Spice Farm Tour

Zanzibar’s fame for spices is agricultural, not decorative. This visit is a working farm in the interior, usually around Kizimbani or a neighbouring village. You walk under clove trees, crush cinnamon bark, see vanilla orchids, nutmeg, cardamom, pepper, lemongrass, and the fruits guides like to surprise people with — lipstick fruit among them. You taste as you go. It is shaded, but the path can be uneven and sometimes muddy after rain. A Swahili lunch can be added in the village if you want the day to run longer.

Guide price: from USD 40 per person. Replace this number when you edit the trip.

Highlights

• Clove, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, and pepper on the tree
• Tasting as you walk
• How the spices are dried and sold
• Time for questions, not a script shouted from a bus

Included

• Farm guide
• Tastings
• Private vehicle and driver
• Hotel pickup
• Bottled water

Not included

• Lunch, unless you add it
• Spice packages you choose to buy
• Tips
• Entrance is included; shops are not compulsory

Questions

Is lunch included?

Not on the half day. Ask us to add a village lunch if you want to stay through midday.

Can this join Stone Town?

Yes. Farm in the morning, town in the afternoon, or the reverse. That becomes a full day.

Are the shops compulsory?

No. You may buy cloves or vanilla. You do not have to.