Off the coast, there’s Prison Island to visit, also known as Changuu. Located about 30 minutes by boat from Stone Town, it used to be a quarantine station for people visiting Zanzibar.

What is it like to live in Fumba Town, a model of timber housing in Zanzibar?“Imagine a carefree life for you and your children,” Sebastian Dietzold pitches to prospective buyers of homes there. He is ...

Zanzibar, a major port in the old spice trade, has welcomed travelers for millennia, ... This story appears in the Summer 2025 issue of Town & Country. SUBSCRIBE NOW. Tanisha C. Ford.

ZANZIBAR: IN a vibrant celebration of cultural diplomacy and musical brilliance, a group of talented young Russian artists ...

Along with Cape Town - Zanzibar distance, you can also find current time & time difference between Zanzibar and Cape Town, lattitude & longitude of both cities and flight duration. From Zanzibar To ...

Getting to Stone Town is easy, with Zanzibar Airport just 15 minutes away by taxi. For those on a budget, dala dalas - local minibuses - offer a cheaper but more adventurous way to travel.

The group spent their first week in Zanzibar Town, meeting with representatives from NGOs, SUZA, and Dr. Zakaria Khamis, Director of Zanzibar Fisheries and Marine Resources Institute (ZAFIRI) in the ...

The coup that last week toppled Zanzibar’s month-old government had its roots in racial conflict. Africans outnumber Arabs 5 to 1 on the tiny twin islands of Zanzibar and Pemba (pop. 310,000).

Culture, Africa Stone Town: Zanzibar heritage site shaped by the sea fights to survive its rise The same ocean that once brought prosperity to Stone Town now poses an existential threat, as rising ...