Stone Town Private Walking Tour


2 hours
Free cancellation
1 - 15
Mobile ticket

Overview

It's fascinating to explore historic Stone Town - a UNESCO World Heritage Site - but it's easy to lose your way in the area's maze-like, narrow streets. To stay oriented and ensure you don't miss key highlights, join a private guide with deep knowledge of local history, cultural heritage and architecture. It's fully personalized to your preferences, whether you're shopping for local textiles, interested in history, knowing about everyday life, or learning about Stone Town's unique architecture!

Inclusions

  • Professional tour guide
  • Pick up from Stone town hotels: (Please request and send us a message in advance)

What to expect

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Stone Town, Zanzibar City Tanzania

This tour will give you an excellent way of familiarizing yourself with Stone Town’s geography, history, architecture and culture. This fascinating excursion leads you through a maze of narrow streets that boasts more than 2000 limestone buildings, covering an area of 50 hectares and with a population of 18000 living in the suburbs. With its defined and overlapping African, Arab, Indian, Persian and European elements, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.

Zanzibar and Stone Town are truly cosmopolitan. After a visit to the Anglican Cathedral (former slave market), House of Wonders (national museum), Palace museum, the Old Fort, Darajani market, Hamamni Baths, Catholic Cathedral, Freddy Mercury house and experiencing the hustle and bustle of the streets, the bazaar full of coffee drinkers and the beautiful doors of Zanzibar, you too will bear witness that Stone Town is a cultural crossroads and that it is worthy of its world heritage title. Also take the time to explore the markets where local people purchase their daily requirements and also a market street full of colourful textiles.

Whether you are interested in history, culture, architecture, renovation work, or just a shopaholic, your guide can adapt your tour to your needs. They will share amusing, but also cruel stories, about the life and culture of the old times in Stone Town and then safely deposit you back where your tour started/ the place you were met.

Duration: 2 hours

Additional information

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Ticket delivery

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
493nay
April 2023

It's an amazing town with long history. If you are in Tanzania, you can't miss this island. Especially if you have interests in history and the people. We both love our tour guide very much, he was very patient and gave us fantastic explanation about this place. He knows the town well, and all t...

Liz M
April 2023

Visiting Zanzibar solo I booked a walking tour of Stone Town. My guide Mohammad was knowledgeable and welcoming. I learned a lot and he even went out of his way to show me the easiest way to find the restaurant I had booked that evening.

Amanda_B
March 2023

Our guide Imran was very professional, knowledgable and courteous. In fact he was the best guide we’ve ever had. He totally brought stone town to life and answered every question we fired at him. He’s a very smart young man.

Carol O
June 2023

We had a wonderful time with our very knowledgeable guide, Hassan, who tailored the tour to our needs. The rich history of Stone Town was amazing to view

Lorenzo_c
November 2021

Mohamed was very knowledgeable and very kind. He could give all the info and answers all our questions.

anniehardman21
November 2021

Ally was super knowledgeable and gave us a great tour of the town! We saw several different aspects of town and learned so much!

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