Zanzibar red colobus monkey feeding in Jozani Forest

Zanzibar and the Coast · 1 days · Private

Jozani Forest, Salaam Cave and Mtende Beach

Red colobus monkeys in Jozani, swimming with rescued sea turtles at Salaam Cave, then the cliffs and sand at Mtende, with lunch.

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Duration
1 days, 0 nights
Group
Private
Activity
About 7 hours
Starts
Zanzibar

Jozani Chwaka Bay is the only national park on Zanzibar, and the Zanzibar red colobus lives nowhere else on earth. The forest walk takes in the monkeys, the mangrove boardwalk and the crabs working underneath it.

From Jozani it is about half an hour south to Kizimkazi, where Salaam Cave keeps and rehabilitates sea turtles in a natural tidal pool. You can swim with them and feed them seaweed, and the guides explain what the conservation work involves.

The day finishes at Mtende, a small beach under low cliffs on the south-east coast, with a Swahili lunch.

Trip highlights

  • The endemic Zanzibar red colobus in Jozani forest
  • The mangrove boardwalk and its black crabs
  • Swimming with rescued sea turtles at Salaam Cave
  • Mtende beach and a Swahili lunch

What is included

Included

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Guide throughout
  • Park and entry fees
  • Seaweed for feeding the turtles
  • Lunch and soft drinks
  • All government taxes

Not included

  • Tips, which are always optional

Before you travel

Pickup and meeting point

Hotel pickup in the morning. The drive to Jozani is about an hour from the east coast hotels and rather less from Stone Town.

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Where this trip goes

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