zanzibar kilosas conservation — Local services in Unguja

For 10 dollars you get a friendly tour guide who provides you with a lot of information and with food for the animals also. Not a big tour but you can go almost anywhere inside the cages. You can decide where to go, you dont have to go in the cage if you dont want to. They told us they take care of the animals so that is why there were no bushbabies because they observed that the place was small for them although they were free, not in cages. Dikdiks were wiggling their tails, the animals seemed happy. They let out a few animals and they change which ones. You can make good pictures with the monkeys and other animals. You will have fruit juice on you so dont go in pretty and light coloured clothes. The names of the...

One of the best experiences we had in Zanzibar, even better than Mnemba Island or Nakupenda. This is not a zoo — it’s a sanctuary where animals affected by Zanzibar’s growth are cared for and protected.

The manager gave us a personal, funny, and welcoming tour, introducing us to the friendliest monkeys, turtles of all sizes, ostriches, and more. Feeding and interacting with them was heart-warming and unforgettable.

We were so inspired by their work that we gave an extra donation — tickets are very cheap (only $10) and they clearly have many mouths to feed. As Zanzibar grows, I pray this conservation receives the support and tourism it needs to thrive. Much respect and love to the...

It’s a small zoo, but we got lots of pleasure during the visit. We had a guide who took us around the zoo, and he was telling us about the animals, and also helped us to interact with some of them. So we touched chameleons, and let them crawl on our arms and even on the hats. We also went to the cage with monkeys, and the guide was feeding them mango, and they were jumping around, that was really fun. Also we saw little antelopes dik-diks, crocodile, tortoises, ostriches and bush-babies (these were sleeping among the leaves). The visit was not very long, maybe around one hour, as we played quite long with chameleons...