Zanzibar Village Life Experience and Spice tour

Zanzibar Village Life Experience and Spice tour

This experience is the off-the-beaten path. We are funny, knowledgeable and experienced guides. We work together with our local community. Our tours are designed to supporting the local community and ourselves as the local guides. If you buy our tours you contribute and support the local community directly.

We drive to the central part of the island. Kizimbani is a farming village. It has a long history of spice production since the Arab colonial. Firstly you will be introduced the spice plantation by showing them varieties of spices that are grown on the Island. In this area, you will experience how the local Zanzibaris harvest the coconuts by climbing the coconut tree. You will learn how to weave Makuti (a coconut leaf roof making) and weaving a basket by coconut leaves.

You will practice Swahili cookings with the fusion of Arab, Indian, and African influences and the prominent role of spices that are grown in Zanzibar. Under the guidance of an experienced Zanzibari local cook, we will prepare a delicious dish for lunch with you. The cook will instruct you how to use the spices and what the cultural or regional specifics of the dishes are. When the food is ready we will eat together.