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bright and en suite and some have appealing open-roof showers. There's a restaurant, and
a beachside chill-out bar with throw pillows.

Swahili Beach Resort LODGE $$
( 0777-844442, 0777-416614; www.swahilibeachresort.com ; Kizimkazi Mkunguni; s/d/
tr from US$100/120/140; ) This place, with stone cottages set around manicured
grounds, is lacking in shade and atmosphere, but the accommodation is clean, comfortable
and good value, and there's an on-site dive operator.

GETTING THERE & AWAY
To reach Kizimkazi from Stone Town take bus 326 (Kizimkazi) direct (Tsh2000), or take
bus 310 (Makunduchi) as far as Kufile junction, where you'll need to get out and wait for
another vehicle heading towards Kizimkazi, or walk (about 5km). The last vehicle back
to Stone Town leaves Kizimkazi about 4pm. The mosque is about 2km north of the main
section of town in the Dimbani area. As you approach from Stone Town go right at Kufile
junction (ie towards Kizimkazi) and then right again at the next fork to Kizimkazi Dim-
bani. Kizimkazi Mkunguni is to the left at this last fork.

Jozani Forest
This cool and shady patch of green, now protected as part of Jozani-Chwaka Bay National
Park, is the largest area of mature forest left on Zanzibar. Living among Jozani's tangle of
vines and branches are populations of the rare red colobus monkey, as well as Sykes mon-
keys, bushbabies, Ader's duikers (although you won't see many of these), hyraxes, more
than 50 species of butterflies, about 40 species of birds and several other animals. There's a
nature trail in the forest, which takes about 45 minutes to walk, the tiny Colobus Café with
soft drinks, and the small Tutoni Restaurant next door, with a modest selection of meals.
Jozani Forest (adult/child with guide US$8/4; 7.30am-5.30pm) is 35km southeast of
Zanzibar Town off the road to Paje, and best reached via bus 309 or 310, by chartered taxi
or with an organised tour from Zanzibar Town (often in combination with dolphin tours to
Kizimkazi). The best times to see red colobus monkeys are in the early morning and late
evening.
When observing the monkeys, take care not to get too close (park staff recommend no
closer than 3m) both for your safety and the safety of the animals. In addition to the risk
of being bitten by the monkeys, there's considerable concern that if the monkeys were to
catch a human illness it could spread and rapidly wipe out the already threatened popula-
tion.
Along the main road about 1km before the Jozani Forest entrance is the Zanzibar But-
terfly Centre ( www.zanzibarbutterflies.com ; per adult/child US$5/3; 10am-5pm) , one