Identify Zanzibar spices
Find four spices at a market in Zanzibar or elsewhere and take turns guessing their scent and possible uses.
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A date with a touch of Tanzania.
Choose a plan that suits the region: a market breakfast, coffee, culture or a quiet coastal walk.
Browse the ideas4 plans you can actually try.
Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.
Coffee with a story of its origins
Taste two Tanzanian coffees and look up which regions the beans come from together.
Stone Town during the cooler hours
Walk a short public route through Stone Town on Zanzibar and each choose a favorite door, façade or square.
Cooking class with a local market stop
Find a small-group cooking class you can book in advance and choose one dish together that you would like to make at home after the trip.
Combine two local ideas
Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.
A date at home
- Identify Zanzibar spices
Can't get to a spice market? Do the same scent test at home with spices from the cupboard.
- Cooking class with a local market stop
Find a small-group cooking class you can book in advance and choose one dish together that you would like to make at home after the trip.
Go out and taste something
- Stone Town during the cooler hours
Walk a short public route through Stone Town on Zanzibar and each choose a favorite door, façade or square.
- Coffee with a story of its origins
Taste two Tanzanian coffees and look up which regions the beans come from together.
Try two new things
- Identify Zanzibar spices
Find four spices at a market in Zanzibar or elsewhere and take turns guessing their scent and possible uses.
- Coffee with a story of its origins
Taste two Tanzanian coffees and look up which regions the beans come from together.
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