Narrow, winding streets that you can easily get lost in. Markets packed with busy Stone Town residents shopping for dinner. Mosques, Arabic squares and massive houses. Stone Town bursts with life and history.
Stone Town is the cultural heart of Zanzibar. This old district of Zanzibar City has stood almost unchanged for the past 200 years.
The town feels almost like a museum, but it remains the home of many island residents.
A unique gem can be found in the Indian Ocean. Zanzibar.
The old Arabic district, Stone Town, is an old coastal trade village. In the 1800s, the town was the heart of trade for several cultures due to its strategic location. Over more than a thousand years, countless cultures have left their mark on the city.
One trademark of the town is its historic houses. The Arabic stone houses stand side by side, adorned with gorgeous wooden doors and brass fittings. Stepping into this fascinating town feels almost like travelling through time.
What makes Stone Town unique is the cultural marks its long history has left on the town. Stone Town is influenced by Arabic, European, Indian and African culture, and these cultures have merged together to create a whole.
These peoples came to Stone Town as seafarers, explorers and sultans. They brought the traditions and culture that helped create the unique atmosphere that permeates the district today. Today, its inhabitants live side by side peacefully.
But Stone Town wasn’t always this way.
In the 19th century, trade was bustling, but they sold more than just spices and produce. Each year leading up to 1873, when the British arrived on the island, up to 50,000 Africans were sold as slaves.
Stone Town has an incredible wealth of experiences to offer.
You could simply take a walk in its winding alleyways and enjoy the melange of cultures. The smell of spices is intense. On your tour, you can admire the beautiful stone buildings and see their beautiful wooden doors, carved with all kinds of detailed patterns. There is more than enough to experience in a walk through this unique district.
If you wish for a more concrete experience, you could also try some exciting sightseeing spots, including:
Due to the district’s fascinating and disturbing history as both a trade empire and slave trading town, Stone Town’s unique buildings and mix of cultures led it to be included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2000.
If this district, overflowing with history and culture, has captivated you, visit Stone Town on your holiday to Zanzibar, perhaps as a conclusion to your safari in Tanzania, safari in Kenya, or climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. Visit Stone Town on a day trip or spend two nights in Zanzibar’s answer to Marrakesh.
A Tanzanian safari, a must for your safari wish list. An amazing safari experience including Serengeti & Ngorongoro. A 4-star beach stay, on the beautiful beaches of Zanzibar a perfect ending.
On this tour, you experience the biggest highlights of Kenya; Amboseli, Lake Naivasha and Masai Mara. The tour concludes with a relaxing holiday on the exotic island of Zanzibar.
Experience Africa’s iconic animals on a short safari tour. Get up close to nature and sleep in comfortable tents on the Serengeti. The tour concludes with a beach holiday in wonderful Zanzibar.
Enjoy the best of Kenya. You get up close to the nature and unique animal life in some of the country’s best national parks before digesting your experiences on white sandy beaches in Zanzibar.
Combine three of Tanzania’s absolute highlights: ascend Kilimanjaro via the Machame Route, go on a safari with fantastic animal life and conclude your tour with a beach holiday on Zanzibar.
Fly to the Serengeti, where great animal experiences await. You drive through the landscape on a fantastic safari to the Ngorongoro crater before flying to Zanzibar on a beach holiday.
Fancy experiencing Serengeti’s animal life without compromising on comfort? Then this is your tour! Enjoy the view from your lodge in the middle of the Serengeti and conclude the tour in Zanzibar.
The goal of this tour is the peak of Kilimanjaro on the renowned Machame route. The reward and relaxation await on the white sandy beaches on the exotic island of Zanzibar.
Longing to laze under a shady palm in Zanzibar overlooking the sea? Fancy a taster of safari in Africa’s largest national park? Then this is the tour for you.
This is the tour for you if you don’t have a lot of time at your disposal but would like to enjoy a taste of a safari in Tanzania, followed by a beach holiday in Zanzibar.
A Tanzanian safari, a must for your safari wish list. An amazing safari experience including Serengeti & Ngorongoro. A 4-star beach stay, on the beautiful beaches of Zanzibar a perfect ending.
On this tour, you experience the biggest highlights of Kenya; Amboseli, Lake Naivasha and Masai Mara. The tour concludes with a relaxing holiday on the exotic island of Zanzibar.
Experience Africa’s iconic animals on a short safari tour. Get up close to nature and sleep in comfortable tents on the Serengeti. The tour concludes with a beach holiday in wonderful Zanzibar.
Enjoy the best of Kenya. You get up close to the nature and unique animal life in some of the country’s best national parks before digesting your experiences on white sandy beaches in Zanzibar.
Combine three of Tanzania’s absolute highlights: ascend Kilimanjaro via the Machame Route, go on a safari with fantastic animal life and conclude your tour with a beach holiday on Zanzibar.
Fly to the Serengeti, where great animal experiences await. You drive through the landscape on a fantastic safari to the Ngorongoro crater before flying to Zanzibar on a beach holiday.
Fancy experiencing Serengeti’s animal life without compromising on comfort? Then this is your tour! Enjoy the view from your lodge in the middle of the Serengeti and conclude the tour in Zanzibar.
The goal of this tour is the peak of Kilimanjaro on the renowned Machame route. The reward and relaxation await on the white sandy beaches on the exotic island of Zanzibar.
Longing to laze under a shady palm in Zanzibar overlooking the sea? Fancy a taster of safari in Africa’s largest national park? Then this is the tour for you.
This is the tour for you if you don’t have a lot of time at your disposal but would like to enjoy a taste of a safari in Tanzania, followed by a beach holiday in Zanzibar.
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