SAVE 20% OFF regular tour prices on our February Sauti za Busara tour

as long as you book on or before JANUARY 30th with full payment.

SAUTI ZA BUSARA MUSIC FESTIVAL TOUR: FEB. 10 - 20, 2010

10 nights - LAND ONLY Fully hosted and all inclusive.

Day 1 (Feb. 10, 2010) Meet and greet at Zanzibar International Airport. Coach transfer to hotel in Stonetown.

Day 2 Breakfast. Meet in lobby as tour group: 9 a.m. following breakfast. Walking tour of this fascinating Swahili town includes: House of Wonders ( Naitonal Museum ), the old Fort ( Ngome Kongwe ) as well as the Anglican Cathedral which now occupies the site of Africa's last slave market - closed down in 1873 by a reluctant Sultan at the insistence of the British. Lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon, there is the Carnival street parade that gets the Festival started - featuring a beni brass band, drummers, wanandege ( umbrella women ), dancers, stilt walkers and acrobats. Dinner at hotel. After dinner Festival performance.

Day 3 Breakfast. Zanzibar's climate has always been ideal for the cultivation of spices - cinnamon,cardamom, nutmeg and cloves to name a few. This morning, we go on a tour of a local spice farm or shamba. Useful medicinal/culinary information plus the chance to taste and smell each spice. Afterwards, a real "spice of life" lunch. After lunch we are back to the hotel and free time and/or Festival event or performance. Each guest will have a VIP pass to all Festival events/performances. Dinner at a local restaurant featuring Swahili cuisine which might include for example: fresh fish in coconut sauce, a tamarind casserole or perhaps some spicy prawn soup! After dinner - Festival performance/event.

Day 4 Breakfast. This morning we visit the music school in Stonetown and learn more about educational opportunities for local young people and what they teach, etc.
Afterwards, we are in for a real treat and exclusive for our tour: a private visit to the Zanzibar Culture Club and a special live concert by the renowned Zanzibar Taarab Orchestra. Lunch on own today and rest of afternoon free. Dinner at local restaurant.
Festival event/concert in evening.

Day 5 Breakfast. On the coach for a visit to the Jozani Forest which is the largest remaining piece of indigenous forest located in the island's first national park. The nature reserve is home to varied wildlife including red colubus monkeys, Syke's blue monkeys, antelopes and varied birdlife. Next we head for the famous Mbweni ruins, south of Stonetown. The Anglican Mission School, built in 1875, educated girls freed from slavery. The school's first headmistress was Caroline Thackeray - cousin to novelist William Thackeray. Sir John Kirk was Britain's first Consul General to Zanzibar and had accompanied Livingstone ( who spent some time in Zanzibar ) up the Zambesi as chief botanist. Kirk built a botanical gardens full of exotic palms, sausage trees and flowers. Lunch at the nearby clifftop restaurant at the Mbweni Ruins Hotel. Return to hotel with rest of afternoon free. Dinner on own tonight.

Day 6 Breakfast. Free day today. Lunch on your own. Dinner at local restaurant. After dinner: Festival performance/event and/or some time to explore Stonetown's nightlife.

Day 7 Breakfast. We head out to nearby Prison Island for a day trip - good swimming/snorkeling apparently. Back to hotel by late afternoon. Dinner at local restaurant. Last night of Festival tonight.

Day 8 Breakfast Checkout. Transfer to the beach and check into the first rate Sultan Sands Resort. Time to chill at this lovely beach resort complete with Zanzibarian spa and PADI dive centre, with dive boat.

Day 9 B & D.

Day 10 B & D.

Day 11 Breakfast. Checkout and airport transfer via coach to Zanzibar International Airport for flights back home. End of services.

INCLUDED: Airport and resort transfers on Zanzibar, all breakfasts and most meals (except where indicated on itinerary), hotel accommodations, V.I.P. Festival pass to all events/performances.

NOT INCLUDED: International Airfare, airport departure taxes, extra alcoholic drinks at lunch/dinner, tips for guide, driver and restaurant service. Tanzanian tourist visa.

COST: (LAND ONLY) £1450 p.p. based on double occupancy £ 1800 p.p. based on single occupancy $2350 p.p. based on double occupancy $2950 p.p. based on single occupancy 1590 Euros p.p. based on double occupancy 1975 Euros p.p. based on single occupancy 20% OFF discount applies, as long as you book with 100% deposit on or before January 30, 2010

At least 50% deposit payable at time of booking. Balance in full must be paid at least 30 days prior to departure.

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