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Spice Tour

The history of Zanzibar would be incomplete without the cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper and many other spices which are essential ingredient in a Zanzibari’s everyday life, it is the island’s connection to spices and herbs. Zanzibar and Spice is a romantic entanglement that dates back to the 16th century. Apart from being an important commodity on the trade routes. They can be seen in the plantations just outside Zanzibar town, this is also a fantastic opportunity to see the countryside and rural areas of Zanzibar and also connect with local people. We have developed a special Spice Tour with in-depth information not only about spices, but also organically grown herbs and detailed descriptions about their uses in traditional dishes, as cures for ailments and even for dyeing traditional ceremonial outfits for weddings and festivals.

The visit in the spice tour just 30 minuites from Stone town will give you the chance to see, test and taking pictures zanzibar spices with their plants in their cultivation, the guide will be explaining you how we plant, harvest and the uses of all spices in zanzibar by which some are used not only for spices but also for traditional medicines like yellow fever, cloves as the gold of zanzibar, cinamon, tumeric (curcuma), cardamom, ginger, Muscad nut (nut mag), aloevera and some other tropical fruits are some of the spices and fruits you will see.

After seeing and testing those spices and fruits, now the zanzibar buterfly will be waiting for you to show you how we climb the coconut tree to harvest the coconuts which are one among the important commodities of zanzibar, after having test the young coconuts and taking photos then in small spice shop we can have all spices packed into small packets for the gifts to families and friends as well as some spice soaps made by local villagers by using different spices like cloves the villagers will appreciate if you buy some.