which was very funny.😊👌🏼
Very good information about everything and a very nice experience with the best guide!
The tour of Stonetown was also very informative and interesting. Many historical sites including the slave market, slave dens underground etc. Also food markets, alleys and the city’s best African coffee that we got to taste. ‘Over all’ a great day that we can really recommend! :)
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Borisz-gta
Nov 1, 2025
Great tour of Stone Town and Spice Farm - This is a great tour for people that wants to see both: Stone Town and Spice Farm. Very informative with great history lesson. Spice Farm was also really interesting. What makes this tour great is the knowlegeable guide Masoud whose commmentary makes Stone Town alive. Highly recommended tour
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Romangcabrera
Oct 20, 2025
Great Tour with an amazing Guide! - Masoud is an amazing guide. He's an encyclopedia. He gave us all the facts and street knowledge about stone island and the spice farm. Absolutely worth it!
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315abhik
Oct 10, 2025
Very Educational and Very Fun! - Absolute 10/10 experience! The guide, Masoud, is incredibly knowledgeable and fun, and took great care of us :) The spice tour was interactive and very educational (but also with some very fun demonstrations), and the tour of Stone Town was great, along with an in-depth dive into the history of Zanzibar’s role in the slave trade and a small sampling of local foods. My wife and I had an absolutely fantastic time and would 100% recommend you do this tour, especially if you are staying at a resort and want to bundle together two key experiences to have on the island in one day!
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Kyndra_h
Sep 11, 2025
Spice farm and stone town tour - Masoud was our guide, he was wonderful and made sure we got everything we wanted, plus some! We were unaware the excursion we signed up for did not include prison island since we saw some people post pics of it. He made sure we were still able to see it in additional to our tours. Definitely recommend him!
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Faraway826509
Aug 11, 2025
Learn and fun tour - Great guy. Knowledgeable and caring, flexible. He is dedicated to his work. Very hospitable! Happy to recommend Massoude!
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