Farm Tours in Tanzania: the 8 Best Visits

1.Prison Island, Stone Town, & Spice Farm Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 579 reviews · 8 hours · from $70Our pick

Review of Zanzibar’s $70 full-day tour of Prison Island, Stone Town, and a spice farm, with practical advice on timing, value, guides, and lunch.

“Great excursion! Our guide Abdul was extremely knowledgeable, and we really appreciated that the team spoke multiple languages. We discovered Zanzibar from a different perspective and absolutely loved the spice tour, it was truly interesting, and the guys were a lot of fun. Highly recommended”

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2.Full-Day Private Stone Town +Spice Farm and Prison Island Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 216 reviews · from $100

Review of Zanzibar’s private Stone Town, Prison Island, and spice farm tour, with itinerary details, value advice, and booking tips.

“Avoid Mango Tours at all cost. Whilst the guides are ok the management back up is non existent. We were left marooned on Prison Island beach for over an hour in 35 degrees with no shade - our return boat never turned up and we had to hitcRead more”

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3.Stone Town & Spice Farm Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 97 reviews · 5 hours · from $73

Explore Stone Town’s history and Zanzibar’s spice farms, with market visits, fresh fruit, local lunch, and practical tips for a five-hour tour.

“Our driver, Ahmed, was punctual and friendly. We started with the spice farm, where we spent a good 2 to 3 hours with our spice guide, Beka, who was very knowledgeable. It was interesting and worth a visit to understand the process of growing the spices. We were also very well fed! Then we were driven back to Stonetown by Ahmed and finished with a walking tour with another guide, Juma, who knew Stonetown and it's history very well. All in all, we were very happy with the quality of the tour. Make sure you take cash. Even a small tip means a lot to the various guides, and there…”

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4.Stone Town & Spice Farm Private Tour Lunch Included

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 94 reviews · 3 - 6 hours · from $46Best value

Explore Zanzibar’s spice farms and Stone Town with lunch, local guides, tropical fruit tastings, history, and private hotel transfers.

“Un grand merci à Kassim pour Stone Town, sa patience, son érudition et son très bon français !”

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5.Zanzibar full day Jozani forest + Spice farm and stone town

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 90 reviews · 1 day · from $90

Zanzibar day tour pairing Jozani’s red colobus monkeys, a spice farm, mangroves, and Stone Town for $90 per person.

“jozani bos is echt geweldig maar ga zo vroeg mogelijk dab zie je de aapjes bij tientallen. kruidenboerderij is interessant stone town vinden wij niet zo”

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6.Arusha or Moshi : Hot Spring, Waterfall & Coffee Farm Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 80 reviews · 8 - 13 hours · from $53Top rated

Review of Tanzania’s Materuni waterfall, coffee farm, and Chemka Hot Springs tour, with practical advice on timing, value, hiking, and swimming.

“Thanks for the experience, it was amazing! Our driver was very kind with us and he shows us amazing places The coffe tour was very interesting and the guide explained us the process in a very clear way, the same for the chemka hot springs and materumi falls I recommend it to everyone!”

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7.Spice Farm & Stone Town Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 80 reviews · 7 hours · from $50

Explore Zanzibar’s spice farms and Stone Town with lunch, local guides, markets, historic sites, hotel transfers, and practical tips.

“Stone Town turen var helt ok, det samme var Spice turen. Ganske primitiv lunsj som ble spist på gulvet.”

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8.Spice Farm Tour with Traditional Cooking Lesson

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 77 reviews · 3 hours · from $65

Tour Zanzibar’s spice farms, taste tropical fruit, cook a Swahili lunch, and take home fresh spices on this practical 3-hour experience.

“We had the time of our lives! Very informative and helpful to understand Zanzibar’s culture! Our guide and driver get beyond any doubt 11/10! They were very nice people, very knowledgeable and friendly. They taught us words in Swahili, everything about spices in detail and also shared some historic information about Zanzibar. The absolute best experience we could have for a warm welcome to Zanzibar! Asante sana dodo ❤️”

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