15 Farm Tours in Zanzibar Worth the Trip

1.Prison Island, Stone Town, & Spice Farm Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 579 reviews · 8 hours · from $70Our pick

Spend a full day seeing Zanzibar’s main cultural sights with an English-speaking guide such as Abdul, Isaac, or Feisal. Visit giant tortoises on Prison Island, walk Stone Town, and taste fresh spices at a farm. Hotel pickup, lunch, boat transport, and entry fees are included according to the option selected.

“It was a really nice tour. The guide was very friendly and helpful, we felt well taken care of the whole time. The lunch was absolutely delicious. The spice farm part was amazing, they even gave us fresh coconuts and there was a live show how they climb the palm and collect them. Overall a great experience and I definitely recommend it.”

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2.Full-Day Private Stone Town +Spice Farm and Prison Island Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 216 reviews · from $100

Spend about eight hours with a private guide and driver exploring Stone Town, Prison Island, and Jambo Spice Farm. See the Old Dispensary and cathedral, meet giant tortoises, take a boat ride with loaner snorkeling gear, and taste cloves, vanilla, cinnamon, tropical fruit, and more. Guides such as Amina, Amira, Ali, and Ibrahim have earned praise for their warm, personal approach.

“This was a great experience! I learned a lot of history. Our tour guides were very knowledgeable and answered all our questions.”

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3.Stone Town & Spice Farm Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 97 reviews · 5 hours · from $73

Spend five hours with English-speaking guides in Stone Town and at an organic spice farm. Meet guides such as Ahmed, Beka, and Juma, see the Old Fort and Palace Museum, taste fresh fruit and coconut, help with cooking, and enjoy a farm lunch.

“We higly recommend this tour. We started with a guided visit to the spice farm where we learned about a lot of spices and different trees species and we tried different fruits and typical food. After we went to Stone Town, a walking tour with an excellent guide, his name is Ahmed, he is very knowlagable about the history of Zanzibar. Everything was great with this company "Zanzibar Local Experience".”

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4.Stone Town & Spice Farm Private Tour Lunch Included

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 94 reviews · 3 - 6 hours · from $46

Spend a half-day exploring Zanzibar’s spice-growing tradition and Stone Town’s layered past. Taste fresh fruit, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, and more, then eat a Swahili lunch before visiting the Old Fort, Forodhani Gardens, City Market, Freddie Mercury’s birthplace, and the Old Slave Market site. Private guides include English, French, German, and other languages.

“Un grand merci à Kassim pour Stone Town, sa patience, son érudition et son très bon français !”

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5.Zanzibar full day Jozani forest + Spice farm and stone town

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 90 reviews · 1 day · from $90

Spend one private day with a multilingual guide visiting Jozani Forest, a spice farm, and Stone Town. Look for Zanzibar’s red colobus monkeys, cross a mangrove bridge, taste fresh spices and fruit, then explore narrow streets and Freddie Mercury’s former home. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, but lunch is not.

“having a female guide makes female travellers feel safe and part of the community (Amina) she was caring, friendly, positive and knowledgeable. she is a valuable asset for her company highly recommended The driver drives smoothly putting customers safe first.”

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6.Spice Farm Tour with Traditional Cooking Lesson

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 77 reviews · 3 hours · from $65

Spend three hours at an organic spice farm near Stone Town, where an English or Swahili guide shows you vanilla, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, pepper, and more in plant form. Help harvest cassava leaves, make coconut milk, prepare a local meal, taste jackfruit and young coconut, then shop for spices with cash.

“We had a great time on the Spice Farm Tour, our guide chiquito was so knowledgeable and his humour made for a really enjoyable experience. The food cooked was incredible and the spices that we purchased have already been used within our cooking at home! Thank you so much, definitely a ‘must do’ tour whilst in stone town / Zanzibar.”

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7.STONE TOWN, PRISON ISLAND AND SPICE FARM ( Lunch included )

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 53 reviews · from $165Top rated

This private Zanzibar tour links Prison Island, Stone Town, and Jambo Spice Farm in about 3 hours 50 minutes. Your guide, often Abu, leads the history walk, boat visit, spice tasting, and Swahili lunch. Pickup, air-conditioned transport, admissions, and taxes are included. Confirm whether your departure includes the farm or a spice-market stop.

“This tour included everything that we would want to see on Zanzibar and was very well organized to make the most efficient use of our time. Our guide, Abu, was knowledgeable and well prepared and even brought us to the airport at the end. I highly recommend this tour!”

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8.Zanzibar Private Spice Farm and Stonetown Tour(Include Lunch)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 53 reviews · from $76

Spend about seven hours with a private guide exploring Jambo Spice Farm and Stone Town. Taste young coconut, learn about cloves and vanilla, eat a local lunch, then walk past Darajani Market, the old slave market, Freddie Mercury House, Forodhani Gardens, and the Old Fort. Yasser is one guide named in the experience details.

“This was a wonderful experience. Walking through Stone Town and listening to the history as well as testing our knowledge of the spices on the spice farm was amazing. Yasser was an excellent tour guide, frequently checking to see if we had any questions and making sure Read more”

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9.A Private Full Day Tour To Stone Town & Spice Farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 53 reviews · from $90

Visit Stone Town landmarks such as the Sultan’s Palace, Old Arab Fort, former Slave Market Site, and House of Wonders, then walk through Tangawizi Spice Farm. You’ll learn about cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, ginger, turmeric, and more, taste tropical fruit, watch coconut climbing, and have time for local shopping with a private guide.

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10.Spice Farm Tour & Stone Town Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 48 reviews · 4 hours · from $95

Spend four hours visiting a Zanzibar spice farm and Stone Town with hotel transfers, a guide, bottled water, entrance fees, and fruit tasting included. You can see, touch, smell, and taste local spices, watch the coconut climber known as the butterfly, try fresh Zanzibar coca-cola, and ask for time at Stone Town sights that interest you.

“Splendida giornata passata con la nostra guida Abdul. È stato magnifico! Ci ha accompagnato lungo la fattoria delle spezie e poi nella città di Stone Town mostrandoci e spiegandoci molto bene la storia. É stato super disponibile a rispondere ad ogni nostra domanda e ci ha lasciato gli spazi per vedere con tranquillità ciò che ci interessava di più. Un esperienza da rifare con questa guida strepitosa 😍”

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11.Private Tour Zanzibar Unique Stone Town with spice Farm Plantations

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 44 reviews · from $61

Walk Stone Town with a local guide such as Masoud or Hanoud, then visit a spice farm to smell and taste cloves, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, and more. The five-hour private tour includes entry fees, bottled water, and taxes, but hotel pickup and drop-off are not included.

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12.Full Day Holiday Package (Prison Island-Stone Town-Spice farm)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · from $140

This nine-hour private tour combines Changuu, also called Prison Island, a guided walk through Stone Town, and a spice-farm visit with local Swahili lunch. Guides such as Mohamed explain Zanzibar’s past and culture, while the day also includes hotel pickup, boat travel, tortoises, fruit tasting, and time for photos or a swim.

“We had wonderful private tour with Mohamed. He picked us up at the Hotel and took us to Prison Island and walking tour of Stone Town. He was knowledgeable about Zanzibar, its history and people. We had a terrrific tour of the Spice Farm leRead more”

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13.Stone Town City Tour and Spice Farm with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★3.7 · 33 reviews · from $32Best value

Walk Stone Town’s old slave market, City Market, Palace Museum, Old Fort, and Freddie Mercury’s House, then visit an organic spice farm. You’ll smell and taste cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pepper, try fresh coconut and jackfruit, help make coconut milk, and eat lunch. English, French, German, and Italian guides are available.

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14.Jozani forest tour & Spice farm tour with lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 31 reviews · 6 hours · from $110

Spend the day with a private English-speaking guide at Zanzibar’s spice farms and Jozani Forest. Learn how cloves, herbs, and fruit are grown, eat pilau and tropical fruit, then look for red colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, birds, butterflies, and mangrove wildlife. Guides such as Ramadan, Iddi, and Mohammed have earned special praise for friendly, clear explanations.

“Our guide Ramadan was great and the food was delicious !”

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15.Zanzibar Stone Town Historical Tour and Spice Farm Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 30 reviews · from $50

Spend about three and a half hours with a private guide such as Ali or Daudi, visiting Stone Town’s Palace Museum, Old Slave Market, House of Wonders, and Freddie Mercury’s former home before a spice farm visit with tastings, fruit, water, and a traditional spiced lunch. Hotel pickup is available around Stone Town.

“Our guide Daudi was excellent. He was very knowledgeable and cared about giving us a great experience. He walked us through the spice farm and did an excellent job touring us around Stone Town. I highly recommend him to anyone who visits Zanzibar.”

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