A spice tour in Zanzibar is probably the most popular tour on the island. It’s a simple, no stress, 3 hour tour that will take you to the spice plantations in the Masingini Forest. The tour entails a guide taking you around the spice farm. They teach you about all the different spices and fruits that are grown on Zanzibar. At the end, you can taste a variety of different fruits and spices.
Where are the spice farms in Zanzibar? Zanzibar is one of the most fertile islands in the world and you will find that spices and fruits are grown all over. For the purpose of spice farms and spice tours, all of the big commercial farms are located in Masingini Forest just outside of Stone Town. This makes it an easy and quick half day trip from Stone Town. Spice tours are probably the most popular tour in Zanzibar. You will find numerous tour agencies in Stone Town selling trips to spice farms. As well, you will find no shortage of spice tour offerings in places like Nungwi or Paje either.
The farm land that you will spend your tour on is not the actual farms for spices. These farms are small ones where they plant a little bit of everything for the purpose of tourism. The actual farms where the crops are grown to be exported are in the back away from people. This is why you’ll see bananas growing next to mangoes next to vanilla. This is clearly not how a normal farm would operate.