Dolphins, Kizimkazi & Red Colobus monkeys - Private Tour in Zanzibar

For the Dolphins, Kizimkazi & Red Colobus monkeys - Private Tour in Zanzibar Dolphin tour in Zanzibar is an exclusive private tour starting with pick-up early morning directly from your hotel in Zanzibar city area. We firstly go to the Kizimkazi fishing village on the south coast of the island to have a Dolphin watching boat trip and, moreover, the main attraction on this part of our private tour tour is being able to swim close to the dolphin.

Dolphins of Zanzibar are friendly marine mammals and not harmful to human life. Many tourists in the world pay special attentions to visit destinations they can see dolphins with easy. For those who are lucky they can even get to play with them for couple of hours, the village is the home to several schools of fish and bottle-nosed dolphins and Humpback dolphins, which are found just few metres from the beach. Please understand that the Dolphins, Kizimkazi & Red Colobus monkeys - Private Tour in Zanzibar is simply better to start in the morning because of availability is easer than evening and because when the sea water becomes warm it is hard to find dolphins. The tour date can be a subject to change when weather condition is not fair. If the weather is not suitable we will inform you before in order to postpone the private tour date. You may also call us in the morning for the reconfirmation of your hotel pickup.

For those who would like to do snorkeling and swimming with dolphins, please come with your swimming suits and be ready to get wet, masks, sun screen and towels.

Also at Dimbani you will have the opportunity to visit the Kizimkazi Mosque which is a mosque situated on the southern tip of the island of Zanzibar in Tanzania and is one of the oldest Islamic buildings on the East African coast. Despite its name, it is located in Dimbani, not Kizimkazi (this is because the official names of these two joined villages are Kizimkazi Dimbani and Kizimkazi Mtendeni). According to a preserved Kufic inscription, it was built in 1107 by settlers from Shiraz. Although the inscription and certain coral-carved decorative elements date from the period of construction, the majority of the present structure was rebuilt in the 18th century.

Another part of our trip is exploring the nature of Zanzibar - Jozani Forest Tour is done at Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park is a 50 kilometres square national park of Tanzania located on the island of Zanzibar. It is the only national park in Zanzibar. The Zanzibar red colobus, Procolobus Kirkii (its population count is about 1000) found in the park, a rain forest species (unlike the black-and-white colobus found in other regions of Africa). Red colobus monkey also known as Kirk's red colobus, named after Sir John Kirk, the British Resident of Zanzibar who had first brought it to the attention of zoological science. It is now adopted as the flagship species for conservation in Zanzibar, from the mid-1990s.

Other species of fauna found in the park are the Sykes monkey, bush babies, more than 50 species of butterfly and 40 species of birds. The nocturnal Zanzibar tree hyrax, which has four ‘toes’ on its front feet and three on its back, is said to be the first hyrax species that has acclimatized to the forest. As part of the tourism circuit, the park attracts many visitors to Zanzibar every year.

Another animal in the forests of the Unguja Island unequaled elsewhere is the Zanzibar leopard (Panthera pardus adersi). In the local legend, this reportedly extinct species, has been given a mythical status and is called 'Chui' and is part of the superstitious beliefs of the people. People believe that sorcerers keep this animal as their pet and scare people by spinning stories that the animal appears like spirits and disappears into thin air. It was last reported in 1999 and officials, and men working on the “coral rag” lands of the southern and eastern Ungula Island are assertive that the species is not extinct, though it has not been sighted since 2003. The last sighting reported in 2002-2003 was of two leopards. Photographs of live examples of the species are not known to exist, although a stuffed example is a museum display in Zanzibar Museum, and a few skins exist in museums in London and Massachusetts. Trail camera footage from a 2018 American documentary television series does appear to have captured proof of the leopard's existence and will undoubtedly spark renewed interest and further protective enforcements. A smaller leopard with spots, which is a biological product of the larger animal, is seen now in the island.

The sea grass beds of the Chwaka Bay, fringed with mangrove forests, are important breeding grounds for marine organisms, including open sea fish species. The mangroves are also good breeding grounds for birds. An Integrated Conservation and Development (ICD) planning for the area is under consideration. The bay is also proposed to be declared a Ramsar Site and is placed on the Tanzanian Tentative List for World Heritage Sites to recognize its unique natural and cultural assets with due consideration of proposed conservation efforts.

The Dolphins, Kizimkazi & Red Colobus monkeys - Private Tour in Zanzibar is the unique option to discover real Zanzibar with its nature, native animals, culture and traditions in a company of one of the best private tour guides in Zanzibar. You can be sure you will fall in love with the island of Zanzibar after this private tour!