Zanzibar Stone Town Shopping Tour

Our Stone Town shopping tour in Zanzibar offers a vibrant, immersive experience through narrow, historic streets filled with local treasures, spices, and unique crafts.

Key shopping spots include the bustling Darajani Bazaar, Hurumzi Street for crafts, and boutique shops like Doreen Mashika. Guests typically spend 4-6 hours exploring, often combining shopping with visits to the Freddie Mercury Museum, Old Fort, and local art galleries.

Key Shopping Destinations & Items

✓ Su rti & Son’s: A well-known spot for traditional goods
✓ The Coins Shop: Specializes in handmade jewelry crafted from coins
✓ Old Dispensary: Offers, besides history, small shops with local products
✓ Moto & Dada: Features community-made handicrafts and natural cosmetics
✓ Doreen Mashika: Offers high-end, locally designed fashion, jewelry, and accessories
✓ Aromas of Zanzibar: Known for authentic, handmade gifts like unique bags and pouches
✓ Darajani Market: The main hub for buying local spices, fruits, and traditional Zanzibari snacks
✓ Zanzibar Curio Shop: A historic shop filled with antiques, wood carvings, and household decorative items
✓ Hurumzi Street & Gizenga Street: Known for a high concentration of art galleries, clothing boutiques, and souvenir shops
✓ Specialty Boutiques: Memories of Zanzibar: A large, popular spot for local handicrafts, high-quality jewelry, and body care essentials

Tips for a Stone Town Shopping Tour

Comfort: Wear comfortable walking shoes, as the town is mostly car-free and has uneven stone paths
Tanzanite: When buying gemstones, look for certified suppliers at reputable shops to ensure authenticity
Duration: A 3-4-hour walking tour is sufficient to cover the main winding streets and key historic sites like the Anglican Cathedral
Experience: The experience is often a mix of cultural exploration and retail therapy, with opportunities to interact with local vendors
Bargaining: Negotiation is expected in most local markets. Your guide can provide “befa” (respectful negotiation) tips to help you secure a fair price
Best Time: Late afternoon or early evening is ideal, as the town comes alive and it is cooler, with the forodhani gardens offering street food afterwards
What to Buy: Beyond spices, look for intricate wood carvings (door-themed items), kikoy fabrics, handmade, beaded sandals, and unique, coin-based jewelry    

The Zanzibar Stone Town Shopping Tour is a 3-hour guided tour that begins and ends at your hotel. This Zanzibar shopping excursion takes you to the best local shops selling a wide variety of antiques, textiles, and jewelry that the island can offer.

Bring home souvenirs such as intricately carved furniture, baskets, and rugs, explore the island’s different areas, and experience the local culture. Explore Zanzibar’s hippest shopping neighborhoods – Shangani and Hurumzi.

Your shopping guide will take you to the neighborhoods’ most unique boutiques, where you can find up-and-coming designers and the latest fashion trends. You will take a leisurely walk through the narrow streets of Stone Town – the old part of Zanzibar town, where most of the houses date back to more than one hundred and fifty years.

In this part of town, you will find many exotic small bazaars and curio shops. It isn’t easy to find souvenirs that are handmade, that have their own stories, and were fairly purchased and lovingly crafted by an artisan passionate about what they do. This Zanzibar shopping tour makes fulfilling the above criteria easy!

A perfect way to end a trip to Zanzibar, you can collect souvenirs and enjoy the authentic local artisan culture thriving on the island. This is your chance to explore the best of what the artisan island of Zanzibar has to offer.

Get hand-carved furniture, kanga clothing with a Western twist, pearls, local jewelry, colorful decorative pieces for your home, woven baskets, rugs, and much, much more. The archipelago is home to many local groups who make a living from the arts.

Some of the best places to shop include Darajani Bazaar, Hurumzi Henna Art Gallery, The Beautiful Eyes, Cultural Arts Centre Zanzibar, Cultural Arts Gallery, Puzzle Coffee Shop, Aromas of Zanzibar, Stonetown Traders, The Coins Shop, etc.

Zanzibar Stone Town Shopping Tour Prices Include:

✓ Bottled water
✓ Entrance fees were applicable
✓ Guiding services by a Local guide
✓ Transportation by air-conditioned mini-van
✓ Hotel pick-up and drop-off from Stone Town hotels (transfers from hotels out of Stone Town are available on request at an additional cost)

Notes:

* Please bring sunscreen and a hat on the tour, and wear comfortable shoes
* When visiting local villages, it is advisable to dress conservatively. Women should cover their shoulders and wear long skirts or trousers

Zanzibar Stone Town Shopping Tour Prices Do Not Include:

* Drinks
* Tips or gratuity
* Travelers Insurance
* Communication charges
* Minimum of 1 person required
* Visas, international airfares, and airport taxes; meals
* Sightseeing not included in the package; optional activities
* Personal expenses such as transfers to/ from the airport (supplement airport transfer cost applies for tours starting from the airport)

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