The flight went over night from Frankfurt to Zanzibar. Not much to see outside. But the arrival gave a first impression of this beautiful green island.

I can see the island

Zanzibar town

The airport

Island

On our way back we pass Kilimanjaro

and in Sudan we can see river Nile

The hotel is a nice resort named Neptune Pwani Beach, Resort and Spa

The hotel beach offered deck chairs in white sand under palm trees

and they had pools

Very beautifully arranged

Good food and nice dinner area

There was a show every single evening

Beach and sea are directly attached to the hotel. A white beach and a lagoon with a reef. In low and in high tide very nice. Water is about 86 F (30 C), it feels warm and is not refreshing.

Life on the beach

East coast of Zanzibar is kite surfer's paradise

Floatsam

Sea Urchin

Seaweed farms in shallow water

I go and ride a jetksi almost every day. I learn how to jump the waves at the reef. A lot of fun.

The guys from Extreme Water Sports get my toy ready

Then it is all about riding

But you can simply have a swim instead.

There are crabs on the beach

A hermit crab came to visit us

At night (seen with the camera's flash light) there are even more crabs.

And there are little wizards everywhere

Zanzibar is known as the island of the spices. So we had to make a tour to a spice farm.

Nutmeg

Nutmeg tree

Cassava

Cinnamon

Clove spice grows on trees

Licorice tree

Avocado

Starfruit

The jackfruit is big as a watermelon and tastes quite good.

Cardamon

Coffee

Pepper

Lemongras

Vanilla

Pineapple

The lipstick fruit is used to dye things - not just your lips

We let them make fools of us

You need to go the the National park because of the monkeys which live only there

There are red monkeys

and there are blue monkeys

And there is a mahogany forest

Tiny frogs

A mangrove forest

with red handed crabs in it

I book a tourist flight in a small airplane. Mohamed of Palm Tours has arranged for a flight with Cedriuk of ZRP.

The tower of Zanzibar airport

Heavy airplanes ahead

Zanzibar Town

Sugar cane farms

Beach at Mkokotoni

Nungwi Beach, Northern end of Zanzibar

East coast

Mnemba Island

Pwani Beach Extreme Water Sports Jetski Station

Neptune Pwani Beach, Resort and Spa

We scare some tourist with a little nose dive at Iwengwa Gulioni

Seaweed farms at Pongwe Beach

Kite surfers at Paje

Uzi Island top and Vundve Island bottom

Niamembe Island

Approach to Zanzibar airport

Back at Zanzibar airport

I had the chance to watch the full moon rising and the sun rising the morning after. Very beautiful

The moon shimmers at the horizon

There it is

Sunrise in the morning