A compact overnight stay that packs Zanzibar’s historic old town and its famous spice farms into one busy day. Ideal as an add-on to a Kenya or Tanzania safari, with a free morning for shopping before your flight.
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Travel: Private transfers
Highlights
- Guided walk through UNESCO-listed Stone Town and its carved wooden doors
- House of Wonders, Old Fort, the former slave market and the Sultan’s Palace
- Maruhubi Palace ruins and the Persian baths at Kidichi
- Hands-on spice tasting at the Kizimbani plantations
Day by day
Day 1: Arrival, Stone Town and spice plantations
You are met at Zanzibar airport and driven to your Stone Town hotel, then head out with a guide through the old town’s lanes, bazaars and grand merchant houses, taking in the House of Wonders, Old Fort, old slave market and Sultan’s Palace. After lunch a three-hour spice tour runs from the Maruhubi Palace ruins and the Persian baths at Kidichi to the Kizimbani plantations, where you can see, smell and taste spices, fruits and herbs before returning to town for the night.
Day 2: Free morning and departure
After breakfast the morning is yours to browse the craft shops of Gizenga Street for souvenirs. In the afternoon you are transferred to the airport for your onward flight.
Where you stay
- Stone Town hotel on bed and breakfast: Tembo Hotel, Dhow Palace, Mizingani Seafront, Tausi Palace or Africa House (subject to availability)
Included
- One night in Stone Town on bed and breakfast
- Airport to hotel to airport transfers
- Guided Stone Town tour and spice tour as described
Not included
- International flights
- Drinks
- Personal expenses
Senior-friendly and wheelchair accessible
Accessible Travel Kenya caters to everyone. As specialists in inclusive tourism, the company can adapt this trip as a senior-friendly holiday or a wheelchair accessible safari. Tell Accessible Travel Kenya your access needs before you book. The company checks each hotel and excursion for you, arrange accessible airport and hotel transfers, and suggest alternatives where boats, sand or steps would be difficult.
Prices on request: contact Accessible Travel Kenya for a quote for your dates and group.
Plan this trip with Accessible Travel Kenya
This itinerary is a starting point. Accessible Travel Kenya can change the dates, pace, lodges and length, or combine it with another journey or a beach stay.
Every Accessible Travel Kenya trip includes:
- A wheelchair-accessible vehicle with a trained Accessible Travel Kenya driver-guide
- Rooms, bathrooms and paths checked for access before you book
- 24-hour WhatsApp support throughout your trip
- Mobility equipment, carers and sign language interpreters on request
Send your dates and who is travelling, and the team replies within 24 hours with a tailored, written proposal.
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Booking from the UK? You can book through your own travel agent, and ask them about ATOL financial protection. Accessible Travel Kenya works alongside them as the ground partner in Kenya. Travel agents can request net rates through the Trade Enquiry form.
