Day 1: 28^th October 2021 LILONGWE TO DAR ES SALAM

A Tiyende Safari Vehicle shall pick you from your home/hotel in Lilongwe for Kamuzu International Airport. This shall be in time for an advance 2hrs check in for your flight to Dar es Salam in Tanzania. Your flight is at 1630hrs and arrival time in Dar is 2040hrs

In Dar you shall be met by a Tiyende Safari Official and transferred from Airport to a Hotel in Dar es Salaam on Bed & Breakfast basis.

Day 2: 29^th October, 2021 DAR ES SALAM TO ZANZIBAR TRANSFER

After Breakfast in Dar es Salam, you shall be transferred to Zanzibar on board a luxury cruise boat. The sailing time shall be approximately 1hr30min . Dhow Palace Hotel shall be your home for the next few days on Bed and Breakfast basis. The rest of the day to be spent at Leisure within the Hotel or by exploring the beautiful beaches of the Indian Ocean nearby.

Day 3: 30^th October 2021 DOLPHIN TOUR AND SAFARIBLUE SEA ADVENTURE

Departing the Hotel at 630am.

With our “Safari blue” trip you shall explore Zanzibar by boat. Starting the voyage with a traditional sailing dhow from South West Zanzibar.

In this full day excursion, you shall have a chance for dolphin watching, sandbathing, snorkeling around a Sandbank, BBQ, seafood lunch at the Centre of the ocean (Sandbank), Zanzibar fruits and drinks, visiting mangrove forest and swimming through a mangrove lagoon.

Kizimkazi Dolphin Tour

Begins:            Kizimkazi, South District
Ends:               Kizimkazi, South District
Popular for:    Swimming with dolphins

Kizimkazi fishing village is home to several schools of the Bottle-nosed dolphins and Humpback dolphins, which are sighted following a short boat trip from the village. The dolphins are very friendly and playful. The best part is getting into the water and play with them. Kizimkazi is also the site of a 12th century mosque, the earliest evidence of Islam in Zanzibar and East Africa, and is thus worth a visit for both natural and cultural reasons. The Kizimkazi Mosque is one of the oldest Islamic buildings on the East African coast.

Returning to the Hotel shall be at Sunset.

Day 4: 31^st October 2021 STONE TOWN, SPICE FARM AND PRISON ISLAND

This is another good day and after breakfast we will continue with our tour of Zanzibar.

Stone Town Tour

Begins: Central Market, Stone Town
Ends: Shangani, Stone Town
Popular for: Ancient Arab colonial history

Visit the Anglican Church of Christ built by Bishop Steers in 1874 and get a chance to walk through the streets of Stone Town and get to buy tropical fruits and spices, while hearing different dialects being spoken by the people of the town at the market. Part of a palace complex was the main official residence within the Zanzibar Stone Town. Sultan Said and some of his descendants lie buried in this palace graveyard. Designed by the same architect who designed the High Court (also located in town), J. H. Sinclair, the National Museum is home to many of memorabilia including, most notably, Livingstone’s medical chest.

Spice Farm Tour

Begins: Kidichi, Central District
Ends: Kidichi, Central District
Popular for: Tasty tropical fruits & spices

The Spice Tour begins at Kidichi Village to visit the Persian Baths built in 1850 by Seyyid Said bin Sultan for his wife Princess Shehrzard. They are referred to as “Persian” because their construction was commissioned to Shirazi architects. The word “Hamamni” means “the place of the baths”. The Zanzibar Spice Tour proceeds to the Kizimbani Village in the Central District to visit the spice farms to see, smell and test varieties of tropical fruits and spices such as black pepper, coriander, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, vanilla sticks, lemon grass, nutmeg etc.

Prison Island Boat Trip

Begins:            Seafront, Stone Town
Ends:   Seafront, Stone Town
Popular for:    The Historic prison and the giant tortoises

In 1893, Lloyd Mathews built the prison. The prison idea was to send violent criminals from the Tanganyika mainland to the Prison Island. The Prison Island ended up being used as a quarantine center, instead of a prison, for yellow fever epidemics that once raged through the region. Prison Island remained in the ownership of the government which converted the newer quarantine buildings into a guest house. The old prison still remains standing, providing shelter for some of the giant tortoises which can now only be found on this island, and the cells. After the tour there’s a snorkeling option for those who’d like to get wet.

Returning to the hotel shall be evening to be spent at leisure.

Day 5: 1^st November 2021 CULTURAL & TRADITIONAL EXPLORATION, TURTLES SANCTUARY AND SUNSET DHOW CRUISE

This shall be our final tour day and we will make the best of it

Cultural & Traditional Exploration 7hrs

Begins: Nungwi & Kendwa – North District or Jambiani, Paje & Bwejuu – South District
Ends: Nungwi & Kendwa – North District or Jambiani, Paje & Bwejuu – South District

We move to see locals climbing coconut trees, and coconut products like madafu milk, baskets, rope, poles coconut palm caps. The fun part of the tour is actually having guests trying to climb a coconut tree. You wouldn’t want to leave Zanzibar without trying it would you? The Village Tour proceeds further to a field cassava plantation and bananas with their various products can be seen and tasted cassava weaving of baskets, floor mats, brooms, food covers etc. Koran (Quran) Schools will also be visited. We then proceed to the last stop of our most cultural of Zanzibar excursions to be welcomed by local Zanzibar drumbeats where guests are requested to participate with refreshments of tropical fruits.

At 14hrs you shall be taken to Nungwi beach to have a lunch and spend some time at the beach swimming, sandbathing, enjoying the moments at the best beach in Zanzibar. A 16hrs you shall be picked up for a traditional dhow sunset cruise with refreshments on board, you shall enjoy the sailing till sun goes down then around 19hrs you shall be transferred back to the hotel.

Day 6: 2^nd November 2021 Zanzibar to Dar Es Salam

This day’s activities are very much flexible and dependent on the group Consensus. Transfer from Zanzibar to Dar es Salam shall be done in the morning or afternoon depending on where you want to buy your souvenirs from.

In Dar es Salam you shall check into Tiyende Safari’s appointed hotel on Bed and Breakfast still

Day 7: 3^rd November 2021 Dar Es Salam to Lilongwe

It shall be an early flight because its scheduled 0740hrs and landing at KIA at 0950hrs. Tiyende Safari shall do all the transfers back to your doorstep within Lilongwe.