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Spice markets at dawn. Sunset on a dhow. Family kitchens, hidden coves, the corners no guidebook tells you about. Book directly with the people who actually live the island.
Your local friend in Zanzibar
Born and raised on the island, Abdalla has guided travellers through spice farms, reefs, family kitchens and Stone Town’s alleyways for years. He shows you the corners the guidebooks miss. When he is fully booked, a guide from his own circle steps in, all of them from the island.
Stone Town’s alleyways in the west. Spice farms in the green heart. The reef at Mnemba, the forest at Jozani, sandbanks that only exist at low tide.
Every marker is a tour we run. Tap one and go.
Ten ways to meet the island. Click any tour for prices by group size.
All tours →Historic walk through the old quarter, alleyways, spice market.
Plantation visit, taste, smell, learn. Optional lunch with a local family.
Sandbanks, snorkeling, fresh seafood lunch on a tiny island.
A pristine sandbank stop. Swim, snorkel, sun. Pure island luxury.
Protected reef and an early morning swim with wild dolphins. Around 85% sighting rate.
Spice market run, then a real kitchen, then a real meal.
Two classics in one day. Plantation in the morning, old quarter in the afternoon.
Historic alleyways and giant tortoises. The full island history in one day.
Spice farms, Stone Town, Prison Island. The Zanzibar trifecta.
Red colobus monkeys, spice farms, and Stone Town. Nature meets history.
Each tour is private, paced for you. Abdalla guides whenever he can. When he is fully booked, his trusted friends step in, all of them from the island.
Born here, raised here, still here. Every guide knows Zanzibar because it is home.
Booked direct, so your guide earns what they should. Simple as that.
Your group is the whole group. The pace is yours, the detours are yours.
Stone Town to Nungwi, spice farms to sandbanks. We have people everywhere on the island.
The first guests arrive after opening day. Their words will live here.
Pole pole. The first stories from our guests land here soon after 30 June.
Your name here?Real travellers, real words. Nothing bought, nothing borrowed. That is the only kind of review we will ever show.
PromiseBe among the first on the island and your Zanzibar story opens this wall.
KaribuTell us your dates and what you dream of. A real person answers, usually within a day, and your guide takes it from there.
Plan your tripOr be first in line when the doors open
Or follow @localzanzibartours for the build-up.