09 Oct 2025
It was pretty nice. We met at the pickup point and then went on the boat ride to vanishing island, had fun swiming and snorkeling there (you'll have to swim a bit far out for this though) and then we had a sea food lunch (which is like 70% chips/30% seafood tbf so don't count on this to be your actual meal, just enjoy the experience of eating on an island that's slowly being taken by the waves).
After that we went to prison island, which has it's own separate cash entry fee that you need to pay in the beginning. We toured the prison and then went to the little park with tortoises and peacocks. After that our tour guide walked us through stone town, explaining the buildings and history and then walked through the markets and did some shopping, with the trip finally ending at the building freddy mercury was born.
Honestly the only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars was because we paid for the hotel pickup option (we were a group of 6 so it was 60 dollars extra!!), and they said there was no pick up since we were close, and to just walk, so we walked. They gave us each a 5$ discount on the prison island entry feed (so 27 to 22) to make up for this, but we were never refunded the remaining 30$ so it's kind of left a bad taste, but overall the trip itself for us was nice.