Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar – I took the 07:00 ferry a 1:45 hour journey arriving at 09:45, early morning and the seas were calm. Buy your ticket online from Azam Ferries cost US$35 each way. I was at the ferry terminal before 06:00, do not get there early because they only open the gates at 06:00. You are supposed to be there an hour before the ferry departs but people were turning up at the last minute. Comfortable seats and plenty of legroom. I did not have any luggage which gets loaded seperately and is chaos at the other end when getting off the ferry. You have to queue (I use the term loosely, it’s a mob hahaha) at immigration to fill in a form so bring a pen and then get your passport stamped.
Zanzibar City has a population of around 220,000. The main attraction is Stone town or the old city, many tourists, narrow streets, clean and a very nice place to visit. You can walk around everywhere. The most annoying thing about the place are the touts who follow you around and then ask for lunch money. Most of the attractions are closed so after two hours of walking around in hot and humid conditions I had lunch and waited for the return ferry at 16:00. The return ferry was packed being the last ferry of the day and the ride was rough, even I felt a little woozy, not nice.
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I hope you had a good trip to Zanzibar! Did you go to the house where Freddy Mercury was born? And get to see the pristine beaches on the island? In the evening, the Zanzibaris come out to play — and eat Street Food at Fordhani. I hope you did that as well!
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I was only there for the day, left at 4 PM. Many attractions were closed so could not see them.
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I’ve done this trip many years times! I used to get there two hours before early, now I get there twenty minutes ! There is always a seat ! Bring a jumper, the air conditioning is wild!
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