Zanzibar

Welcome to Zanzibar which is popularly known as the Spice Island, but also for its astounding clear blue beaches, powdery white sands shaded by tall palm trees and fabulous marine life. Zanzibar and its surrounding islands are ranked highly for their marine life. It is also the home of the endemic Zanzibar Red Colobus, the endemic subspecies of the Blue Monkey and the tree Hyrax and the elusive Zanzibar Leopard. The most important forest is Jozani Forest, a small reminder of how Unguja’s forests once where. The word “Zanzibar” probably derives from the Persian Zangi-bar, “coast of the blacks”; it is known as Zanji-bar in Arabic.