Day 1: Arrive in Zanzibar Stone town, Then Transfer to Prison Island

Today after arriving at the airport in Zanzibar our staff will be there at the airport ready to pick you up and transfer you to your accommodation in Stone town Zanzibar, after check in at your hotel, you will board on a boat for a good-half-an-hour ride to Prison Island also known as Changuu island or Quarantine Island. The island was once used by an Arab slave trader to contain the more troublesome slaves he had brought from the African mainland to prevent their escape before shipping them to the Arabian purchasers, or for auctioning in Zanzibar slave trade market. The slaves were dumped on the island, while on this island enjoy the snorkeling, see the largest tortoises in this island. Historically the prison idea was to send violent criminals from the Tanganyika mainland to the Prison Island. The Prison Island ended up being used as a quarantine center, instead of a prison, for yellow fever epidemics that once raged through the region. Today you finish the day on this island and get transferred back to Stone town where you will spend a night before next day schedules.