Prison Island and Stone Town Private Tour in Zanzibar

Uganda

4 to 5 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Make the most of your time in Stone Town by booking this private tour taking you to Prison Island to see the giant Aldabra tortoise, and later to Stone Town for an in-depth tour of the highlights. Make sure you don’t miss anything, and learn much more from this guided-tour than you would on your own on a self-guided tour. You can still go at your own pace, though, since this is a private tour just for you and your party.

Check out the pet peacocks, tortoises, and much more on Prison Island
Enjoy round-trip transfers from any hotels in Zanzibar for ease
Stay refreshed with provided bottled water during your tour
Bring some cash for entrance fees to a few places along the way

What's Included

Private transportation
Bottled water
Air-conditioned vehicle

Entrance fee - Prison Island

$22.00 per person
Entrance fee - Former Slave Marke

$10.00 per person

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Itinerary

Prison Island - Changuu Private Island

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Stone Town

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infant seats available

Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.2

based on 14 reviews

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Great walking tour.

Paul_R, Aug 2025

Excellent walking tour with a very well informed and helpful guide - strongly recommended and great value.

Memorable tour, a must...

Natasha_B, Sep 2023

Memorable tour, a must go, worth it Very comfortable vehicle to show you around, understanding drivers

Good tour

Tanianott, Aug 2023

Good trip, however the only thing worth seeing on prison island is the turtles there is nothing else there. Stone town was nice to look around, the guides and driver were all lovely.

Zanzibar tour operator needs to do better job.

Gary_M, Dec 2022

First ,Viator lists a private air-conditioned car was to take us around.No car ever was provided and No water either as in the description of the tour. The tour guide was very good but the Tour operator Ahmedi XTRA ADVENTURES stink, they lied to us by first saying we would get a car ,then saying we need to pay $40 more .It was not enjoyable.

Great tour and lot of know how

Bernhard_R, Oct 2022

First the guide forgot that he wrote me we should do the tour at 7.30 instead of 9, so we had to call and wait for 45 minutes, but Ahmed did a very great job and the tour to prison island with him was very nice!!! The tour with zayed in Stone town was also very nice, but he didn't bring us back to the hotel, instead he let us stand at the old fort, that's why it's only 4 stars instead of 5 The

Great trip with lovely guide Ali

AnnaSofie_P, Sep 2022

Unfortunately my boyfriend was ill on the day of the tour so I went alone with our guide Ali. He was a really good tour guide and I had a lovely time. I was a bit nervous being a young woman alone in a foreign city but Ali made me feel safe. He was also very kind to take a lot of pictures of me throughout the day. The trip to Prison Island good and it was fun feeding the big tortoises even though it was a bit touristy. I really liked the walking tour around Stone Town. Ali taught me a lot of things about the city and I got to see so many things that I wouldn't have seen on my own.

Could have been better…..

Lois_C, Feb 2022

City tour guide and guide to prison island were good. But, whole tour was unorganized. Waited an hour at conclusion of city tour for prison tour to begin. By now it’s the afternoon, very hot, but couldn’t eat lunch because didn’t know when prison tour was starting.

Stone Town visitata?Quasi per niente.

Cristina_N, Sep 2023

Prison Island, è stata completa come visita,visto che non c'è poi tanto da vedere.Stone Town,come visita è stata quasi inesistente,non abbiamo visto quasi nulla di questa città:la guida aveva fretta di "mollarci"perché alle 15aveva un altro tour con altre persone.Abbiamo pagato 180€,rapporto q/p pessimo.

Super Führung

Rita_T, Feb 2023

Die Führungen waren sehr interessant, leider war Prison Island mit englisch sprachiger Führung obwohl auf deutsch bestellt. Unser Guide hat aber für die Stadtführung einen anderen Führer organisiert, der uns sehr gut alle wichtigsten Sachen der Stadt näher gebracht hat.

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