Tanzania · GoGo City Guide

Zanzibar City

3 Days in Zanzibar City

9Stops1UNESCO Site+16Travel Score

Day 1Arrival DayMediumStone Town

Stone Town Walk

Carved doors, the Old Fort and the House of Wonders.

  1. AM

    Arrive and Settle In

    Check in, drop your bags and get your bearings.

  2. 15:00
    1.5 h

    Carved doors of Stone Town

    UNESCO

    Stone Town of Zanzibar

  3. 16:45
    45 min

    Old Fort

    UNESCO

    Stone Town of Zanzibar

  4. 19:00
    1.5 h

    Zanzibar pizza at Forodhani

    Food

    Forodhani Gardens

Day 2Day TripFullKizimbani

Spice Farm and Jozani Forest

Clove, cinnamon and vanilla on a farm tour, then red colobus monkeys.

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Day 3City DayMediumMkunazini

Slave Market Memorial · Darajani Market and Mercury's House

The Anglican cathedral built over the last open slave market. Spices and fish in the main market, then Freddie Mercury's birthplace.

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Day Trip

Nungwi Beaches

White sand and swimming at any tide, an hour north.

Day Trip

Mnemba Atoll Snorkelling

Coral, turtles and dolphins off the east coast.

Day Trip

The Rock and Paje

Lunch at a restaurant on a rock in the sea, then kite surfers at Paje.

Half Day · UNESCO

Palace Museum

The sultans' seafront palace.

Half Day

Prison Island

Giant tortoises and snorkelling, 30 minutes by boat.

When to Go

This version is for Jun–Sep. The best months below come from GoGo's climate data.

Typical highs

Best monthsRain: wettest Apr (279 mm), driest Jul (21 mm)

Climate: NASA POWER