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July 8, 2025

Go Kayaking with no limits

Location Adventure: off-the-beaten track The Bottom Line: Nice sport, delicious food Some people are sporty by nature. Others would not dream of paddling with a kayak on the Indian Ocean. The Membe Kayak Club on the southern tip of the Fumba peninsula caters to both groups. The club is best known by locals and expats

June 23, 2025

Beach Club Fever

THE FUMBA TIMES tested six popular newcomers and classics on the island It was just a matter of time before a worldwide holiday trend would catch up with Zanzibar: the dazzling pupularity of beach clubs. Two stunning newcomers, Le Saint Tropez and Nanasi, have opened in Zanzibar recently. The very first beach club on the

June 16, 2025

Movie time in Mbweni

Attention, movie fans! In the unusual but charming surroundings of Mbweni Ruins the Arthouse movie club has found a new home, presenting film classics and new releases every Wednesday. The shows take place in a well-kept outdoor section of the ruins with no more ceiling but within beautiful historic walls. Comfortable lounges and chairs almost

June 10, 2025

ONE, TWO, THREE – SOLD!

Zanzibar: new holiday apartments in the midst of Paje in spectacular sale By Andrea Tapper Surf hotspot Paje is getting a brand-new picturesque centre with residences, boutiques and cafés. Everything about the urban-yet-beachy Zanzibar development called Paje Square seems unique: the look, the scope and a completely new sales process. What is advertised as the

May 26, 2025

Murals with a Mission

Saving wildlife through stunning art in Zanzibar By Andrea Tapper Ten artists, ten masterpieces, one wild cause. In Fumba Town recently, young mural masters from East Africa revealed the secret of just how to get a painting on a wall. Their art is here to stay. Chimps on a house facade, a Rothschild giraffe in

May 19, 2025

Moving to Tanzania

How to relocate easily with a family Not only has she relocated her family of five several times from Southeast Asia to America, from Germany to Tanzania. Christine Schuppener has made “transition coaching” her profession. For our series “With kids in Zanzibar”, she has some surprising practical and psychological tips for the big move. Since

May 14, 2025

Air Traffic Triples in Four Years

More than two million passengers frequented the international airports in Zanzibar and Pemba in 2024. Nothing illustrates the tourism boom in Zanzibar better than the traffic numbers at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (AAKIA) and the much smaller Karume Airport in Pemba. Between 2020 and 2024 the number of passengers more than tripled from 660,000

May 5, 2025

New Dada New Orleans

New Orleans has become a sister-city of Zanzibar – mayors, chefs and universities are excited. An American lady chef in Stone Town, Ashley Maybe of The Box in the old post office, was instrumental in getting the sisterhood between New Orleans (360,000 inhabitants) and Zanzibar City (216, 000 inhabitants) off the ground. Culinary, university and

April 28, 2025

In a Different Time Zone

New private luxury island Bawe opens for business By Andrea Tapper The first of 19 private islands recently given away by the government, luxurious Bawe, has opened to guests. From Italian country style cooking to your own water villa on stilts – nothing is amiss in paradise. As long as you are prepared to part