$800
Holidays & Leisure
Zanzibar, Tanzania
02 Nights / 03 Days
08:00am – You shall be picked up ex Hotel for Safari Blue. Original and the best, ‘Safari Blue’ is a full-day excursion using locally made traditional sailing dhows of between 8 to 10 metres in length, carrying up to 22 passengers plus crew. These passenger-carrying dhows are fitted with outboard engines, marine VHF radios, gas inflatable life jackets, sunshade, boarding ladder, waterproof bags and first aid kit with DAN oxygen unit.
The excursion starts at the fishing village of Fumba, 30minutes drive from Stone Town. Fumba is situated in the southwest corner of the island and is an ideal starting point to explore Menai Bay, designated a Conservation Area. The bay has a number of beautiful, uninhabited islands and sandbanks and is often frequented by humpback and bottlenose dolphins.
On arrival at Fumba you are given a briefing and a life jacket demo. You then board the dhows and set off to explore the bay and search for the dolphins. Dolphins have been spotted on at least 85% of these trips. Later in the morning stop on a sandbank. Guides, who can safely lead the snorkelling session and show points of interest, accompany you. For beginners or those who are not confident swimmers, there are inflatable snorkelling vests and the guides can give tuition. After snorkelling sample a fresh green coconut before sailing to another sandbank for lunch. During the morning a catering boat has gone on ahead to prepare lunch which is served on teak picnic tables set up beneath smart canvas sunshades. Lunch is a traditional Zanzibari meal followed by fruit tasting, with a selection of different tropical fruit. Coffee and Amarula liqueur are served after lunch. Cold drinks are available throughout the day.
When the tide allows, visit a beautiful mangrove lagoon where it is possible to swim through the mangrove forest. Return to Fumba by sail boat and arrive back at 6 pm, in time to see the colourful African sunset.
There are no formal changing facilities at Fumba so please wear your swimming things under your clothes. Bring waterproof shoes for boarding the dhows and bring towels, sunscreen and a spare T-shirt for snorkelling.
08:00am – Pick up ex hotel for full day Dhow Cruise. The trip to the sandbank Unforgettis one of the most amazing for every person and every age. Enjoy this isolated island, covered twice a day by high tide, an astonishing white sandbank surrounded by crystalline water, the ideal trip to relax and practice snorkeling to discover treasures of Indian Ocean. On the sandbank we offer a variety of local fruits, beverages and snacks and later we will serve a lunch buffet of Swahili cuisine, Italian Cheese, soft drinks and white wine.
Unforgettable!! 16:00Hrs – End of the tour and back to the hotel.
Welcome to Zanzibar. After clearing customs, meet our representative in the waiting area and transfer to your hotel. The day is free for you to settle in the hotel and relax. Overnight at your hotel in Zanzibar on Bed & Breakfast basis only.
Meals Included: Breakfast
After breakfast today at 09:00 am, depart for a full day Spice and City Tours. You shall be picked up ex Hotel for Tours. Guaranteed to waken your senses. Visit spice plantations where you will have the opportunity to pick, smell & savour fruit & spices that you have probably never seen on the supermarket shelf. Commencing at the ruins of the Maruhubi Palace, via the site of David Livingston’s house (one of Africa’s greatest explorers) the journey continues north toward the Kidichi Persian Baths. From here we continue to the rural areas werelocal farmers live & produce some of the world’s most exotic fruit and spices. Cloves, star fruit, ‘bulls heart’, tangerine trees, lemon grass, mangosteen and lip-stick trees, to name but a few, are what you can expect to see – according to the seasons. Perhaps you will fancy buying a basket of freshly picked spices to take home with you!
12:00 pm – Have Lunch by own.
01:00 pm – You shall be picked up ex Hotel for Stone town tour. Begin with a visit to Zanzibar’s colourful market, alive with the buzz of locals bartering fresh vegetables and baskets of tropical fruit, cocoa farm, amongst the heady smell of exotic fruit. Continue to the site of a cathedral built in 1874. The cathedral signifies a potent time in Zanzibar’s history and stands on the sight of a past slave market with the high altar standing on the exact site of the whipping post. Slavery was abolished in 1873 by decree of the Sultan of Zanzibar. From here visit the residence of the late Sultan of Zanzibar, ‘Tip House’, the Old Fort, ‘Peoples Palace’ and the House of Wonders’, Forodhani garden full of intrigue from days of long ago. The tour ends with a stroll down the narrow streets of the old Stone Town, the heart of Zanzibar’s chequered history.
In the evening 17:00Hrs return to your hotel. Overnight at hotel in Zanzibar
Meals Included: Breakfast.
After breakfast, bid farewell to Zanzibar and transfer to airport/ferry to home.
Meals Included: Breakfast
End of Services.
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In case your tour is cancelled or curtailed short due to visa issues, we will be unable to provide you any refund of the tour cost.
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We accept payments via bank transfer/Debit & Credit cards also. In case of a bank transfer please add USD 30 per transfer per time you transfer.
We need to receive a cancellation request in writing for us to proceed with cancellation. The following charges will be applicable based on the cancellation request received by us. If you cancel:
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Your Health: It is your (Traveller’s) responsibility is to ensure that you are in good health and medically fit to undertake safari tour. If the tour passes through the malaria area, precautionary treatment is advised. Consultation with medical practitioner/doctor and obtaining prophylactic and precautionary anti-malaria treatment is necessary.
Local Currency: Tanzanian Shillings (TZS)
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