Spice tour on bike
Spice tour/Village tour/Mazingini forest – Zanzibar on bike
We meet up at your Stone Town hotel and walk a bit beforejumping on a local bus- dala-dala. Guaranteed a new experience. Expect to get a child in your lap, a chicken by your feet- and a tuna fish on the roof. We get of the bus in the middle of the lush farm area and enjoy the beautiful landscape on our 5 min walk to pick up the bikes.
Village tour- starting with tea at Suleimans
We start with a ginger tea in Suleimans home before we share life on Zanzibar. We pass plantations of sugar cane, banana, sweet potatoes and other things the Zanzibaris grow in this area. We will also see and try to make coconut roof leaves – makuti.
Spice tour with lunch
Abeids Family Farm is an authentic farm where you feel like walking in the forest. Here we find tropical fruits, spices and rare species of plants. Depending on the season we will see and taste vanilla, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, turmeric, lemon grass, cloves, ylang ylang, cumin, garlic, ginger, coriander, pepper, tamarind, chili, oregano and many others. Learn about the properties and origins of each spice. Be sure to smell and taste everything on offer!
The lunch on the farm is cooked by the women in the family with raw material from
their farm.
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Passing through Masingini Forest
You will take another route back passing the dense forest reserve Masingini Forest inhabited by Red Colobus Monkeys, Blue Sykes Monkeys and lots of birds. If lucky you will see them- if not you will have enjoyed a beautiful conservation area.
Price per person:
Kindly contact us for our program and prices
Incl:
Guide, bikes, lunch, entrance, water, fruit and snacks on the way
Bring:
Camera, sun block, hat
Bikes:
We buy good European 2nd hand bikes on Zanzibar to support local business. They are all in fair quality bit with a harsh /( salty and humid) environment and lack of spare parts we ask for your patience
Helmet:
If you want we provide
Drinks:
Water and soda can be bought along the way. Drink much – you loose lots of fluid in the heat
Children:
Bike Zanzibar discourages giving gifts/candy/money to the children as it encourages them to beg instead of pursuing their studies
