Explore the north of Pemba

All about the trip

Start your day with a private pick-up from your hotel for the full day trip to the north of Pemba for visiting Flying Fox Forest. The Pemba flying fox is very social and has been found in large colonies only recently. The Pemba flying fox is found only on Pemba Island, Tanzania. The island was originally forested, but only remnants of the primary forest remain. Estimates of the status of the Pemba flying fox have varied considerably recently. Most flying foxes eat fruit and are also called fruit bats. Fruit bats are ecologically and economically important because they pollinate and disperse the seeds of wild and commercial plants. Pemba Island is home to 4 species of Old World fruit bats (Megachiroptera).

On the way to Vumawimbi Beach, we will visit the Ngezi Forest, Ngezi is one of the last remaining areas of primary forest that once covered western Pemba. It’s notable in that it resembles the highland rainforests of East Africa more than the lowland forests found on Zanzibar. Ngezi is home to the Pemba flying fox, a bat endemic to the island.

We will end our day by visiting Vumawimbi Beach which is located on the east side of the Ngezi peninsula. A cooler box of fruits, lunch box, and refreshments are brought along or we will get delicious seafood lunch at Manta Resort. This is a 15-minute boat ride from the Vumawimbi Beach on the most northern point of Pemba Island. Vumawimbi beach is one of the most stunning stretches of white sand beach on the Zanzibar archipelago, and it’s entirely free of hotels and tourism development.

It’s a pretty isolated spot, so bring some company and finish off your day with a secret picnic and enjoy some idyllic views that are pretty close to heaven. For now, it remains a gloriously local beach, with most traffic children or oxcarts. After tours, you will be dropped off at your hotel.