Coming 2026
Zanzibar Expeditions, Coming 2026
Our first step onto the Swahili coast, from the carved alleys of Stone Town to the spice farms and the dhow beaches of Nungwi.
Why Zanzibar, and why now
A crossroads island on the Indian Ocean
Zanzibar is our first route on the Swahili coast of East Africa, and it is a deliberate move beyond West Africa. This Tanzanian archipelago has spent a thousand years as a meeting point of African, Arab, Indian, and Persian worlds, and you read that history everywhere: in the carved doors of Stone Town, in the spice farms that gave the island its name on the old Indian Ocean trade routes, and in the dhows that are still built and sailed much as they were a century ago.
The route we are building runs from the UNESCO heart of Stone Town, with the House of Wonders, the Old Fort, and the sobering history of the former slave market, out to the spice farms of the interior and the long white beaches of the north. Like our West African journeys, the Zanzibar programme is built with local Zanzibari guides, kept to small groups, and made with time for the things worth slowing down for: snorkelling off Mnemba atoll, the red colobus monkeys of Jozani forest, and a dhow under sail at Nungwi as the sun goes down. The island pairs naturally with a mainland Tanzania safari, and departures open in 2026.
Stone Town and the House of Wonders
A UNESCO World Heritage maze of coral-stone houses and carved doors, the House of Wonders, the Old Fort, and the former slave market that tells the harder half of the island’s story.
Spice farms and a dhow under sail
A spice tour through the cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon that named the island, and a traditional dhow out of Nungwi harbour, hand-built and sailed as it has been for generations.
Jozani forest and the northern beaches
The endemic red colobus monkeys of Jozani, snorkelling off Mnemba atoll, and the long white sand of Nungwi and Kendwa in the north, where the dhows put out at sunset.
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