Zanzibar Cooking Class and Spice Tour

The destination Zanzibar has long been known as the “Spice Island”. This 4-hour multi-sensory tour explores the island’s history in the spice trade. Discover the intoxicating aromas and scents of spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, chilli, vanilla, saffron and curry. The island also grows pineapples, jackfruit, lemons, limes, oranges, pomelos, durians and coconuts. This tour offers an off-the-beaten-path tour to see a part of Zanzibar that many travelers don’t witness. Meet your local guide at your Stone Town hotel, then travel by air-conditioned minivan to a rural farming village. In a spice farm, learn the history of Zanzibar’s relationship with spices and the spice trade. Taste seasonal spices and a variety of fresh fruits – weather permitting, you can even taste coconut straight from the tree! Next, meet a cassava farmer, who will demonstrate typical African farming techniques. Then, learn how to make a traditional sauce made from coconut milk and cassava leaves during a hands-on cooking lesson in the farmer’s outdoor kitchen. After the lesson, enjoy your sauce with a traditional Swahili lunch including spiced rice, bananas and farm-fresh local vegetables. At the end of the tour, you will return to Stone Town. history of Zanzibar’s relationship with spices and the spice trade. Taste seasonal spices and a variety of fresh fruits – weather permitting, you can even taste coconut straight from the tree! Next, meet a cassava farmer, who will demonstrate typical African farming techniques. Then, learn how to make a traditional sauce made from coconut milk and cassava leaves during a hands-on cooking lesson in the farmer’s outdoor kitchen. After the lesson, enjoy your sauce with a traditional Swahili lunch including spiced rice, bananas and farm-fresh local vegetables. At the end of the tour, you will return to Stone Town. history of Zanzibar’s relationship with spices and the spice trade. Taste seasonal spices and a variety of fresh fruits – weather permitting, you can even taste coconut straight from the tree! Next, meet a cassava farmer, who will demonstrate typical African farming techniques. Then, learn how to make a traditional sauce made from coconut milk and cassava leaves during a hands-on cooking lesson in the farmer’s outdoor kitchen. After the lesson, enjoy your sauce with a traditional Swahili lunch including spiced rice, bananas and farm-fresh local vegetables. At the end of the tour, you will return to Stone Town. Taste seasonal spices and a variety of fresh fruits – weather permitting, you can even taste coconut straight from the tree! Next, meet a cassava farmer, who will demonstrate typical African farming techniques. Then, learn how to make a traditional sauce made from coconut milk and cassava leaves during a hands-on cooking lesson in the farmer’s outdoor kitchen. After the lesson, enjoy your sauce with a traditional Swahili lunch including spiced rice, bananas and farm-fresh local vegetables. At the end of the tour, you will return to Stone Town. Taste seasonal spices and a variety of fresh fruits – weather permitting, you can even taste coconut straight from the tree! Next, meet a cassava farmer, who will demonstrate typical African farming techniques. Then, learn how to make a traditional sauce made from coconut milk and cassava leaves during a hands-on cooking lesson in the farmer’s outdoor kitchen. After the lesson, enjoy your sauce with a traditional Swahili lunch including spiced rice, bananas and farm-fresh local vegetables. At the end of the tour, you will return to Stone Town. who will give you a demonstration of typical African agricultural techniques. Then, learn how to make a traditional sauce made from coconut milk and cassava leaves during a hands-on cooking lesson in the farmer’s outdoor kitchen. After the lesson, enjoy your sauce with a traditional Swahili lunch including spiced rice, bananas and farm-fresh local vegetables. At the end of the tour, you will return to Stone Town. who will give you a demonstration of typical African agricultural techniques. Then, learn how to make a traditional sauce made from coconut milk and cassava leaves during a hands-on cooking lesson in the farmer’s outdoor kitchen. After the lesson, enjoy your sauce with a traditional Swahili lunch including spiced rice, bananas and farm-fresh local vegetables. At the end of the tour, you will return to Stone Town. enjoy your sauce with a traditional Swahili lunch including spiced rice, bananas and farm-fresh local vegetables. At the end of the tour, you will return to Stone Town. enjoy your sauce with a traditional Swahili lunch including spiced rice, bananas and farm-fresh local vegetables. At the end of the tour, you will return to Stone Town.

Zanzibar Spice Tour

Spice tour in Zanzibar is a 3 hour private tour which is considered as the best 2 days trip in Zanzibar, tropical fruits, herbs, spices, and other rare species of other plants are among the different vegetations to see on this guided tour. This is not just a day trip, but a true experience that proves why Zanzibar is called the Spice Island. Over the centuries, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper and many other spices were brought by the Sultan of Oman across the Indian Ocean by dhow on the seasonal trade winds. The guide gives detailed descriptions of the use of different plants, although not all of them are intended for food. The leaves of the neem tree were once used as a remedy for malaria and indigestion, the iodine tree produces a deep red sap used to fight infections, while the frothy berries of the little-named soap tree original, have been used for centuries as an alternative to soap. Other spices include nutmeg, ginger, vanilla, tamarind, menthol and cloves.

The island was once known as the world’s leading producer of cloves. The henna tree produces a dye from its crushed leaves, used by women to decorate their hands and feet with delicate designs.