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Jozani Forest & Pete Nature Explorer

This fun, action packed tour is for those who want to enjoy the nature of Zanzibar and help preserve it.

The tour begins with a walk deep into the forest of Jozani. It is a showcase for the biodiversity on Zanzibar: with very tall Mahogany trees, mangroves and salt marches to the north, and dry coral rag forest on the high ground. The forest is home to the Red Colobus monkey, an extremely rare species endemic to Zanzibar; only 2000 remain in the world, Sykes and Vervet monkey, Bushbaby, Elephant shrew, Bushpig, Civet cat, Chameleons and several larger snakes. The Red Colobus monkeys however, prefer the unripe fruit and leaf of the trees on the other side of the road. Each monkey has it’s own special facial expression, we will take time to watch the behaviour of the monkeys, we will see how they jump from tree to tree and how they groom each other.

The state of the forest on Zanzibar, outside the park boundaries is quite alarming the trees are vanishing quickly due to the population growth and the use of firewood. We have designed this tour in such a way that the people of Pete village can generate an income from tourism will preserve the forest. We will board oxcarts and ride through the villages that surround the forest towards the Pete inlet and after a Swahili lunch we will make a trip in a canoe through the mangrove forest.

We will end our tour with a visit to the Zanzibar Butterfly Center. a community project. the Center generates income by tourism and by harvesting the butterfly pupae’s and selling them to collectors and other butterfly centers across the world. The butterfly garden is the largest butterfly enclosure in east Africa and it houses only species of Zanzibar butterflies. It is very interesting to learn more about the fascinating life cycle of the butterfly, it’s enemies and it’s clever way of imitation and fooling the predators eye.
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e-mail: info@zanzibarkawatours.com phone: 00255754526459 P.O.box 3612, Stonetown, Zanzibar, Tanzania