Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi-Zanzibar

Breakfast in Nairobi and off on a flight to paradise. Your hotel waits quietly in the sun, absorbing its rays as they reflect off the adjacent sea. The hotel is, specially selected for its exceptionality; immerse the traveler in the romantic atmosphere of centuries gone by. The performed air caresses you with the scents of all the spices that have grown in abundance throughout the island since time began. Overnight at Zanzibar Serena.

Day 2: Old Town and Spice Plantation.

Morning begins with a sumptuous breakfast over the Indian Ocean to an endless horizon. A walking tour is the only way to experience the town, which exists today much as it did in the years when Zanzibar, the Isle of spices, timber and slaves. The market place is alive with vendors who hawk their exotic wares in a multitude of languages, as many as the intense palate of colors which mark their fabrics, their spices, their intricately carved wood and other goods for sale. As you move away from the raucous market, the winding streets grow serene and mysterious, with their whitewashed houses and ornately carved wooden doors and balconies studded with brass. You will visit the Zanzibar Museum and the Old Fort. Lunch, relaxed and oh-so-luscious, and we proceed to spend the afternoon touring the plantation on the outskirts of town where cinnamon, cardamom and strong, flavorful Arabic coffees are grown. And, of course, we see the cloves, the gold of Zanzibar, the world’s finest and most desired spice, grown here in the centre of the spice Island. Overnight at Zanzibar Serena.

Day 3: Jozani Forest

There is only one place in the world where you will find the red Columbus monkey-and this morning you travel across the Island through quaint villages and lush vegetation to this place-the enchanting Jozani Forest. The forest is mesmerizing-you will feel yourself absorbed into another world, a place like no other on earth. Overnight at Zanzibar Serena.

Day 4: Zanzibar-Nairobi.

Today brings a farewell to the Island. Depending upon your flight time, which-being in a splendidly far flung outpost of civilization after all-can sometimes be early, perhaps you will make one last trip to the marketplace for that fantastically carved teakwood chest or supply of intensely scented clove pomanders-a heady reminder of your sojourn in this ageless Swahili paradise. Fly back to Nairobi.