Zanzibar’s Sleepy Stone Town
For centuries, Stone Town and Zanzibar have been part of trade routes of east Africa. Today it’s a sleepy town where life slows down.
For centuries, Stone Town and Zanzibar have been part of trade routes of east Africa. Today it’s a sleepy town where life slows down.
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The Tazara Railway from Zambia to Dar es Salaam and then a ferry to Zanzibar where Jemima Price finds beautiful idyllic beaches and friendly locals.
Jemima Price takes the Tazara Railway from Zambia to Dar es Salaam and then a ferry to Zanzibar.
By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey Where Zanzibar consists of several small islands in the Indian Ocean, some 40 kilometers off the Tanzanian mainland, six degrees south of the equator. There are two main islands, Pemba and Unguja, also called Zanzibar Island. On Zanzibar Island, which is roughly 1,651 square kilometers small, the capital Stone Town, or Zanzibar…
Tanzania Guide WHERE A cluster of islands nestled in the Indian Ocean just off the east coast of Tanzania, East Africa. The two principal islands in the group are Unguja, also known as Zanzibar Island (just to confuse you further) and Pemba. Smaller islands are scattered around these, which range from mere sandbanks to those…