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Duration
7 Days
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Tour Type
City Tour
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Group Size
10 People
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Package ID
EA-P 7DA

7 Days Pemba Island

It’s a 7 days package which takes you to the Virgin Island of Pemba. Pemba is a holiday island paradise with miles of sandy beaches, inspiring landscapes and water activities to entice visitors. The Island has lushly vegetated and hilly terrain, while lagoons and mangroves surround the coast and are interspersed with islets and idyllic beaches. Pemba offers some of the best diving and game fishing sites in East Africa. The island is much less developed. Pot-holed roads lead through villages where women in bright kangas sit and chat, ox-drawn carts are stacked high with fruit, and the air is filled with the smell of spices. You will visit Ngzi Rain Forest. The forest is covering an area of 3,600 acres, mostly comprising primary forest. Most seen in the forest include monkeys, bush babies, fruit bats and different kinds of birds, flowers, spices and natural lakes. If you are interested, we can also visit sacred places called “MIZIMU” which are used for making prayers and offerings to the spirits of the dead. Watch the friendly bates of Pemba – Gigantic fruit bates indigenous to Pemba Island. Gathering in mixed-sex groups of up to 850 individuals to roost. These are the Africa’s largest bat species. You will visit Vumawimbi, the longest beach in East Africa. Go to Chake Chake for the sightseeing, visit the spice plantations and Oil Distillery Factory. We will also take you to Misali Island. This island is world famous for it’s corals and nature. The island offers idyllic beaches and nature trails, boasts 42 types of corals, over 300 species of fish, a rare subspecies of vervet monkeys, rarely seen coconut crabs and a nesting site for green and hawksbill turtles.

Details

Travel Duration: 1.30 Hours
Meal Plan: Half Board
Accommodation: The Manta Resort
Meet and greet at Pemba Airport and drive to The Manta Resort, the treasured, remote island hideaway where you can feel the simplicity of a naturally evolved traditional Swahili Island culture – and timeless peace and quiet. Switch off your noisy, pressurised, polluted electronic world and enter a completely different one – not as a tourist, but as a sentient human being with simple needs - sunshine, fresh sweet-smelling air, natural food, a pristine comfortable bed and friendly company to care for you and yours. The Seafront Villas boast a spacious and private open-plan design, with an extended balcony and plunge pool. The villas feature a perfect blend of traditional Pemban decor with contemporary comfort. The Superior Garden Rooms boast a spacious and private open-plan design, with a four-posted king size bed and large en-suite bathroom. Attached is your own private garden with outside shower. Created from local materials and traditional Pemban decor with contemporary comfort. Enjoying the sunset with your significant other, romantic walks on coral white-sand beaches, candle-light dinners with a spectacular view over the endless ocean on the terrace of your very own seafront villa or adventurous and beautiful diving to glimpse the unique underwater world of Pemba Island. Dinner and overnight stay on all-inclusive basis.
Tour Duration: Full Day
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive
Accommodation: The Manta Resort
After breakfast we drive to kidike Flying Fox Forest to watch the friendly bates of Pemba – Gigantic fruit bates indigenous to Pemba Island which gives visitors a great opportunity to see these creatures up close. Gathering in mixed-sex groups of up to 850 individuals to roost, the Pemba flying fox creates quite a spectacle. These are the Africa’s largest bat species, a type of fruit bat with a wing span of up to 70cm and can weigh in at around half a kilo. From here we drive directly to Ngezi Rain Forest. The forest is covering an area of 3,600 acres, mostly comprising primary forest. Mjoho is the most common tree species of Ngezi's moist forest. Its canopy can be up to 35 meters above the ground. Another common specie in Ngezi is Mgulele, its broad crown of which can grow up to 45 meters. There are also monkeys, bush babies, fruit bats, different kinds of birds, flowers, spices and natural lakes. If you are interested, we can take some more time with you visiting the "cultural areas " these are parts of the forest which are sacred and people periodically sweep and clean to appease their ancestors. These sacred places called "MIZIMU" are used for prayers, requests and offerings to the spirits of the dead. Finally, from here we can either drive to Manta for lunch or Vumawimbi Beach for picnic lunch and leisure. Vumawimbi is the longest beach in East Africa and one of the best places to relax, soak up the sun and take a break from some busy sightseeing. In the late afternoon we drive back to the Hotel. Dinner and overnight stay on all-inclusive basis.
Main Activities: Explorer South & Transfer
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive
Lunch Time: 13h00 At Misali Sunset Beach
Accommodation: The Manta Resort
We take breakfast early in the morning and starts visiting Chake Chake, Oil Distillery and Spice farm. We leave for Chake Chake at 07h00 to explore the southern part of the island. Upon arrival at Mtambwe Village, your Tour Guide will escort you on a walking tour in the spice farms. This is where you can see variety of spices including cloves, lemongrass, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper and vanilla before visiting the oil distillery factory in Chake Chake Town where you will see how spices are made into oil. From here we drive further down to Chake Town to proceed with Sightseeing tour. The Business Town and the Capital of Pemba Island, Chake Chake is located in the middle of Pemba island about 15 minutes’ drive from Karume Airport. The Town offers a great chance for history and culture lovers to know and understand the history of Pemba through time. Lots of key buildings are still in place. You will get a chance to visit the old Slave Port, the Old fort, English Garden and City Market among others. After lunch and leisure, we drive back to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay on all-inclusive basis.
Tour Duration: Full Day
Meal Plan: Picnic Lunch at 12h30
Accommodation: The Manta Resort
At 07h00 after early breakfast we drive to Wesha where we will take our boat to Misali island. This island is world famous for it’s corals and nature. The island offers idyllic beaches and nature trails. Misali’s treasure is its rich ecosystem which boasts 42 types of corals, over 300 species of fish, a rare subspecies of vervet monkeys, rarely seen coconut crabs and a nesting site for green and hawksbill turtles. Snorkeling here is breath-taking! Even close to the beach it’s possible to see bigger fishes. Unlike most places in Pemba, the tides make no difference to these activities. Among the locals, Misali has religious status as they believe the prophet Hadhara used the island as his prayer mat. The strong Islamic environmental maintenance ethic is used to support management and environment education, and the island is a 'sacred gift' to the earth from the Islamic faith as part of an ecumenical Millennium celebration arranged by the World Wildlife Fund in Nepal in November 2000. After the tour we take lunch and relax until late afternoon when we drive back to the hotel for leisure, dinner and stay overnight on all-inclusive basis.
Activity: Full Leisure Days
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive
Accommodation: The Manta Resort
These are your days to relax on the beach and explore the natural beauty of the village and Resort’s environment. You are free to go on swimming on the Indian Ocean Waters, stay idol beside the Hotel swimming pool or just have a walk to discover the village life. Pemba is a rare gem. A remote tropical and pristine island off the east coast of Africa, untouched by mass tourism. Home to compassion, simplicity and time. In this tranquil and beautiful corner of the world you’ll be able to fully enjoy the company of each other. Undisturbed by anything but the disconnected joy of the present and the untroubled peaceful atmosphere that dreams are made of. If you are interested in marine excursions, the Indian Ocean floor is hard to beat. Many of its islands and atolls are protected by a coral barrier that creates lagoons of emerald water, perfect for snorkeling. On the other side of the reef, more experienced divers can find underwater landscapes that will take your breath away. With a tropical climate, the water temperature never drops below 22ºC, which means almost any time of the year is good for diving. The visibility exceeds 40 metres at some dive sites, so you can even give yourself the luxury of going on a night dive. Put on your fins and enjoy the action! Otherwise, you are completely free today. Dinner and overnight stay on all-inclusive basis.
Check Out Time: 10h00
Airport Travel Duration: 1.5 Hours
Meal Plan: Breakfast Only
Depending on your flight time, after breakfast you can relax on the beach, lie beside the swimming pool reading your books or just walk around the village to wait for your pick-up time to Pemba Airport where you will catch your flight to Dar es salaam, Zanzibar or to any other destination. End of our services.
Destination Pemba
Included
  • Transfer from Airport to the Hotel, transfer from Hotel back to Airport,
  • 4 nights accommodation based on all-inclusive,
  • explorer north tour
  • explore south tour
  • lunch and guide service for all mentioned tours
  • bottled drinking water while on tours and transfer,
  • travel permit
  • entry fee
  • government tax and VAT.

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