Zanzibar Spice Tour

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Zanzibar, Tanzania

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5+ bookings last month.

3 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Zanzibar is often called the spice island, but this may not be apparent to you if you just stick around the beaches. Instead, immerse yourself in all things spices with a tour of a spice farm. Learn about (and smell) spices right where they are produced while you increase your knowledge of both spices and of Zanzibari farming methods.

Perfect for travelers who love cooking and gardening
Learn about spices from a professional guide
Hotel pick-up and drop-off add convenience
A private tour ensures personal attention from your guide

What's Included

Experience professional tour guide
All Entrance fees
All Taxes
Mineral Water
Private transportation

Visa

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We pick up and drop off our client around stone town hotels for free any pick up outside stone town will include extra charge.

Meeting point

Forodhani, Zanzibar, Tanzania

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.9:00 am

Itinerary

Jambo Spice Farm

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available

Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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

4.6

based on 61 reviews

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Great walking tour of stone town

guy_k, Feb 2026

Nassor was great. So knowledgeable and great English. Learned a lot about the history of the island and answered all our cultural questions too. Really enjoyed!

Response from Host, Feb 2026

Thanks,I really appreciate it.

Worst guide in the world

Larry_J, Dec 2025

Definitely the worst tour I’ve ever been on. Guide was 20 minutes late, no apology or explanation. Bought juice for himself but not water for me which was supposed to be included. English was very poor, very very little talk he spent all his time on his phone. Learned nothing. Very depressing tour

Response from Host, Dec 2025

Definitely, this is his jealous, and i apologozed him firstly, because the transport which I took ,it was getting problem, about an English, he is Canadian, and this is his language, because he hated me ,even if I speak it as much as I can ,he can't proud me well, This is not first time to work with the british tourists. Thank you for your review.

A must do excursion once in Zanzibar

HAYA_S, Aug 2025

Great trip, must take when in Zanzibar. Our tour guide was a young woman. She did a great job, nice people and we tasted so many fruits.

Response from Host, Aug 2025

I deeply appreciate it, thank you very much, God bless you.

The tour guide was very...

Stephanie_D, Jul 2025

The tour guide was very knowledgeable on all of the fruits and spices & the guys picked fruit and spices to sample! Great experience!

Response from Host, Jul 2025

I really appreciate it ,thank you very much.

Enjoyable tour

Nicola_L, Jul 2025

Thanks for a great tour learning about all of the spices and where they come from originally definitely worth the visit

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thanks for a wonderful review, God bless you more and more.

Spice farm tour

Gary_V, Jun 2025

This was a great tour with a great guide (“Ali”) who I would highly recommend. The tour was very informative and enjoyable.

Response from Host, Jun 2025

Thanks for fabulous review, I really appreciate it. God bless you more and more.

Okay but I wouldn't recommend.

Aldale_R, Oct 2024

The tour was okay. Pick up was on time. Seif wasn't feeling well so we had another lady take us on the tour. We had a young man with us to get some spices off trees. At the end of the tour, we get to try different fruit but at the same time, the young man who was with us had made like bags, crowns and wrists bands using leaves. Then the tour guide said that these helpers don't get paid and it would be good to tip them. I didn't really like that as if they work on the farm, neither the farm nor the tour company is paying these young men? That seems highly exploitive and it puts you as the guest on the spot to tip them. Overall, the trip was ok but I wouldn't recommend it to be honest.

Response from Host, Oct 2024

Thank you for this review,but it is not important to tip them sure,and we don't force any one to do that. God bless you at all.

Great and fascinating experience

Sebastian_F, Oct 2024

Overall a fantastic experience with a friendly and engaging guide. Fascinating learning about the spices. They also let me have a go at the traditional coconut tree climbing which was very fun. Only reason it’s 4 stars and not 5 is the amount of times tips are requested/ buying encouraged (3 tip requests, 2 buying opportunities for me) was a bit much for my liking. If I did it again I would still tip just slightly less to each of them as I didn’t realise how many times they would ask.

Response from Host, Oct 2024

Thank you for a review,but is not important to give them a tip sure.

Spice Farm Half Day

Christy_D, Sep 2024

It was nice to visit a small spice farm. Our guide was informative and a lot of fun and offered door to door service from Pingwe for an extra charge.

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Thank you for a review, but was not small farm ,and we charge you extra because you were out of stone town.

Fun and educational

Amani_M, Sep 2024

Lots of fun and very educational. We highly recommend! The spice farm is well organized and our tour guide was very knowledgeable

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Thank you for a wonderful review,we hope that,we will get other customers 🤲 inshallah. God bless you much.

Good to know more about spicy

NgaShan_C, Aug 2024

The spicy tour was great, but I would choose other operator next time if I were there again. The time of the tour was 9:00am as stated on Viator, but the tour guide contacted me said it started at 9:30am. It was not a big issue though.

Response from Host, Sep 2024

First,thank you for your review, secondly,the price who you paid it ,I did not get any profit,and as you knew it,you could not say this ,I just put it so as to get a review. All in all,you were picked up for free and you claimed because we added 30 minutes . Asante sana.

Interesting and well-presented tour

Susan_M, Aug 2024

Our guide arranged for us to be picked up at our hotel. He was very knowledgeable both about the conventional uses of the various spices and about local uses. He could review the English words for a couple of the spices we saw, but it didn't detract from the overall experience.

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Thank you for a review,God bless you.

WHY WE ALWAYS BOOK VIASTOR EXCURSIONS

Reginald_W, Mar 2024

We travel the World. An Always rely on Viator... Why ? Totally trustworthy, no F;ly By Night Operators, fair prices and honest reviews, After much review we chose this Tour,, Reviews were almost unanimous.. The operator, Seifi received exce3llent Reviews. And he lived up to his well deserved reputation. Friendly, exceedingly knowledgeable ,,, Took Special care of me in my walker. And as an unexpected bonus, gave us a short tour of Stonetown on return.. A Steal at this price,,, (Of course, we tipped ).

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you for nice review,God bless you very much ever.

Great Tour

Anesu_M, Sep 2023

We enjoyed the tour and learnt so much about spices that we didn’t know about. Seif was a wonderful guide and made our day extra special.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you very much for fantastic a review,we hope other can join with us .

A fun morning in the Spice Farm

Aishwarya_M, Sep 2023

Seif organized the Spice Tour very well, messaging me in advance and picking me up on time. He arranged for a woman guide to meet me at the Spice Farm, and Souda, one of my favorite guides on this trip, provided a lot of insights about the spices and ensured I had a great time throughout. I highly recommend this tour!

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you very much for fantastic a review,we hope that other can organize with us

Informal spice tour

Ronnie_L, Jul 2023

Smelling or tasting the various spices was fun! Our guide engaged us in discussion and knowledge of spices. Our tasting of fruits helped us understand the wide variety of fruit grown locally.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Thank you for a review

One interesting and educational visit at a time.

MariaEmilia_R, Feb 2026

Very interesting and educational. The experience starts from the moment you look for us at the hotel. The place is very nice and the staff is extremely attentive.

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