6 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 $46Best value

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 $65Top rated

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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