25 Feb 2023
We were picked up from our hotel for this tour and the driver Said Faki was excellent - he is with Fisherman Tours and he was wonderful our whole stay - he was a better guide than anyone that actually took us on the tours. If this review were about him he would be 10 stars and wonderful every time.
I had not done any research so did no idea that Stone Town was a slave processing center and this was an awful realisation but one that I very much wanted to learn more about. We were given some history and orientation but then left to go into the museum ourselves to read the information. This was not a problem however 15 minutes is insufficient to do this and I really wanted to know all I could about the history of slavery and personal accounts of people's experiences.
We walked around the main areas of Stone Town (I would happily give the fish and meat markets a miss) and given time to visit shops if we wanted to. Great information on the doors and architecture but it all felt rushed and I left feeling that I did not know enough about the place or its history.