Zanzibar History: Explore Stone Town & Prison Island

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: 3 hours, 50 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Prison Island - Changuu Private Island - On Prison Island, giant tortoises roam freely, offering opportunities to feed, photograph, and even massage them. Additionally, visitors can learn about the island’s rich history.
  • Stone Town - This tour includes visits to the Old Fort, Freddy Mercury’s house, Tipu Tipu’s house, and the House of…
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Lunch
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Buying product, souvenirs, clothes, fabrics
  • Tips to our guide
Additional Information

This tour provides an opportunity to learn about Zanzibar’s history and various periods of colonization with our knowledgeable guide. You will visit historical sites such as the old slave market, Darajani market, the old fort, Freddy Mercury’s house, the House of Wonders, Tippu Tip’s house, and more.
Additionally, you will explore one of the largest…

Location
Prison Island - Changuu Private Island
Off the Coast From Stone Town, Shangani
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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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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Trinai4
Jan 24, 2025
A great day around ! - My mother and I went on the stone town, prison island, and spice farm tour today. Abu was an absolute pleasure to be around! From start to finish, he was very knowledgeable and informative. He regularly checks in with you to get feedback and make sure you are enjoying yourself. The spice farm was great! Stone town was nice to walk all around it and get the information about the history and the people of Zanzibar. Prison island was an adventure as it was windy so the water was a bit rough to get there, but made the trip all the better. The food we had for lunch was delicious. Very very pleased with the tour, this company, and Abu as our guide.
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Davidrw707pu
Sep 23, 2024
Must do tour on Stone town - Abu was the perfect guide. The tour was a great balance of being very informative whilst getting a very authentic feel for Stone Town and Zanzibar, great vip treatment on Prison island and amazing to get the history of Stone Town, the architecture, markets and way of life. The Tour was also the perfect amount of time (4 hours). Abu was great company more of a friend then an guide and everything on the tour was seem-less, he also couldn’t be more helpful trying to assist with the rest of our stay in Zanzibar. Can’t recommend this tour / company enough.
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Worwig
Aug 15, 2024
Amazing way to see Zanzibar! - Our guide Abu was amazing! Professional, knowledgeable and a pleasure to spend time with. The day was so enjoyable - spice farm, prison island d and stone town tour. We had a great time. Highly recommend.
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Tenaja_m
Jul 19, 2024
The best experience in Zanzibar - Abu was so kind and accommodating. He ensured that we saw everything we wanted and within our time constraints. He was very informative and also personable. We really enjoyed our tour. We had no idea a water taxi was a speed boat thrill ride. We loved it.
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Borisk260
Jun 23, 2024
Wonderful day spent in Zanzibar - We visited the Spice Farm, Prison Island and Stone town during the day tour. Our guide Abu is exceptionally caring and knowledgeable. He took good care of us during the tour and taught us history of Zanzibar and a lot of information about different spices. Would definitely recommend to join this tour!
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Hania_b
Dec 2, 2024
Great Historical Tour - Good tour with Abu! We saw Prison Island and Stone Town. The tour states a Spice Farm visit is included, but our guide said they changed this and it’s no longer included. Other than that, everything else was great.
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Rebecca_s
Jun 27, 2024
Nice way to get some highlights! - Abuu, our guide was friendly and knowledgeable, and he adjusted things as we went based on what we wanted to do. The visit to Prison Island was short and felt a bit rushed, but it was a highlight. Abuu knew a lot about the history of StoneTown, so we really enjoyed learning from him and lunch was delicious. We had a different guide at the spice farm, and while our visit was great and very informational, there were parts that felt like they were just seeking money. A huge bonus was that this tour included a ride to and from our hotel (which was a long way!).
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