Spices Tour Zanzibar

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 ruinsof 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 were local 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!

Tour Summary

The Spice Tour in Zanzibar offers a fascinating journey through the island’s rich history of spice cultivation. Visitors explore local farms, where spices like cloves, cinnamon, vanilla, and nutmeg are grown. During the tour, guides explain the uses of these spices in cooking, medicine, and cosmetics, while providing samples for visitors to taste and smell. The tour also highlights Zanzibar’s vital role in the global spice trade. It’s an immersive cultural experience, blending history, agriculture, and local traditions