Zanzibar Spice Tour is a famous visit to the public spice farms at Kijichi country side village deeply describing the truth of the title Zanzibar Spice Island.
It is a 2 Hours walking Guided Zanzibar Tour around the Zanzibar Spice plantations not only to see but touch, taste, snuff and later sample the very many kinds of spice, medical, flowering and tropical fruit trees.
Zanzibar Spices like cardamons ,cinnamons, cloves, vanilla, nutmeg, pepper, ginger are available where you will get detailed on there growth systems, benefits and advantages to the people.
At the end of this it is when you will sample the fruits and edible spices e.g..Zanzibar Coconut juice, Jack fruits, Bribe fruits, mangoes, bananas, pineapple, mandarin, tangarine, Zanzibar spiced tea, Ginger tea, pepper tea, lemon grass tea all this meant for you to real understand the importance and origins of the species you always see them packed.
This is also your rare chance to buy the very fresh spices from the farm ready packed to take as your Zanzibar memories back home.
Half Day Tour – Morning or Afternoon Departures
Zanzibar has always been an important trade location for Spices.
Its location in the India Ocean was deemed ideal for the spice trade worldwide.
The trade in spices between India, the Middle East, Africa and Europe became even more important to the economy of Zanzibar after the slave trade was made illegal.
Our spice tour will give you the chance to visit one or more spice farms growing a variety of key spices to Zanzibar such as Cloves, Chilli, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Pepper, and Vanilla.
You will learn about the uses of the different spices, their history on the island, how they grow and best of all be able to taste them. If you wish you will also be able to buy them direct from the farms.
While you will be taken right into the heart of the Island to the spice growing area, there is more to discover other than spices. During the tour you will also encounter a selection of tropical fruits and depending on the season try some of these such as the wonderful coconut with its refreshing milk and sweet flesh or the exotic Rambutan.
The spice tour guides will also teach you about the many other uses both cosmetic and medicinal for spices and herbs seen at the farms like the shampoo plant or the iodine plant.
Recommend you bring a sun hat, sun cream and comfortable shoes
