Our guide, Abdul, was AMAZING. You can tell he really loves history and his job. We didn't swim with the sea turtles but we did feed them (we didn't want to be wet for the rest of the day) and took some good pictures. Prison Island was a much better experience than we had expected (due to the reviews of prison island). It was beautiful and they had a nice coffee shop as well. The Secret Garden restaurant was good and just enough portion sizes. Emerson Restaurant for dinner/sunset was an experience. The course menu was small (fancy for us) but everything was really good and worth the experience on the rooftop during sunset. Abdul made the stone town tour interesting and fun with stops at the spice market, fish market and East African Slave Trade Exhibit. He explained so much about Zanzibar and the history as well. Top Tier tour because of Abdul.
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Mary-RoseO
October 22, 2023 · via Tripadvisor
Great day with the best tour guide Abdul!
Great experience! We booked through trip advisor as we wanted everything in one package. After booking, the company contacted us to confirm our details and where we were staying so they could pick us up. The driver was there at the time they advised. Our guide was called Abdul who may I say was the best guide I have ever had. He was really informative and knew his history about the whole of Zanzibar and Tanzania. We started off at the aquarium which was beautiful. Abdul was our personal photographer who caught some amazing moments. After we headed to Stone Town to get the boat over to Prison Island. The boat took approximately 20-30 minutes but went quick as Abdul was telling us more about the history of the country and also about Prison Island and why it was built. We arrived at Prison Island and we made our way around capturing the historic views. You will also find the oldest turtle on the island which is 109 years old. After here we went to Stone Town and did the tour. Half way through the tour we stopped at the Secret Garden restaurant for lunch. Lunch is not included so please make sure you take money for it. You can pay with cash or card. As we had lunch quite late in the day we decided to skip dinner (again this is not included so bring money) and continued the rest of the tour. The day was brilliant and I would recommend you book with these guys.