Vintage Swahili Classic - 3 Nights / 4 Days
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Adventure; Beach; Sightseeing; Adventure Travel; Cultural tour; Sightseeing tour; Advenutre Tour; Mangapwani Beach; Slave Market;
The Swahili Classic package will help you discover the history and culture of Zanzibar. You also spend some time at the beach. Zanzibar’s history is connected with its earlier role as a transit market for slaves and ivory. Zanzibar is a fusion of cultures and African Arab and Persian influences ...
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- Trip Length:
- 4 days
- Price Range:
- From $544 (The prices are based on a minimum of 2 persons. A price reduction is available for numbers above two persons.) per person See what this includes and what this excludes
- Best Time to Go:
- Any time.
- Recommended for:
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Infants (under 2)
Children (2 - 5)
Children (6 - 8)
Children (9 - 11)
Children (12 - 14)
Children (15 - 17)
Adults (18 - 20)
Adults (25 - 29)
Family Trip, Group Retreat, Trip Around the World
Detailed Trip Description
The Swahili Classic package will help you discover the history and culture of Zanzibar. You also spend some time at the beach. Zanzibar’s history is connected with its earlier role as a transit market for slaves and ivory. Zanzibar is a fusion of cultures and African Arab and Persian influences are prominent. You will see ruins of palaces and ancient mosques’, a Sultans harem, and the Mangapwani slave caves. In addition you will get to eat a Swahili lunch and take a half-day cultural tour. Your stay will be at Tembo House, an elegant hotel located on the sea front of Stone Town- the cultural heart of Zanzibar.
Trip Itinerary
Day 1 - Zanzibar
Arrive Zanzibar.
Private Car Service
On arrival in Zanzibar you will be met by our representative and transferred to Tembo House Hotel in Stone Town.
Hotel
Tembo House Hotel is an elegant hotel located on the sea front of the Stone Town, Zanzibar Island. Zanzibar International Airport is 10 km away. All rooms are spacious and beautifully decorated with oriental and traditional Zanzibar ornaments, antiques and furniture. All rooms are air-conditioned and have telephone, satellite TV, minibar and ensuite bathrooms. The hotel has a restaurant featuring local and international cuisine, bars and a gift shop. Tembo House is based on Bed and Brekafast basis. Overnight at Tembo House Hotel.
Day 2 - Zanzibar
Slave Market, Palace & Mangapwani Beach.
Sightseeing
After breakfast depart to the former Slave market for a guided tour of the site.
Sightseeing
Afterwards drive to Maruhubi Palace ruins. The palace was built by Sultan Barghash in 1880 to house his harem but burnt down in 1889. Among the ruins you will still be able to get a feel of the former grandeur of this palace. Your guide will show round the Palace, the fishing village and the dhow shed.
Sightseeing
Afterwards you will drive to Mangapwani village. Here, you tour the local farms and visit the former slave chambers and caves.
Food and Dining
Enjoy a Swahili lunch at Zanzibar Serena Hotel in Mangapwani.
Beach
After lunch, spend the afternoon at leisure on Mangapwani beach.
Sailing
At 1600 hrs, depart from Mangapwani aboard a local dhow and Sail back to Stone Town.
Food and Dining
You will have dinner at Blues Restaurant.
Hotel
Overnight at Tembo House Hotel.
Day 3 - Zanzibar
Zanzibar - Cultural Tour.
Sightseeing
After breakfast depart with picnic lunch boxes for a half-day cultural tour at Kizimbani village.
Hotel
Dinner and overnight at Tembo House Hotel.
Day 4 - Zanzibar
Depart.
After breakfast check out and transfer to Zanzibar Airport for your flight back home.
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- Vintage Swahili Classic - 3 Nights / 4 Days
- The Swahili Classic package will help you discover the history and culture of Zanzibar. You also spend some time at the beach. Zanzibar’s history is connected with its earlier role as a transit market for slaves and ivory. Zanzibar is a fusion of cultures and African Arab and Persian influences ...
