Pemba spice tour

All about the trip

On this Pemba spice tour, you will gain an insight into the local tropical fruits, spices, and rare species of plants. Depending on the season you will see and taste vanilla, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, turmeric, lemongrass, cloves, ylang-ylang, cumin, etc.

There are so many spice farms on the island. Our experienced professional tour guide or the owner shows you around his farm and informs you of all the secrets that these spices hold. 80% of the world’s clove harvest comes from Pemba Island. This tour will take you to some of the most interesting Pemba’s clove and other spice plantations.

Walking in the spice plantation to sense the spice of the Island.

While spices no longer dominate zanzibar’s economy as they once did, there are still numerous spice plantations scattered on the island which make an interesting visit. Friendly, knowledgeable, and informative tour guides will escort you on a walking tour in the spice farms, picking bunches of leaves, fruit, and twigs from bushes and trees, inviting you to smell or taste them to guess what they are.

This is a half-day tour through wete old road to mtambwe village where you can see a variety of spices before visiting the oil distillery located 4 kilometers from chake chake town center at wawi village. Pemba actually produces the majority of spices exported from tanzania. During this spice tour, expect to see cloves, lemongrass, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper, and vanilla. You will also visit the essential oil distillery to see how spices are made into oil.