Full Day Private Trip to Prison Island and Spice Farm: Tortoises to Spices
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This Full Day Private Trip to Prison Island & Spice Farm covers exactly two stops, Changuu Island and a working spice plantation, with your own boat, vehicle and guide for the whole day rather than a shared group schedule.
What Makes Prison Island Worth a Private Morning?
The morning gives you unhurried time with Changuu Island’s Aldabra giant tortoises, some estimated at close to 190 years old, and the coral-stone ruins of the 19th-century building that gave the island its nickname despite never holding a single prisoner. On a shared tour, you’re often moved along once the group’s boat is ready to leave, on this one, you decide when you’re done. If tortoises and history are all you’re after, our Prison Island tour covers this stop on its own, and our Prison Island guide goes deeper into its full history.
Why Pair a Spice Farm With Prison Island Instead of Stone Town?
A spice farm swaps history for agriculture, giving you a completely different two halves to the day than Stone Town would. The afternoon walk takes you through working plantations growing cloves, vanilla, black pepper, cinnamon and cardamom, with a guide breaking down how each is grown and used, followed by a fresh tropical fruit tasting. If Stone Town’s architecture interests you more than the farm, our existing Spice Farm, Stone Town and Prison Island itinerary covers all three in one day instead.
Who This Private Spice Farm & Prison Island Trip Suits
Couples, families with young kids, or anyone who’s found a shared group tour to feel rushed will get the most out of the private pacing here. If Jozani Forest’s red colobus monkeys interest you more than tortoises, our Spice Farm and Jozani Forest tour swaps Prison Island out for that instead. For everything else Zanzibar offers beyond these two stops, see our full Zanzibar tours listing.
Key Highlights of Your Full Day Private Trip to Prison Island & Spice Farm
- Smell and Testing the Spices grown in Zanzibar Islands
- Eating a different Tropical Fruits; like Bananas, Pineapple, Watermelon etc.
- History about Prison Island, beautiful beaches and good weather.
- Look and play with land giant tortoises in the world and other species.
Included/Exclude
- English Speaking Guide
- Private Boat
- Entrance fees
- Swimming Equipment
- Lunch at the Local Spice Farm
- Tropical Fruits
- Drinking Water
- All government fees
- Hotel Pick up/ Drop-off; for extra charge.
- Tips and gratuities for your guide and boat crew
- Personal travel insurance
- Items of a personal nature
Tour Plan
Your private guide collects you from your hotel in the morning for the short boat ride out to Changuu Island. With no group schedule to follow, you can spend as long as you like with the tortoise sanctuary and the old quarantine ruins before heading back to shore.
After lunch, you're transferred to a working spice farm, where the plantation walk runs through cloves, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon at your own pace. The visit typically ends with a fresh fruit tasting cut straight from the farm, before your private transfer back to your hotel in the late afternoon.
