4 Days the Slave Route
For centuries Zanzibar island has been a center of slave and ivory trade, if not all trading, from central Africa to the rest of the world and was the world’s main producer of the highly valued clove spice.
| Day 1: | On arrival at the airport or harbour, you will be met and transferred to your hotel in Stone Town. Overnight at the hotel on Bed and breakfast basis |
| Day 2: | After breakfast depart for a guided tour of Stone Town. This tour commences with a visit to Zanzibar’s colorful market. Alive with the buzz of locals bartering fresh vegetables and baskets of tropical fruits, amongst the heady smell of Jack fruit (and many other exotic fruits) we continue on to the site of the cathedral built in 1874. The cathedral signifies a potent time in Zanzibar’s history and stands on the sight of a past slave market, its high altar standing on the exact site of the whipping post. Slavery was abolished in 1873 through a decree passed by the then current Sultan of Zanzibar. From here we visit the residence of the late Sultans of Zanzibar, ‘Tip Tip House’, the Old Fort, ‘Peoples Place’ and the House of Wonders’, full of intrigue and vivid history from a bygone ea. The tour ends with a stroll through the narrow streets of the old stone town, the heart of Zanzibar’s vivacious history with time for shopping. Lunch at a local restaurant. 1500hrs, boat trip to Prison Island, the former prison for slaves and quarantine station for Zanzibar, is an absolute worthwhile experience. Here you will also experience giant tortoises in the wild. Dinner at a local restaurant return to the hotel for overnight |
| Day 3: | After breakfast transfer to Mangapwani village. Visit of the slave caves and chambers. Lunch at Mangapwani Serena Restaurant. The restaurant is located on the outskirts of Zanzibar stone town. The Serena Mangapwani and Watersports Centre is a great destination for those looking for somewhere special. Visitors to Mangapwani are offered a fresh seafood barbeque cooked to perfection by Serena’s expert team of chefs. The atmosphere is informal and friendly and the restaurant comprises a series of traditional Makuti bandas, all set into a lush hillside overlooking an idyllic beach. At additional costs guests can also enjoy fishing, snorkeling, kayaking, catamaran rides and other pleasant excursions at the well-equipped watersports centre. Late in the afternoon, drive back to stone town. Overnight at the hotel in Stone town |
| Day 4: | After breakfast transfer to the airport or your flight back home.
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| Included:
· Pick up and drop off at the airport
· Transfers to and from the hotels
· Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
· All excursions as per itinerary
Not included:
· Visa fees and travel insurance
· Domestic and international flights
· Tipping and
· Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
· Excursions not mentioned in the itinerary
· All items of personal nature
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