Tanzania
Most safari marketing pushes travelers hard toward Tanzania’s dry season, and for good reason given the concentrated wildlife viewing those months typically deliver. What that marketing […]
Walk through almost any market or curio shop in Dar es Salaam or Zanzibar and bold, brightly colored paintings of animals, village scenes, and stylized figures […]
Paje Beach, Zanzibar: A Kitesurfer’s Paradise Along the southeastern shoreline of Zanzibar, where the reef breaks the Indian Ocean swell far offshore and leaves a wide […]
Zanzibar’s Best Scuba Diving Sites Explained Zanzibar’s reputation rests largely on its beaches, but beneath the surface of the surrounding Indian Ocean lies a second attraction […]
Kendwa Beach vs Nungwi Beach: Which Should You Choose At the very northern tip of Zanzibar’s main island, where the coastline bends from the east-facing shore […]
Zanzibar’s Rooftop Sunset Bars in Stone Town Stone Town’s skyline was never built with rooftop bars in mind, yet the coral-stone architecture that shaped the old […]
Zanzibar’s Forodhani Gardens Night Food Market Every evening in Stone Town follows the same quiet transformation. As the light over the harbour turns gold and then […]
A Guide to Zanzibar’s Seaweed Farming Villages Walk along Zanzibar’s east coast at low tide, past the kite schools of Paje and the quieter sands further […]
Zanzibar’s Darajani Market: A Local Shopping Guide On the eastern edge of Stone Town, where the old town gives way to the busier, more modern district […]
Zanzibar’s Best Sandbank and Dolphin Tours Two of Zanzibar’s most photographed experiences have almost nothing to do with the beaches most visitors picture when they think […]
Zanzibar’s Persian and Omani Architectural Influence Walk through Stone Town’s narrow alleys for more than a few minutes and a pattern starts to emerge in the […]
A Guide to Zanzibar’s Blue Safari Tours Ask a handful of returning Zanzibar visitors what their single best day on the island was, and a surprising […]