Overview
This is one of the best tours on Zanzibar Island, offering a unique glimpse into small-scale farming in rural areas. You’ll discover a wide variety of spices, and learn how they are grown, harvested, and used. This tour provides a rare and immersive experience that shows why Zanzibar is famously known as the “Spice Island.”
During the tour, you’ll explore three different sections of the spice farm, each offering something exciting and informative. You’ll see a variety of spices such as cardamom, ginger, vanilla, coffee, nutmeg, cinnamon, and lemongrass. Your local guide will provide in-depth explanations about each spice — how they’re planted and how long they take to mature.
A highlight of the tour is watching a coconut climber, locally known as “Mr. Butterfly,” scale a tall coconut tree to fetch fresh young coconuts. You’ll even get a chance to taste one! As part of the experience, you’ll receive handmade gifts crafted from coconut leaves, a special local touch.
After exploring the spice farm, you’ll enjoy tasting a selection of tropical fruits and have the opportunity to buy fresh spices directly from the farm — a great way to support the local community.
Highlights
- Discover a variety of spices such as cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla, black pepper, turmeric, garlic, ginger root, and chilies
- Explore a range of unique plants like henna bush, ylang-ylang, the lipstick tree, iodine plant, cocoa, cassava, dasheen cocoyam, the perfume tree, and Zanzibar coffee
- Taste tropical fruits you may have never tried before, including jackfruit, pineapples, bananas, green coconut (madafu), durian, love apple (matufaa), rambutan (shoki-shoki), soursop (mabungo), and starfruit (carambola)
