Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tourist Information
Tourist Information Office
(Creek Rd; 8am-5pm) About 200m north of Darajani mar-
ket on the same side of the road, with tourist information and standard tours.
Travel Agencies & Tour Operators
All the following can help with island excursions, and plane and ferry tickets. Only make
bookings and payments inside the offices, and not with anyone outside claiming to be staff.
Eco Culture Tours
( 024-223 3731, 0755-873066;
www.ecoculture-zanzibar.org
; Hur-
umzi St) Opposite 236 Hurumzi hotel; culturally friendly tours and excursions, including
to Unguja Ukuu, Jambiani village and Stone Town, plus spice tours, all with a focus on
environmental and cultural conservation.
Gallery Tours & Safaris
( 024-223 2088;
www.gallerytours.net
) Top-of-the line tours
and excursions throughout the archipelago; it also can help arrange Zanzibar weddings,
honeymoon itineraries and dhow cruises.
Madeira Tours & Safaris
( 024-223 0406, 0777-415107;
www.madeirazanzibar.com
;
Baghani St) All price ranges; opposite Kisiwa House.
Sama Tours
(
024-223 3543;
www.samatours.com
;
Hurumzi St) Reliable and reason-
ably priced.
Tabasam Tours & Safaris
( 0777-413385;
www.tabasamzanzibar.com
; Mizingani Rd)
In Old Dispensary, 1st floor; midrange tours.
Tropical Tours
( 0777-413454, 0777-411121;
http://tropicaltours.villa69.org
; Kenyatta
Rd) Budget tours.
Zan Tours
( 024-223 3042, 024-223 3116;
www.zantours.com
;
Malawi Rd) Offers a
wide range of quality upmarket tours on Zanzibar, Pemba and beyond. Their office is diag-
onally opposite Ciné Afrique.
GETTING THERE & AWAY
Air
Coastal Aviation and ZanAir have daily flights connecting Zanzibar with Dar es Salaam
(US$75), Arusha (US$235), Pemba (US$100), Selous Game Reserve and the northern
parks. Coastal Aviation goes daily to/from Tanga via Pemba (US$130), and has good-value
day excursion packages from Dar es Salaam to Stone Town for US$142, including return
flights, lunch and airport transfers. Tropical Air flies daily between Zanzibar and Dar es
Salaam, and Precision Air has connections to Nairobi (Kenya).
Airline offices in Zanzibar Town include the following:
Coastal Aviation
( 024-223 3489, 024-223 3112, 0777-232747;
www.coastal.cc
; Kelele
Sq) At the airport, with a booking agent next to Zanzibar Serena Inn.
