Zanzibar Slave Trade Tour - Full Day Excursion

The Activities - the Zanzibar Slave Trade Tour

Visit Stone Town

The Zanzibar slave trade tour will take you from Kelele squire (the small former slave market) you will walk along the alleys of Stone Town to the house of former Slave trader Tippu Tip.

You will learn some more information from our professional guides when you reach to the the biggest former slave trade market at Mkunazini (Stone Town) where slaves were cruelty whipped before they were auctioned like non-human beings.

Then you will be driven to the house of the good slaves friend Dr. David Livingstone who used his much time to campaign for the abolition of slave trade which marked its END in 1873. You will stop to Maruhubi Ruins where 99 necked enslaved women were entertaining the Arab Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888) in the luxurious palace.

The Mangapwani Caves

Your last stop will be at Mangapwani slave chamber in which slaves were kept waiting for monsoon winded boats to fetch them and to be exiled. Finally your guide will kindly take you to a nice white sand beach for your relaxation.

Zanzibar slave trade tour photo: The old remain of the slave trade ruins of Mangapwani, Zanzibar.

About Tippu Tip

Tippu Tip or Tib (1837 - June 14, 1905), real name Hamad bin Muḥammad bin Jumah bin Rajab bin Muḥammad bin Said al-Murghabi, was a Swahili-Zanzibari trader of mixed descent. A notorious slave trade champ, plantation owner and governor, who worked for a succession of sultans of Zanzibar, he led many trade expeditions into east-central Africa, involving the slavery and ivory trade. He constructed profitable trade posts that reached deep into Central Africa.

The notorious Tippu Tip champ built himself a trading empire that he then translated into clove plantations on Zanzibar. Abdul Sheriff reports that when he left for his twelve years of "empire building" on the mainland, he had no plantations of his own. However, by 1895, he had acquired "seven plantations and 10,000 slaves."

Be part of the Zanzibar slave trade tour to learn more about Zanzibar's history on slavery.

Zanzibar Slave Trade Tour Rates

Standard Option from

USD 35 p.p.

in a Group of 6 or more. Price increases as the # of people lowers!

This Price Includes

• Excursion fee
• Entrance fees
• Return transport from Stone Town
• Lunch

Budget Option from

USD 25 p.p.

sharing with a different group.

This Price Includes

• Excursion fee
• Entrance fees
• Return transport from Stone Town
• Lunch