Jozani Forest With The Seafood Lunch at The Rock restaurant

The Jozani Forest is located in the center of the Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park, 38 km Southeast of Stone Town. The forest is a great place to encounter many indigenous varieties of flora and fauna, including the Zanzibari Red Colobus Monkey

HIGHLIGHTS

·         Visit the Rock Restaurant which is a beautiful attraction

·         Discover different species of flora and fauna

·         Choose between a morning or afternoon departures

·         A well-trained and informative local guide

·         Walk on beautiful nature trail

·         Bird watching and photography

·         Walk the boardwalk through the turtle rehab center (OPTIONAL)

DESCRIPTION

Join us for an exciting tour and visit the Jozani Forest and the Rock Restaurant in one day! This tour can be either done in the morning or afternoon and takes half a day your program will start in the morning as soon as you finish your breakfast at 8:00 am

Our driver will be ready to pick you up from your hotel to Chwaka bay ready to explore the forest. The Jozani Forest is the only National Park in Zanzibar located in the center of the Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park, 38 km Southeast of Stone Town. The forest is a great place to encounter many indigenous varieties of flora and fauna, including the Zanzibari Red Colobus Monkey unique to Zanzibar, with less than 2000 remaining in the world. Other species that you might catch a glimpse of include Blue Sykes’ Monkeys, Bush Pigs, Aders Duiker Antelopes, Elephant Shrews, Chameleons, and numerous birds and butterflies.  

A guide will walk you around the ancient hardwood forest and mangrove swamps. Enjoy walking around this beautiful nature park on excellent nature trail with a well-trained and informative local guide.

The best time to see the wildlife of Jozani is early in the morning and it is open daily from 07:30 am to 5:00 pm. Visitors are advised to keep three meters between themselves and any wildlife and asked not to visit the forest if suffering any cold or flu-like symptoms. The monkeys, though susceptible to human diseases, have practically no resistance to them.

At the end of the tour you will also have a visit to the giant turtle sanctuary (OPTIONAL) and a boardwalk around the mangrove swamp and mangrove forest medical tropical herbs can be seen in this place.

A walk through this impressive flora and fauna is one of the highlights Zanzibar has to offer

After your visit to Jozani National Park you will continue your adventure and will be taken to the Rock restaurant, which is an extraordinary restaurant located on a rock in the middle of the Indian Ocean for a chance to savor local seafood. The perfect place to take some nice holiday pictures.

MEETING POINT

In front of the Old Fort in Stone Town, Mizingani Road, Zanzibar. One of the representatives will be waiting for you, alternatively, the driver and our tour guide will meet you at your beach hotel at an extra cost

WHAT TO BRING

·         Comfortable shoes

·         Sunscreen

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

·         Not suitable for wheelchair user

·         Pregnant women

·         Luggage or large bags not allowed

·         Pets not allowed