Zanzibar. After several small plane flights through the Serengeti we got on a bigger plane to head to Zanzibar. The island off the coast of mainland Tanzania was once its own country until it merged with Tanganyika in 1964 to form what is now Tanzania. Its historic centre, Stone Town, is a World Heritage Site. Stone Town is the former capital of the Zanzibar Sultanate, and was a flourishing centre of the spice trade as well as the slave trade in the 19th century, it retained its importance as the main city of Zanzibar during the period of the British protectorate. When Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined each other to form the United Republic of Tanzania, Zanzibar kept a semi-autonomous status, with Stone Town as its local government seat.

It was a long drive across the island to the east side of Zanzibar where we stayed at a lovely resort called Qambani. Those are the pictures of the stone house and the views of the rocky beach at sunset.

We spent our last evening closer to the airport at a really nice boutique hotel in Stone Town called Upendo House. The food was really great! We took a walking tour of the town and learned a lot of history about the country, its people, and its former status as a slave trade depot.