زنجبار (المدينة الحجرية)

Leave luggage at the airport left-luggage desk or a partner storage point on the route (marked ★). Carry only essentials and your passport.

Outside EU roaming: buy an eSIM before you travel or a prepaid SIM at an official carrier shop (bring your passport).

Cards at hotels, malls and bigger restaurants; local cash for markets, taxis and stalls. Withdraw at ATMs inside banks or malls.

Tip 10% in restaurants; tourist prices are often in dollars, but paying in shillings is cheaper.

Drink bottled or filtered water and avoid ice of doubtful origin; check that bottles are sealed.

Use app or hotel taxis, keep your phone away in the street and avoid walking after dark in empty areas. Traffic drives on the left. Since 2024 Zanzibar requires its own travel insurance, bought online before arrival.

Type G (and D) sockets, 230 V: bring an adapter.

Toilets in malls, museums and cafés; some public ones charge a little and paper goes in the bin, not the bowl.

A conservative Muslim island: in Stone Town cover shoulders and knees; swimwear only on the beach. During Ramadan don't eat or drink in the street by day.