Cultural Tour

The forest is best known for its kirks red colobus monkeys (kima punju in swahili), which are endemic to Zanzibar. About 10 years ago, the monkeys were considered to be in danger of extinction, but this trend has since reversed due to the conservation project. There are about 6000 red colobus monkey residing in Jozani Forest. Jozani Forest has several habitats including swamp forest, evergreen thickets, mangroves, as well as a variety of wildlife, including sykes and red colobus monkeys, bush pigs, Ader’s duiker and suni antelopes, elephant shrews, chameleons and lots of birdlife.

After visiting the monkeys, you will walk across to the Pete-Jozani Mangrove Boardwalk, which entwines through coral thicket vegetation, mangrove forest and across a creek. You walk through mangrove forest which is extremely crucial to Zanzibar’s ecosystems, providing a habitat for many lizards, snakes and birdlife as well as preventing the coastal erosion. Jozani Forest is situated 38km southeast from Stone Town. In 1995, the Jozani Chwaka Bay Conservation Project was set up to protect the largest remaining patch of indigenous ground-water forest that used to cover Zanzibar. Local communities are involved in the project and some of your entrance fee contributes to development projects and to compensate local farmers whose crops are often damaged by the red colobus makes.

Come here for the main interesting thing on the island, which is fishing in a modern fishing vessel with the latest reels and rods and a fighting chair as well! We offer you the exclusive opportunity to sail out to the sea with a Zanzibari fisherman guide and show you what the ‘fishing for a living concept is really all about.

Setting sail from one of East Africa’s oldest breezes, the horizon is dotted with Local Boat ( dhow), local fisher boats with outriggers, and heading out to sea with full fun. We will equip you with simple fishing gear, with what locals are even catching kingfish, yellow fin tuna, barracuda and grouper. A real adventure!

The half-day or full-day trip includes the boat ride, fishing guide, local fishing gear, fruits and soft drinks. As Local fishing in Zanzibar is a half-day tour so it begins promptly toward the beginning of the day, from 6:00 am or 7:00 am. As a local event, we start by setting the sail from one of the villages around the Island; we typically pick the closest village near our client’s hotels.

Nungwi is a village to the north coast of Zanzibar a home of famous dhow building in Zanzibar which is the cultural attraction of Zanzibar, since centuries the locals are building these woods curved boats with simply local tools.You will visit one of the local houses and see how people are living, further more you will visit the local fishermen and fish market.

At Nungwi you will also visit the Sea turtle Project initiated by Eco & Culture as one of our ecological project. Sea turtles are endangered species world-wide, especial in Zanzibar sea turtles are widely extinct; this protection project raises sea turtles in a natural lagoon, in this aquarium sea turtles are bred. After tour you will have some time to relax at the beautiful beach in nungwi.

The Spice Tour is one of the most popular excursions in Zanzibar, the Spice Island. It got its nick name as a result of being one of the world’s leading producers of spices such as clove, nutmeg and cinnamon in the 19th century. Spices and herbs were originally introduced to Zanzibar by Portuguese traders in the 16th century, brought from their colonies in South America and India. This tour is a walking tour in a spice farm (shamba). While there, you shall see how the spices, herbs and fruits grow and are cultivated. Your tour guide will describe how the crops can be used. You will be smelling and tasting spices, herbs and tropical fruits such as clove, lemongrass, nutmeg, cinnamon, turmeric, vanilla, coconuts, papaya, chili, black pepper, jackfruit, cardamom, cassava and oranges.

After the tour you will enjoy a traditional swahili lunch at the farm. Here is when you can really taste the different ways of using spices. On request we can also take you to an essential oil distillery where you can also create your own fragrance! The tour finishes with a stop at a spice stall selling fresh packaged spices (cash only). The tour price already includes tips for farm workers, so you don’t need to worry about it.