Zanzibar History Tour: Old Town & Spice Farm

Uncover the rich history and spice trade of Zanzibar on a Stone Town and Spice Tour. Explore historical sites, visit a spice farm, and see giant tortoise on Prison Island.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Nakupenda Island - The Paradise Island - Guests are picked up from their hotel after breakfast and taken to Stone Town to board a motorized boat to the stunning NAKUPENDA SANDBANK.
    The word “NAKUPENDA” translates to “I love you” in Swahili.
    Visitors can take a boat from Stone Town or other beaches in Zanzibar, with the journey taking approximately…
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Lunch
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Tips to our guide
Additional Information

After breakfast, guests will be picked up from the hotel and taken to Stone Town to board a motorized boat heading to the stunning Nakupenda Sandbank.
The term “Nakupenda” translates to “I love you” in Swahili.
Travelers can catch a boat from Stone Town or other beaches in Zanzibar, with the journey taking approximately 25 to 30 minutes to reach the…

Location
Nakupenda Island - The Paradise Island
Nakupenda Island, Zanzibar
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Crowr173
Jan 20, 2026
Insightful Tour - Abu is very knowledgable and such a great guide! He knows everything about the spices and history of Zanzibar. 100% would recommend this tour to everyone, especially if you want to gain some insights into Zanzibar.
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884farajm
Oct 7, 2025
Right place to go and ask for Abu be your guide - Great and interesting walking tour about history of Zanzibar and Spices. We enjoyed both side especially the informative spice farm with our guide Abu. He knows a lot about his country and very passionate to describe his home. Stone was better as well and we enjoyed a lot at lunch time we were offered by the company. Overall if you are looking for this activity in Zanzibar, it's the right place to go.
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Happiness64374379978
Oct 6, 2025
Saved Our Day and Memorable Experience - Abu saved our day when the guide we booked didn’t show up. We called his company and Abu offered to take us to these places Stone Town and Spice farm. He is very helpful guide, friendly and more importantly he is story telling and calm. We also arranged to collect the fee from him ( Other Company ) without any additional hassles for me trying to get a refund. Then he truly went out of his way to give me a fantastic tour of Stone Town tailored to my interests. I couldn’t be more pleased. My family and i will thank you forever for your kindness to us and make us feel home with you
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Hashilmohamedk
Aug 2, 2025
A wonderful holiday with best guide in Zanzibar - We had really enjoyable trip and lovely experiences with both spice and stone town. our guide gave us all we wanted, he went far to give us some fascinating tips of testing baobab sweet which was an amazing tes. We would like to do this again and again with you guys and it's worth it 👌. Asante sana
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36salumh
Jul 10, 2025
DO NOT MISS THIS COMBO 😘 - Do not miss to do this combo during your stay in Zanzibar. Abu was great and amazing person on his professional, he was very helpful and more importantly he explained everything we wanted to hear about Stone Town, Spice farm and Prison Tortoise. The food was too much 😃 in fact we ate delicious swahili food in stone town. The duo of Abu and our driver was the best. Do not Miss this Combo with Abu
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886gabrielw
Apr 15, 2025
Visit to Prison Islands, Nakupenda sandbank, and Stone Town - We visited the Prison Islands, Nakupenda beach and Stone town. It was worth our while. The tour guide was very knowledgeable as he always gave a brief history of the areas visited. I’ll recommend this. Just awesome.
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Scenic43259330474
Mar 10, 2025
Our guide gave us wonderful Experience - Lovely experience during this time, we booked this trip all ways from home and couldn't trust this company from the beginning, honestly speaking they gave us wonderful experience on island. From the City to the island, our guide Abu gave us wonderful details and my husband was fully impressed by his great job. Thank you very much for taking care of us and I can highly recommend others
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Russell_e
Feb 12, 2025
We visited Stone Town,... - We visited Stone Town, Prison Island and Jambo Spice Farm with our guide Abu. He was very informative and a great guide to show us around. His knowledge of the history of Prison Island in particular was excellent and we had a really fun time.
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Andri_j
Jan 24, 2025
Must sees in one day - I really enjoyed this combo of experiences. We saw all the must-see items and were given enough space to enjoy shops if we wanted to. The food was amazing and the guide was super informative about everything we saw. 100% recommend to others!
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Heather_r
Jul 1, 2025
Good Spice farm and Guide, TERRIBLE Company & DESCRIPTION - Service of our guide was great! Knowledgeable about the spice farm was great, and invaluable in Stone Town. However. DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE DESCRIPTION! We went to the spice farm, then into town, but there was NO WAY we would’ve had time to go out to Prison Island. But the price included the admission AND a water taxi! For my party of 5, that was $105 we paid for something the tour operator never did with us. I reached out to the tour operator AND Viator, for a refund of that portion, and crickets.
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From $163
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).