Zanzibar Hotels Reviews and Rates

Touristy – but NO McDonalds!

Stone Town is almost totally dedicated to tourism. This square half-kilometre of mazy alleys, down which barely three abreast can walk, is composed of hotels, coffee-shops, souvenir shops and, er, homes. Imagine Venice – only more tightly-packed, with none of the magnificence, and no canals.
However – thank God – there is no …

Heat… and sunsets

It's February, the dry & hot time of the year. The temperature is around 35, and the humidity today is a whopping 75%. Ouch.
Nominally it’s the 'low’ season for tourism as there is such high humidity (so, no relieving rain-showers), but the annual Sauti za Busara music festival, which starts soon, has ensured that hotels are …

Insights into the Island of Zanzibar

The Island of Zanzibar:
Since landing from Toronto, I have never felt more relaxed, at ease and comfortable living without a daily plan. I literally live day by day unbeknown to what lies ahead which is definitely a change of pace then what I am used too. I have some of the best sleeps while being here and have adapted to the climate and way of …

Last Day in Zanzibar

Juliet got up early. This is a recurring theme. I had woken up but tried to go back to sleep without success. She went out around 6 am and planned to be back to wake up Anigna at 7 am.

I showered and got out as fast as I could to take photos in the early morning light. I headed out back and around the hotel and landed up by the Park …

No tents and a whole lot of history

This morning we woke to rain so it was no tents down before breakfast for us today. Alouise (driver) and Duncan (cook) aren't coming with us to Zanzibar so Alouise kindly said he'd take down the tents later in the day (result!)

Everyone else just needed a small bag for a couple of nights in Stown Town before returning and continuing to the …

Zanzibar and the famous night market

Wednesday 13th October

I woke up really early this morning. 5.30am and I was just naturally awake. Crazy! The sun was just coming up and I just got up and packed my bag. Had a nice wee panic that I couldnt find my tog top, but Ashley found it. Drama overted.

Today everyone was excited as we were heading to Zanzibar. Matt dropped …

Shopping and sightseeing

Rond 20.15 waren we weg en om 21.45 in StonTown. Beetje moe maar toch op zoek naar iets te doen. Een lokaal tentje gevonden waar we een menu hadden voor 7.000 Tsh en het was lekker. Savonds even naar de Livingstone bar en daarna naar de Dharma Lounge. Omi, een gast die we onderweg tegenkwamen heeft ons door de smalle straten van StoneTown daarheen …

Sea turtles, diving and cocktails...

Jambo !

So I'm back home in Arusha to a rather quite house of only 6 girls, as most are on safari, climbing kili or in Kenya, but still got to see them all Friday night when we went out for an amazing Indian meal! Its nice to be back here and have already done some exploring as I went to the snake park today!! We saw lots of snakes …

Old Stone town which needs to be restored and kept

These are images are of old Stone Town. A series of pictures tells a story in itself.

Can you get lost wandering around the winding alley ways of old Stone Town? Yes and certainly at night. Day time it's fine (for most people).

While old and many buildings are in dire need of restoration, the character and charm of this historic …

Holding it as if my life depended on it

Leaving Johannesburg we flew to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe where we would catch an overland truck to take us up through Southern and into Eastern Africa. The massive Victoria Falls are known locally as "The smoke that thunders" and it is easy to see and hear why. The mighty Zambezi river crashes down into a large gorge creating a towering mist …