Travel and transport agencies Stone Town

Saving Tour is an agency opened by Saïd, a dynamic young Zanzibari manager. In addition to the classic Zanzibar excursions (Spice Tour, Dolphin Tour, Prison Island, Nakupenda Sand Bank, Jozani Forest, etc.), the Seaweed Farming Tour in Pajé is excellent. We also offer day trips from Zanzibar to the mainland, enabling you to enjoy the most interesting national parks. You can take a balloon tour of Serengenti, observe Saadani and its animals against a beach backdrop, or visit Rubondo Island Park on Lake Victoria.

KoleKole Tours & Safaris is an incoming agency run by Fatma, a Swahili woman who knows her island inside out, and knows all the hotels and guides to organize quality tours, excursions, lodge bookings and safaris in mainland Tanzania (Mikumi, Selous, Ruaha, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire...). Using her services is a way of encouraging a local and feminine agency. She also has a restaurant, Café Africano.

Zanzibar's newest airline, Flightlink is one of the most competitive. Prices are unbeatable, especially for flights to Dar es Salaam, which cost next to nothing. Flights to Arusha are also reasonable. But Flightlink also organizes very interesting flights to Seronera, Fort Ikoma and Kogatende, airstrips in the heart of the Serengeti National Park, the last two located near the wildebeest migration. Zanzibar is also served from Dodoma, the country's capital.

Azam Marine is the safest boat company for Dar es Salaam (new, fast fleet) or Pemba (a little less new, departing Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 7-hour crossing). It's best to book your ticket the day before at the port of Malindi (very close to the central waterfront), from where the boats depart, or on the website, online booking possible. Zanzibar-Dar es Salaam (5 departures per day): allow 1h45 for the crossing.

Here's one of the most important new players in car rental in Zanzibar. It's easy to drive on the island, where distances are relatively short. All you need is a local driver's license, which the rental agency can obtain for you in advance by simply sending a photo of your license, and which costs US$10. The small, inexpensive 4×4s are well-maintained and sufficient for getting around, and really more economical than cab transfers. Practical freedom, provided you drive on the left and watch out for dalas dalas and other drivers.

Allow up to an hour's drive to reach the most remote villages. Dala-dalas are numbered minibuses, the island's public transport^No. 116: Stone Town-Nungwi -^No. 117: Stone Town-Kiwenga -^No. 118: Stone Town- Matemwe -^No. 121: Stone Town-Donge -^{No. 206} : Stone Town-Chwaka -^No. 214: Stone Town-Uroa -^no. 309: Stone Town-Jambiani -^no. 310: Stone Town-Makunduchi -^no. 324: Stone Town-Bwejuu -^no. 326: Stone Town- Kizimkazi -^no. 502: Stone Town-Bububu -^no. 505: Stone Town-Airport-U-Ndege -^no. 509: Stone Town-Chukwani.

Based in the heart of the old town (behind the old fort), Zenith Tours is a well known agency that has been operating for almost 20 years on the island and has had the time to train its guides well. All kinds of packages for safaris on the mainland are also offered, mainly long safaris from 7 to 11 days, in the northern parks (Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Manyara, Kilimanjaro, etc.). You can also ask them to customize your trip, it's their job. A reliable agency that also offers hotels in Pemba.

The agency offers safaris on the continent (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda) and all the classic excursions and tours in Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia. And, of course, tailor-made tours and others off the beaten track. We recommend the classic Cultural Tour and the Nungwi Tour. The Safina Tours team, entirely Zanzibarite, is also multilingual, like the director, Mr. Kassim Abdallah, who speaks very good French. He also has two French-speaking guides in Zanzibar for the visits.

Air Excel is a Tanzanian airline based in Arusha, specializing in small Cessna flights to the famous airstrips of the northern national parks, particularly in the immense Serengeti Park, where watching the wildebeest migration requires transfers by plane. It serves Zanzibar from the cities of Arusha and Dar es Salaam several times a day. It also offers connections to the Serengeti Seronera and Lake Manyara airstrips (next to the Ngorongoro Crater).

This family agency run by Fabian Fernandes is serious: the driver-guides like Elvis are professional, friendly and always have stories to tell. Fabian really listens to his clients. His particularity: interesting rates for the classic tours: Spice Tour, City Tour, Jozani Forest, Prison Island, Safari Blue... Also: safaris on the mainland in Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire, Kilimanjaro, etc. at unbeatable prices.

Located in the heart of the labyrinth of the old town, Sama Tours is specialized in hotel reservations, transfers, plane and boat tickets, which can be really useful to go to Pemba or Dar by boat for example. And of course the excursions to Zanzibar. This agency has a long experience (created in 1991) and a good reputation, because it is reliable and has always maintained a good level of services. It is open to groups as well as individuals and can tailor-make trips to suit your needs.

Founded in 1992, Tanzanian airline Zanair has an excellent reputation. It is one of the country's leading airlines, serving the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, as well as smaller aircraft, mainly for Arusha, but which can also be offered in connection with airstrips to national parks on the Tanzanian mainland, especially Seronera in the heart of the Serengeti National Park. Frequent flights from/to Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam, but also a charter flight to the Selous Siwandu Game Reserve for a safari.