Find out all about new exciting seaside developments just outside Zanzibar city It’s all happening on the Fumba peninsula: Two major real estate developments creating modern living space with holiday flats and permanent family homes near the overcrowded capital. By ANDREA TAPPER Both aspiring seaside communities, started in 2015/16, fascinate locals as well as a […]
Revisiting colonial routes. For the first time, a water taxi connects Stone Town with the coastal heritage town Bagamoyo on the mainland. The trip takes about one hour. For tourists and residents, it opens up an excursion into the past. The endeavour is the brainchild of Joanna Turner, a cultural entrepreneur and daughter of a […]
In Fumba Town and elsewhere in Zanzibar In 2012, Airbnb listed three apartments in Zanzibar. Today, more than 1,000 holiday apartments and villas are found on the isles: from a shipping container in Paje to a tree house in Bwejuu. Two popular Airbnb hosts in Fumba explain what works best – for them and their […]
Living on Opportunity Lane. Let’s give our streets names! Fumba Town is growing, looking for a name concept for its streets, alleys and pedestrian lanes fitting a cosmopolitan, nature-loving community. Send us your ideas!Have you experienced this? You order take-away, and the piki driver calls you five times asking for directions before he finally stands […]
