Stone Town

Stone Town Tour

From the western side of Unguja island,the Stone Town of Zanzibar is an outstanding example of a Swahili trading town.

This town further expanded under Arab,Indian and European influences,but retained its indigenous elements, to form an urban cultural unit unique to the region.

Also retains its urban fabric and townscape virtually intact which has brought together and homogenized disparate elements of the cultures of Africa, the Arab region, India, and Europe over more than a millennium.

Join this amazing walking tour of captivating stone town where a knowledgeable guide will take you via the narrow streets of the nineteen century old town, much of which remains unchanged to this day.

Visit the highlights of this historical town including the House of Wonders; a palace constructed for the second Sultan of Zanzibar, Sultan Palace, Arab Old Fort, Anglican Cathedral and the amazingly moving Slave Market.

This tour offers a real insight into the culture and history of this exotic island.

Placed on Zanzibar west coast, stone town has a tropical climate typical of the East African coast. It is generally extremely humid with temperatures warm to hot all year round. Rainfall is extremely heavy mid-March to late May and in November.

The top time to visit in Stone Town is during the warm and mostly dry December to February period or in the more relax June to October spring months, which offer the driest weather and chill temperatures.