Zanzibar
Zanzibar is an island of white sand, turquoise lagoons and old Swahili towns. Stay in a carved-door townhouse in Stone Town, a barefoot bungalow in Paje or a villa on the reef in Nungwi.
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Places to stay in Zanzibar
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Things to do in Zanzibar
Ask us to book an activity →- Take a spice-farm tour and taste fresh cloves, cardamom and vanilla
- Eat at Forodhani Gardens night market in Stone Town
- Watch the sunset from a dhow off Nungwi or Kendwa
- Learn to kitesurf on the shallow lagoon at Paje
- Walk among red colobus monkeys in Jozani Forest
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