Zanzibar Walking Tour: History and Culture

Embark on a unique walking tour in Stone Town, Zanzibar, filled with history, storytelling, and culinary discoveries. Explore historical sites, admire old architecture, and learn about the uses of spices in food and medicine.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Stone Town - This historic town is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The walking tour allows visitors to explore various historical landmarks such as the old slave market, House of Wonders, Old Fort, Freddie Mercury’s house, and Tippu Tip’s house. While in town, guests have the opportunity to browse different shops if they wish to purchase gifts for…
What's Included
  • Lunch
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Tips for our Guides
  • Buying products, souvenirs, fabrics, liquor
Additional Information

Embark on a distinctive walking tour bursting with enjoyment, history, and abundant tales about Zanzibar and Tanzania.
Our erudite guide dedicates time to broaden your knowledge about Zanzibar in detail by exploring various historical locales, viewing ancient architecture around the city, and allocating ample time for shopping in case you wish to…

Location
Stone Town
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(19 Ratings)
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Chris_g
Jun 8, 2025
10/10 tour - would recommend! - Amazing tour today with our fantastic tour guide Abu (Abubakar) to a community-owned spice farm just outside of Stone Town. We had a brilliant time learning about the history of spice farming in Zanzibar, how certain spices are grown and harvested, got to guess which spice was which by the smell of each plant and seed, and even received a lovely surprise at the end of a handmade gift from our spice farm guide Saïd! We returned to Stone Town, and we were able to talk about what we had already done, and what else we would like to do, and Abu was really helpful in mentioning other places we might like to visit. Abu kept it really exciting and engaging throughout, and we even stopped for some delicious Swahili food for lunch. Thank you Abu! 10/10!
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157shirab
Feb 3, 2025
Great tour - We had a great experience on the spice tour and stone town tour with Mr. Abu! He was very informative and thorough and we learned about Zanzibar’s rich culture and history. We finished the day tour watching the sunset at a rooftop bar with a view of stone town. Thank you!
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Msadikii
Aug 16, 2024
Best Experience - I decide to go this trip alone and left my wife at hotel. Frankly speaking the duo of stone town and spice farm is amazing, my guide Abu is very helpful amd he knows more about spice and Stone town. If you are looking for a best trip with amazing person this is place to go
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549habibum
Aug 13, 2024
Stone town is nicer trip - Abu was very helful guide,he is very kbowledgable about Zanzibar and he gave us everything we wanted, more importantly we love the lunch at stone town. I highly reccomend this trip for everyone
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Anthonybc1860kz
Aug 4, 2024
Great experience ! - Abu was an amazing tour guide. We really enjoyed listening to him explain the history of stone town and also learning about the different spices at the spice farm. He was great to talk with and went above and beyond. They also offer taxi services which we utilized as well. We highly recommend !!
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Kagy1
Apr 29, 2024
Good to see Zanzibar with Abu - I highly recommend this tour, it was great experience and great time to spend with wise guy Abu in Zanzibar. We did everything nice with him and finally we enjoyed our moment sit down and talk deeply about Zanzibar.
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Lil_andrew1
Apr 28, 2024
Trust and enjoyable trip - Our tour was good, we were picked a bit early because we didn't want to come back late to our resort, then went straight to spice farm and we had wonderful guide and bought spices at the farm. After that we drove to old Town with our guide for stone town tour and was great. The lunch and everything was superb, highly recommend this trip
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Flyer28718881282
Feb 27, 2024
Paradise Zanzibar with Abu - Zanzibar my dream island and being in it was dream came true, I can't thank enought for meeting Abu in Zanzibar because he made us proud over everything. Our trip was perfect filled with joy and full amazing memories. Thank you very much Lunch was absolutely perfect at stone town, and more importantly Abu made it easier in the crowd
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Cholos2024
Feb 13, 2024
My Zanzibar Trip with Abu - Picked up at my hotel at time mentioned and my professional guide was Abu. We went first to spice trip and had great explanation from knowledgeable guide and more importantly had to see my favourite spice ginger the way it grows and finally we got guy climbed coconut and tested it. After that got our luxury car and comfortable head to stone town exploring it a bit and got history but that was not my part I liked that, overall is something interesting for those who like history coz the town is too old filled with lots of history. Finally I went to test amazing delicious swahili food and my guide Abu made it for me.. I have to say this is an amazing trip ever in my life and I can't thank enough my guide Abu to make it so higghhhh .. Thank you very much Abu
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Jacwill1
Apr 29, 2024
4 point 5 Stars trip - The only thing i am not giving this tour company 5 star is because we broke our tour because of being sick during our tour in stone town, we got very friendly guide, knowledgable and more importantly we enjoyed very much at spice farm. Very professional driver
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From $130
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).