Overview
About Zanzibar Spice Farms
Zanzibar's spice farms offer one of the island's most memorable half-day experiences, a guided tour through plantations cultivating the cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom, and vanilla that made Zanzibar the Spice Island of the Indian Ocean. Guides demonstrate how to identify spices growing in their natural state, visitors taste fresh fruits and spices, and the tour typically concludes with a spiced lunch and a climb of a coconut palm by a local expert. The farms are concentrated in the central highlands around Mkokotoni and Kizimbani.
What to Expect
Highlights
- 01 Clove
- 02 nutmeg
- 03 cinnamon and vanilla plantations
- 04 hands-on spice identification and tasting
- 05 coconut palm climbing demonstration
- 06 spiced Zanzibari lunch
- 07 Zanzibar Spice Island heritage
- 08 Mkokotoni highlands setting
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Planning
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