Eye on Africa

Finally the new museum dedicated to Freddie Mercury in Zanzibar is open. In the city of Stone Town, the place that gave birth to the leader of the Queen, finally a proper place is dedicated to the memory of Freddie Mercury. Previous Next Born from the passion of an italian businessman and a friend ofContinue reading "Zanzibar: Freddie Mercury Museum"

The Miza cave (Mwanamiza) is founding in the Kizimkazi Dimbani village, in the south of Zanzibar Island. We already talked about Kizimkazi in this tale: "Kizimkazi's Dolphin and fishermen" There are 3 reasons why Miza cave is known. It’s a pure fresh water sustain for the village around, because from its gorge a pump pullContinue reading "Zanzibar: Miza cave"

Another common excursion on the island of Zanzibar is in Jozani Chwaka National Park to spot the endemic Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey. The Jozani Forest is located in the centre of the Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park, 38 km South East of Stone Town. The forest is a great place to encounter many indigenous varieties ofContinue reading "Zanzibar: Jozani Red Colobus Monkey"

In all the years spent visiting Zanzibar island, there is one place where I fall in love. There you can smell the real essence of Africa. Bububu is a village with a old past of the first railway in East Africa and a present of palace ruins lost in mangrooves and bushes. It is locatedContinue reading "Zanzibar: Bububu, railway, ruins and Africa"

At the southern tip of Zanzibar Island, Kizimkazi is a sleepy fishermen village in the south of the island and the best place on Unguja to spot and swim with the dolphins. Visitors from all over Zanzibar come here to take a boat ride across the clear blue waters of Menai Bay Conservation Area to see the dolphins. IfContinue reading "Zanzibar: Kizimkazi’s dolphins and fishermen"