Half-Day Private Spice Tour in Kizimbani Farms, Zanzibar
Description
Spice up your life in Zanzibar: For those interested in culture and history, no trip to Zanzibar would be complete without a tour of a traditional spice farm. Over the years Zanzibar has been one of the largest exporters of cloves and other spices and has been used as a welcome stop over for the many merchants exploiting the trade winds on route to India.
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Itinerary
Drive along quiet and scenic Zanzibar roads offering splendid views of the rolling hillside and visiting small rural villages in Zanzibar Islands. Next, you will stop to sense, taste and dazzle the tropical spices of Zanzibar at Kidichi and Kizimbani rural Village. Spend some time to sense vanilla, nutmeg, saffron, cloves, lipstick and ginger. Learn their typical uses plus in-depth history from your expert Guide. Sit on a beautiful bench to taste tropical seasonal fruits while your expert guide tells you about historical information of fruits. Purchase some fresh spices direct from the farm.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We organize free and complimentary private pickup and drop off to all our guests in Zanzibar Beach Hotels and Private Villas at reception lounge; seaport, or airport.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(7)
Very good tasting of the dishes cooked with their spices. Interesting and friendly visit. Thank you.
A family visit. The kids love it. Equipped with small buckets filled with carrots and salad, they can feed the animals on this farm. Well-kept enclosed, play areas and picnic tables. Various animals, hens, llamas, pigs, donkeys, birds... Perhaps a little more information about all the animals would be a plus.
This was a very informative and interactive tour. Our guide was great and encouraged us to smell, taste, and guess all the different spices and fruits we encountered! Photos were encouraged and some of the staff even wove us some beautiful items from palm leaves. It was interesting to see where so many of the spices we know actually come from. After our tour, we sat down with our guide to a traditional Swahili lunch cooked with fresh spices that we saw on the tour. Everything was incredible! We were also able to purchase perfumes, lotions, soaps, and cooking spices from the stands at the farm.
Interesting and educational in regards to the spices of Zanzibar but do be aware they only want your money. Felt very ripped off on this trip
It was great to see all the various spices being grown on the farm. Also the guy a climbing the coconut tree was amazing. Crowning ceremony was a bit of fun at the end too. The guide was very informative & the driver was also good.
A half day walking tour (city tour) it will make tourist to enjoy the historical city which based on in Stone Town Zanzibar
Interesting to see the spice plants and what their fruits are like. But the prices of the spice, perfume and soap bags they sell there are 7 times those of Stone Town Market, with the same bags, labels and formats. That’s why tours usually put your visit to the spice farm first, to make you shop there without knowing the real prices. Or, if you go to Stone Town first, they tell you the quality is better at the spice farm. The case is to deceive the tourist.
