Itinerary
- Day 1
Arrival in Zanzibar
You'll arrive in Kitogani and get settled at Mother Nature Forest Camp Jozani starting at noon with a welcome drink of fresh tropical fruit juice. Depending on when you land, there's a chance to visit Zanzibar Turtles and Tortoise Land educational park and do a cultural tour through the village to see how people live alongside nature. If you get there later in the day, you'll focus on just the turtle park. Dinner happens back at camp where you can listen to nocturnal wildlife sounds around you.
- Meals
- Welcome drink (Fresh tropical fruit juice), Dinner
Included Activities
- Welcome drink of fresh tropical fruit juice
- Visit to Zanzibar Turtles and Tortoise Land (depending on arrival time)
- Cultural Tour of Muungoni Village (depending on arrival time)
Landmarks/POIs Zanzibar Turtles and Tortoise Land Jozani Forest National Park - Day 2
Mangroves Canoe Trip or Bicycle Tour
After breakfast, you've got options for how to spend your time. The main choice is a guided mangrove canoe trip where you'll paddle through the forest and spot birds and other animals in their natural setting. If you did the village tour yesterday, you can extend the canoe experience to reach remote Uzi Island with lunch included there. Another option is a half-day bicycle tour heading down to Makunduchi Village in southern Zanzibar, which takes about 5 hours total including a 1-hour lunch break. That route covers a cave visit, meeting a traditional voodoo priest, climbing the highest lighthouse, and walking through Zanzibar's second biggest mosque. What you do depends partly on the tide schedule.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Mangroves Canoe Trip
- Cultural Tour of Muungoni Village (if not completed on Day 1)
Optional Activities
- Extension to Uzi Island (additional cost, includes lunch on island)
- Bicycle Tour to Makunduchi Village (alternative to canoe trip) - includes cave visit with stalactites and stalagmites, visit to traditional voodoo priest, lighthouse climb, and Makunduchi Mosque visit (approximately 5 hours including 1-hour lunch break)
Landmarks/POIs Mangrove Forest Uzi Island Makunduchi Village Makunduchi Mosque - Day 3
Jozani Forest & Butterfly Centre
You'll cycle with a guide to Jozani Forest National Park after breakfast and look for the endemic Red Colobus Monkeys there. From there, you walk through the deep groundwater forest full of giant vegetation, then cross the mangrove forest on a boardwalk and stop by a marine turtle conservation project. After that comes the DADA collective, a local girls and women empowerment project where lunch happens and you'll watch traditional loom weaving. Next stop is the Zanzibar Butterfly Centre in Pete Village, which is East Africa's largest butterfly aviary, and you'll see all the local butterfly species. You'll cycle back to Muungoni by evening for dinner.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (At DADA collective), Dinner
Included Activities
- Bicycle ride to Jozani Forest National Park
- Guided walk through Jozani Forest National Park to observe Red Colobus Monkeys
- Walk through groundwater forest
- Boardwalk through mangrove forest
- Visit to marine turtle conservation project
- Visit to DADA collective with traditional loom presentation
- Visit to Zanzibar Butterfly Centre
- Bicycle ride back to camp
Landmarks/POIs Jozani Forest National Park DADA collective Zanzibar Butterfly Centre Pete Village - Day 4
Nature Trail & Permaculture Gardens
Starting with breakfast at the accommodation, you'll walk a guided nature trail and learn about local plants and how the community uses them for food, medicines, and building materials. Then you head to permaculture gardens sponsored by World Unite!, where you'll see sustainable farming practices that keep the camp fed using minimal resources. Lunch wraps up your final day in the forest.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch
Included Activities
- Nature Trail walk with guide
- Visit to permaculture gardens
Landmarks/POIs Jozani Forest
