Prison Island Half Day Tour from Zanzibar ARP Travel Group

(8 customer reviews)

$65.00

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Prison Island Half-Day Tour from Zanzibar USD 51. See the giant land tortoises of Prison Island, or Changuu Island, on a half-day trip from Zanzibar, with time to swim, snorkel, and sunbathe. Just a 30-minute boat ride from Stone Town, Prison Island has a beautiful beach, clean water, and fascinating history as a yellow fever quarantine station. Both morning and afternoon departures to Prison Island are available, and the trip includes hotel transfers and all entrance fees..
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8 reviews for Prison Island Half Day Tour from Zanzibar ARP Travel Group

  1. Terrence K

    Poor communication, as the trip was scheduled for first day, not accomplished until last day.
    Buy SIM card upon arrival, so you can have Internet and a phone here!
    Guide was personable, spoke great English, even helped us buy souvenirs in town and showed us the Mercury House, home of Freddy Mercury!
    Highlight of trip was Giant Tortoises, which are fed at 1000 and 1600 daily!
    Half Day trip was enough time to take in the sights of Prison Island. Don’t forget your camera!

  2. Jeanette P

    Nice 30 minute boat trip out to Prison Is. once out there there wasn’t much to see, except the amazing Tortoises up to 192 years old. Loved Stone Town however and saw Freddy Mercurys house and restaurant. Fabulous town.

  3. Deepak

    It was HOT! Take sufficient water.
    Interesting history from info supplied by guide 7.5/10 good.
    Tortoises are originally from Seychelles.
    Worthwhile to do this tour. At end you can have drinks and eats in the prison courtyard that was never used as prison

  4. Erika d

    Perfectly organised, courteous and knowledgeable guide. Went the extra mile for us when we wanted to snorkel. Highly recommended

  5. anexpatabroad15

    The Prison Island Tour is a quick hop from Stone Town in a small covered wooden show. The highlight is the giant tortoises that reside here, everything else including the snorkelling was pretty average

  6. Marta_M

    Guider was amazing! Place is beautiful! Weather was fantastic and water was really clear. I recommend it to all.

  7. Luiza_R

    What a terrible experience. When we got to the island our tour guide explained the most obvious things such as: turtles like water. When we proceeded to visit the prison part of the island the trainee couldn’t explain anything. He could barely speak english. What we learned about the place we read at the entrance. He couldn’t answer basic questions such as “when was the prison built”. I would say paying for a guide here is a rip off. Just try to get a boat at the marine that takes you there and se the prison and pay for the turtle part yourself. When we were getting out it was so windy there were a lot of waves, we couldn’t even snorkel. So definitely go in the morning

  8. Pieter_B

    Very nice trip to prison island. Great driver and car and our guide was very friendly and informative on what we visited.

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