Prison Island Tour Zanzibar- Mbega African Safaris - Tanzania Safaris

Prison Island Tour Zanzibar

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Day Trip
Group Size : No size Limit

Tour Overview

The Prison Island, also known as Changuu Island which is located in the western part of Zanzibar Island, just off Stone Town. It takes around 25 minutes by local boat riding from the Stone Town beach.
The island’s main attraction is the popular Giant Tortoises, who can live up to 200 years. In this tour, you will get a chance to explore and learn the history of these beautiful creatures and also about Prison Island itself.
You will be with our expert local tour guide who will be explaining each area of interest.
Apart from being a place where you can go to see the Giant Tortoises, it also is a perfect destination to do swimming, & Relaxing on the beach. Therefore after all information about the Island, then you will have time for swimming & relaxing on the beach.

What To Expect

Prison Island Tour with Zanzibar Local Tour Guides stone town zanzibar Book your half day tour to Prison Island today and have your local professional Zanzibari tour guide from us. All our guides are from Zanzibar with good knowledge of History with different languages. From English, French, German, Italian.
We only have local tour guides because we believe that they have better knowledge of Zanzibar and can provide you insider access that enables you to experience Zanzibar like a local.
Explore the Giant Tortoises in Prison Island tour
These Giant Aldabra Tortoises is one of the famous tourist attractions found in Prison island Zanzibar. They can be roughly 122 cm length and with an average weight of 250 kg (550 pounds).
They’re known to be one among the longest-lived animals in the world; at Prison island, the oldest tortoise is estimated to be 196 years old.
These tortoises were originally brought from Seychelles islands during the 18th Century, and they were as a gift, at that time they were 4 tortoises, but now the number has been compounded.