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Zanzibar Traditional Cooking Class

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Location
Kusini Pemba
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Duration
4 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English, French, Spanish, Italian, German
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Explore the art of Zanzibar cooking. Harvest spices and veggies, cook with ancestral tools, and discover culinary secrets on our enlightening and hands-on traditional cooking class.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Warmly welcome to join our Zanzibar traditional cooking class, with originality from our ancestors, all the cooking tools are copied from our old times when our grandparents enjoyed good days with food around coastal of Zanzibar. Cooking class with vegetable and spices harvesting in the farm will give you insight of uses of spices in the food and also as medicines! The lessons are extremely informative and full of learning and practical time.

What You Get

Entrances Fees
Bottled water during the tour
Experienced Professional Tour guide
Medical Insurance
International Flights
Visa

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

1

Darajani Bazaar

Take a tour with your chef through Darajani for market tour and learn on our culture of buying.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
2

SISO SPICE FARM

After shopping transfer to Dole village in the central part of Zanzibar for the spice tour. A guided walking tour passes through villages and spice plantations to harvest some of the ingredients with the Chef, and back to the class where we will cook together with three courses, and dessert. A walk through the farms as spice farms workers climbs trees, seek out specific plants, and cuts off various barks, letting you see, feel and taste everything. You will be decorated with palm-leaf accessories such as ties, rings, bracelets, and glasses. At the Spice farms, you will have an opportunity to taste some of the exotic fruits of Zanzibar.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Included
3

Dole

At the end of the hands-on cooking session, we sit down around and enjoy the 4-course meal together. our program runs throughout the year and can be joined by people of all ages. Our cooking classes are divided into two parts , cooking class and harvesting of organic vegetables and cooking class with spice tour. Duration 3 - 4 hours, it takes place once each day.
2 hours 40 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Darajani Street, Mjini Mjini Magharibi Region, Tanzania, TZ

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Darajani
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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from  $63.65 
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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in East Africa Time.
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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Earliest available date: June 28, 2025
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
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