Take a walk along the white sand beaches of Zanzibar. A two-hour boat ride off the shore of Tanzania lies the island of Zanzibar in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, Zanzibar beaches are some of the best in the world.
The bright blue waters reminded me of Negril, Jamacia, and the bright white sands made me think of Koh Lipe Thailand. Zanzibar is as beautiful as either of those destinations but still had a less developed feel to it.
We traveled in an off-season for the island of Zanzibar but found ourselves often the only tourists on the Zanzibar beaches. During the off-season, there are great hotel deals in Zanzibar to be found, and you will have the beach almost to yourself. We didn’t mind being the only ones, but it’s rare for a place with such raw beauty.












Along with the sand and water, the traditional boats called ‘dhows’ added some charm to the Zanzibar beach scenes. Zanzibar is thought to have some of the oldest boat building roots in the world’s history. Making crafts for the sea has always been an important industry in Zanzibar.
The boats in operation today look as I would imagine they would centuries ago when Zanzibar was in its prime. The old wooden boats look aged and weathered, and the sails look as if they were taken from the set of Pirates of the Caribbean movie.




We spent three nights soaking up the sun on the Zanzibar beaches as part of our 43-day overland safari with Acacia Africa traveling from Nairobi to Cape Town.
If you are looking at taking a safari on your own, we’d recommend booking with Tour Radar and getting on an Acacia Africa operated overland.
*We would like to thank Acacia Africa for inviting as guests on such an amazing opportunity. As always, the content & opinions expressed here are entirely our own.*
Sean
Tuesday 3rd of November 2015
My wife and I got married on a sandbank just off Zanzibar last year so naturally it's one of our favourite places and it's great to see others enjoying such a wonderful yet still somehow relatively under-visited gem. We keep talking about going back already which says a lot given the other awesome places out there! I hope you guys enjoyed Z-bar as much as we did anway!
I see you've been to the Serengeti (pics look fantastic btw), but I don't suppose you nipped down into the Ngorongoro Crater as part of your safari as well by any chance? A few of the pics look like the camp just above it.
Sean
Tuesday 3rd of November 2015
My wife and I got married on a sandbank just off Zanzibar last year so naturally it's one of our favourite places and it's great to see others enjoying such a wonderful yet still somehow relatively under-visited gem. We keep talking about going back already which says a lot given the other awesome places out there! I hope you guys enjoyed Z-bar as much as we did anyway!
I see you've been to the Serengeti (pics look fantastic btw), but I don't suppose you nipped down into the Ngorongo Crater as part of your safari as well by any chance? A few of the pics look like the camp just above it.
Angelica @BKChickTravels
Tuesday 4th of November 2014
Absolutely white! Cool that you two were the only ones tourist wise.
Hannah
Saturday 3rd of January 2015
Gorgeous beaches, Africa was full of great surprises!
Adrienne @ AdrienneAway
Friday 1st of August 2014
Those beaches look beautiful!
Adam
Monday 29th of September 2014
They were, glad we were able to get some beach time in on our African safari!
Karisa
Saturday 31st of May 2014
Beautiful beach pics! The turquoise water is lovely and I just love how exotic Zanzibar sounds!
Adam
Monday 29th of September 2014
Thanks, Zanzibar is what you would expect BEAUTIFUL!