Stone Town walking tour

Stone Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the best place to start your trip. A local guide walks you through its narrow lanes and explains how the town grew from trade across the Indian Ocean. You stop at Darajani market, the Old Fort and the Anglican cathedral, built on the site of the former slave market, with its memorial. The walk ends on the seafront by Forodhani Gardens.

• Carved wooden doors and old merchant houses
• Darajani market
• The Old Fort
• Anglican cathedral and slave market memorial
• Forodhani Gardens on the seafront

1. 09:00

   Hotel pickup

   We meet you at your hotel in the Stone Town area.

2. 09:15

   Darajani market

   Spices, fruit and fish at the town's main market.

3. 10:00

   Cathedral and memorial

   The Anglican cathedral and the memorial on the site of the former slave market.

4. 11:00

   Lanes and carved doors

   Old merchant houses, the Old Fort and the stories behind the doors.

5. 12:00

   Forodhani Gardens

   The walk ends on the seafront.

• Comfortable shoes
• Hat and sunscreen
• Clothes that cover shoulders and knees

• Cover shoulders and knees in the old town.
• Wear comfortable shoes.
• The narrow lanes are not suitable for wheelchairs.