Zanzibar Travel Blogs

Today got quite nasty! Things until now went quite well, but when something goes wrong…. Disaster! I woke up at 7:30am today, quite late if you consider that I have been getting up at 6am almost every day. I put on my bathing suit and went to the beach to do some jogging! Today I ran for almost …

The most famous feature of Zanzibari architecture is the carved wooden door. There are more than 500 remaining today in Stone Town, many of which is older than the houses in which they are set. The door which was often the first part of a house to be built, served as a symbol of the wealth and stat…

That sums up the last few days here on the island of Zanzibar.  We literally worked our way through a bottle of Jamaican rum while lazing in the shade reading books.  We headed up to Nungwi (northern beach area) after a few nights in Stone Town.  Our hotel looked right out onto the o…

Holiday on the beautiful island Zanzibar.

  After being awake all night got up early and packed all my gear away.  We all meet up at the bar for lunch and got told what the plans were for the day.  We got taken into town and got told we had a few hours to do whatever we liked and where to meet. I went off with Steve to sta…

I'm not sure I should write about Zanzibar... I know people love it, and it's supposed to be so great and all. And maybe it's just me. But honestly, I'm so disappointed I could cry. Ever read the book "Dreaming of Zanzibar"? Well, if you have, that's what I expected. Long, white, perfect beac…

My last day on this gorgeous island was far too short. I spent the entire morning worrying about making it back to Dar Es Salaam in time to get on my 9am flight from Dar to Heathrow and drove everyone mad in the process. In this part of the world, I neither felt comfortable nor did I see it necessa…

Zanzibar is one of the prettiest places I've visited.  The beaches are beautiful and the architecture is a feast for the eyes.  There are attempts being made to restore a lot of old buildings, but unfortunately there is a lot of modern ugly construction coming up as well. Its not th…

I did a 4 week overland trip in Africa. from niarobi to Victoria Falls! It was so good, we went through tanzania, stopping at Zanzibar. I did a side trip and went to the serengetti and Ngorongoro crater. then went through Malawi, Mozambique, & Zimbabwe. I had no problems in any of the countries, met some awesome people on the truck. walked with lions, saw cheetahs kill a gazelle and did a bungee jump!

a little paradise!

Zanzibar.  What can I say?  It may be a touristy place but it's absolutely gorgeous.  Even after hours of swimming in the sea I was still amazed that I could see my feet and tiny fish swimming around me.  It was like paradise.  Not only that, in contaray to the mainland of …

After climbing and freezing atop Mt. Kilimanjaro and seeing the amazing wildlife roam and getting chased by an angry hippo on a safari, complete your most challenging leg of the "Tanzanian Triathalon" at Zanzibar basking in the warm clear water and living it up with newly forged friendship at the local drinking hole.

...and so to Zanzibar! Four nights on this tropical island which, as Denise accurately stated, is like diving into a postcard! We took a VERY slow drive that morning to catch the ferry (we had to cross a small estree of water on a mini ferry first, which was rather scary at boarding time when the…

After two months in Africa that included the intense and strenuous summiting of Mt. Kilimanjaro, there is no better way to finish and leave the continent than to chill out on the spicy island of Zanzibar.  There is no place on earth where the water is so blue that it becomes light …

One of the most beautiful islands I have ever seen.