Super Zanzi (3-IN-1): Prison, Vanishing Island & Stone Town - Zanzibar

Viator delegates its activities without much seriousness. A first postponement of the appointment, okay. The next day we will meet at 9:00. No clear location. Forced to take a selfie to get identified. Half an hour later a guide shows up telling us to wait because they are waiting for other people. We will learn later that they are looking for people to make a profit. For another half an hour three guides talk to each other, spend their time on the phone, and one spends his time cashing in on the people already present. Already 1h15 that we wait. The three guides in one corner spend more than 10 minutes counting the tickets and exchanging them. Anyway 2 hours late, no guide speaking French as planned. Arrived on the island hasty meal because the water starts to cover the island since we are 2 hours late. Visit to the prison which means nothing everything having been changed. 5' Dollars to see tortoises. We have to decline the tour of the city with a French guide because it starts to get dark. DAY WASTED. WE WILL NOW AVOID VIATOR.

Nakupenda is the place to be if you want to see Zanzibar in its pure sand moment. Story of prison island is stunning but the site does not relay this history too much. Stone Town is a spécial place to feel the zanzibar heart.

The organisation of the trip is very chaotic. You don’t really know timings or order of events which makes it quite difficult. We waited at the old fort for nearly an hour at the start and at the end of the day were very late for our taxi. That said, we really enjoyed nakupenda. The chaps on the boat made a lovely lunch, and the snorkelling was very good. You don’t need long at prison island, not much more to see than the tortoises although the museum is interesting.