Zanzibar

After a 6am breakfast we transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for our morning flight to Zanzibar.

On arrival we're transferred to The Tembo House Hotel in the ancient Stone Town for the next 3 nights.

One of the many streets in Stone Town

Zanzibar is quite different from the mainland and predominantly Muslim. It's a very vibrant city famous for its slave trade. For the first time on our travels we are amongst many tourists and people trying to sell their wares.

 After lunch we began an historic tour of this fascinating former slave market town. We were led down into the underground chambers where the slaves were chained and held ready for sale in crammed conditions with some dying from suffocation. It was a sobering experience. This slave trade was dominated by Arab slave traders and remained legal here until 1897. 

The rest of the afternoon was free. Once the evening food market was set up we took a walk down the street and found ourselves some delicious BBQ food.