Tours & Excursions in Zanzibar - Bliss Holidays & Vacations

PRISON ISLAND & NAKUPENDA TOUR - $100.00 PER PERSON

Prison Island gets its name from the prison which was built on it in 1893. It was never actually used as a prison but rather as a quarantine hospital. After a 30min boat ride with a beautiful view of Stone Town’s skyline, guests will meet the contemporary inhabitants of the island and the giant tortoises which were banned from the city of Stone Town which are more than 200 years old.

STONE TOWN & SPICE TOUR - $150.00 PER PERSON

Stone Town is a very lively place where you’ll find a mixture of Arabic, African, Indian, and European cultures living comfortably together. As you walk through the labyrinth of streets too narrow for cars to pass, you can see mosques, churches, and temples side to side.
While you wonder around the city, your guide will take you on a historical and cultural journey through the old slave market, Darajani marketplace, the House of Wonders, the Old Fort and the Sultan’s Palace. Tour also includes a lunch in a restaurant or in a local house, if agreed beforehand.
While the tour is only half a day, we recommend you stay in Stone Town for at least two days to discover many more magnificent wonders. Forodhani Gardens is definitely worth a visit, especially at night when it comes alive as one of the best street food markets in East Africa.

A tour of one of Zanzibar’s Spice Farms is a must do on the island. During a walking tour through the farm, guests will be shown and explained every spice one can find in Zanzibar. After being fully packed with knowledge, our guests get time to buy spices, soaps and cremes which are all handmade by the community within the farm and can enjoy a traditional weaving class.

FULL DAY BLUE SAFARI TOUR - $200.00 PER PERSON

Leaving from Fumba, which is in the Southeast – and still a very untouched and remote area in Zanzibar, guests will head on a trip in a traditional wooden dhow towards one of the three snorkeling stops to enjoy the unique underwater world of Zanzibar. On the way they will hopefully meet dolphins playing around in the shallow Marine Park of Menai Bay and depending on the tides they’ll swim at a very special island full of mangroves.

The charges also includes all-inclusive lunch, like sea food, chips, rice, all drinks but no alcohol

CULTURE TOUR & SUNSET CRUISE - FROM $250.00 PER PERSON

Cultural tour in Zanzibar is a half day tour which starts from your hotel, we ahead to the village of Kizimkazi, nungwi or Paje and Jambiani, this tour must be booked and confirmed at least 2 days before so that we get enough time for the preparation and arrangement,
visitors may expect to meet locals and have opportunity to see how they are doing their daily economic and social activities. As most of the villages in Zanzibar island are surrounded by the Indian ocean and you must have to see the intermingled Afro-Asian culture and traditional,
In fishing villages women are cultivating seaweeds, searching for oyster-shells, while men are preparing for deep sea fishing, snorkeling and selling from what they gained from the sea,
if you are lucky you may get opportunity to see the wedding ceremonies which are mostly done on Fridays.

Sunset dhow cruise in Zanzibar is a wonderful romantic dhow cruise from Stone Town; you will start your journey in a traditional Arabian Dhow. We depart from forodhani garden on the seafront of Stone Town and sailing along the off-shores of the historical and fascinating coast while the sun sinks into the Indian Ocean starting to paint the town with its pastel amazing colors, tourists are taking the sea view passing around house of wonders, palace museum, old dispensary, custom house etc.

the buildings and the historical monuments will tell you why the town is called stone town, our crew will tell you some old Swahili tales, on the mid of your journey we shall give to you some snacks (Swahili chips, pastries ) and soft drinks, while you soak up the ambiance once enjoyed by Arabian Royalty.

After we reach at Mtoni marine we shall slowly start to get back and we arrive after sunset, this type of tour can be also organized in Nungwi for the clients who are on the north coast