Visit Zanzibar Island, Zanzibar Archipelago
The largest of all the islands in the archipelago, Zanzibar Island is home to turquoise waters, pristine white sand beaches, and the old and facinating capital, Stone Town.
Fishing from Zanzibar Island
Zanzibar Island
Zanzibar Archipelago
The largest of all the islands in the archipelago, Zanzibar Island (Unguja) is 80 kilometres long and 30 kilometres wide.
It is covered in coconut plantations, spice farms and lush vegetation. There are pretty roads through avenues of mangos and the forest at Jozani where endemic Kirk’s red colobus can be seen. Everywhere you go you’ll find small farming villages where chicken and children run all over the roads.
The coastline of Zanzibar Island
The coastline has picture perfect beaches with miles of white sand leading into shallow turquoise waters. These waters are lined with offshore reefs, dotted with small fishing villages sheltering under coconut palms. Little huts are sunk in snowdrifts of sand, fat ducks waddle about, fishing nets hang from crooked wooden racks and seaweed is spread out to dry. At high tide all the dhows sail in and lively bartering for the day’s catch ensues.
Activities
We have selected a number of small lodges and hotels in peaceful spots. Most have their own dhows and arrange daily trips to reefs for snorkelling and swimming, or to pristine, deserted sandbanks for sumptuous picnic lunches.
Places within Zanzibar Island
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- Much of Stone Town was built in the 19th Century and remains unchanged to this day. There is no room for cars in these streets, so they’re perfect for exploring on foot.
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- The beaches in Zanzibar are some of the best beaches in the world, interspersed with picturesque fishing villages, where the people live a simple way of life, virtually unchanged in centuries.
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