11-Day Zanzibar Island Package

On arrival at Zanzibar International Airport you will be met by a member of the Gip-Adventure Tours & Safaris team and transferred to your hotel in Stone Town.

What we love about the hotel is its setting in the heart of romantic Stone Town, cooled by the breezes of the Spice Island. It offers the ultimate escape from everyday life, with sweeping views across the Zanzibar waterfront and direct access to the beach, and rooms ranging from standard rooms to prime rooms and suites. Enjoy dinner and your first night on the island.

After breakfast at around 08:00 you begin a full day exploring Stone Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a thrilling place to spend a day.

Enjoy the mysterious feeling of losing yourself in its narrow alleys, have your hands painted with henna or shop for colourful kangas. Visits to historic sites such as the old slave market and the House of Wonders add depth and flavour to the day.

Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Stone Town.

After breakfast at around 08:00 you spend a full day visiting places that are less visited but rich in history: Changuu (Prison) Island, Chapwani (Grave) Island, and the ruins of the Maruhubi and Mtoni palaces, once homes of the sultans.

Lunch is enjoyed on one of the islands before you return to your hotel in Stone Town for dinner and the night.

After breakfast at around 08:00 you visit the Persian baths of Kidichi and Kizimbani, built for the sultan and his household, and the Mangapwani Slave Cave, a moving reminder of the island's past. Lunch is taken along the way.

In the afternoon you continue north to your beach resort in Nungwi. What we love about the resort is its beautiful design and relaxed, friendly atmosphere, run on an all-inclusive basis, with four swimming pools, a jacuzzi, water aerobics, water polo, a fitness centre, a scuba-diving centre, table tennis, darts, beach volleyball, evening entertainment and a spa. Dinner and overnight at the resort.

After breakfast at around 08:00 you discover the best of Nungwi's attractions, beginning at Ras Nungwi on the island's northern tip.

At the Mnarani Turtle Sanctuary you will see green and hawksbill turtles, before visiting Nungwi village, famous for its fishermen and its traditional dhow builders. Lunch is included during the day, and you return to the resort for dinner and the night.

After breakfast at around 08:00 you transfer to Mnemba Island for the day, with lunch included. The waters here are home to a healthy population of the world's largest fish, the whale shark, as well as several unusual waders and other marine birds.

The coral sand and white beaches are fine and cool underfoot, and the reef is perfect for snorkelling. If you are in no hurry, the far north has a great deal to offer. In the afternoon you return to your resort for dinner and the night.

After breakfast at around 08:00 you travel to Kizimkazi on the south-western tip of the island, with lunch along the way.

This small fishing town is famous as the best place on Zanzibar to see humpback and bottlenose dolphins, both of which are resident in the area.

Afterwards you transfer to your resort on this coast. What we love about it are its 66 luxuriously appointed villas, which fuse contemporary style with the elegance of the island's African heritage; relaxing comes easily on an outdoor deck with wicker chairs and daybeds overlooking a private pool and soothing gardens. Dinner and overnight at the resort.

After breakfast at around 09:00 you visit the Dimbani Mosque near Kizimkazi, one of the oldest Islamic sites in East Africa, before continuing to Jozani Forest Reserve.

Jozani protects the last substantial remnant of the indigenous forest that once covered much of central Zanzibar. It is home to the unique Kirk's red colobus monkey and Aders' duiker, coastal forest birds including the endemic race of the lovely Fischer's turaco, mangrove habitat and much more.

Afterwards you continue to your hotel in Stone Town for dinner and the night.

After breakfast at around 09:00 you transfer to Chumbe Island for a full-day excursion, with lunch included. For wildlife lovers this is the place to be in Zanzibar.

More than 350 species of reef fish have been recorded here, along with dolphins and turtles, starfish, hermit crabs and the giant coconut crab. Some 60 species of birds have been recorded on the island, including the rare roseate tern, and Aders' duiker (Cephalophus adersi) also lives here.

In the evening you return to your hotel in Stone Town for dinner and the night.

Breakfast is at your leisure, and the whole day is yours.

Laze away the hours on the palm-lined beaches, stroll Stone Town's waterfront at your own pace or simply relax at the hotel. Enjoy your meals and a final night on the island.

After a hearty breakfast at the hotel you will be transferred to Zanzibar International Airport to connect with your international flight home.

We hope you leave with sand in your shoes and long-lasting memories of the Spice Island.