Making the Most of Tanzania

With the time ticking by before we leave Tanzania, we wanted to use Andrew's week off  work to enjoy this beautiful country while we still have the opportunity.

So we headed across to Zanzibar. We only had 5 nights on this exotic island of outstanding beauty, so we determined to make the most of it!
We spent 2 nights in historic Stone Town, which included a day's outing to the Spice Farm (see below). In Stone Town itself, we enjoyed exploring the historic, narrow alley-ways. We admired the intricately carved doors which Zanzibar is famous for. We marvelled at the incredible fish market, where huge freshly-caught tuna dwarfed the piles of opaque octopus laid out on floor mats, ready to be purchased.

Stone Town:

We also enjoyed walking along by the harbour wall and seeing the sun set on the calm waters of the Indian Ocean:

After Stone Town, we headed south east and spent 3 days at the beach. It was stunning. This is what we saw from our balcony:

This was outside our beach-front door- unspoilt, beautiful beaches of white sand and lots of sea-life to discover in the rock pools at low tide ( crabs, lion-fish, star-fush to name but a few that we saw and collected and examined in the kid's buckets!):

A few steps away from our room:

And the chance to swim in a gorgeous setting near the sea, even when the tide was low!

It was an amazing location and fantastic to be able to make the most of a just one small part of Tanzania's many beautiful destinations. It was also good to get to the sea-side and make the most of Tanzania's coastal gems before moving to land-locked South Sudan. I'm not sure that I fancy swimming in the River Nile... moving on will be a different experience all round!