Home    About us    Tanzania Safari    Mountain Climbing    Zanzibar     Hotels & Lodges    Mafia & Pemba      Contacts

Zanzibar Beach Holiday - Slave Trade



During slavery, Zanzibar played as the main market for selling and buying human beings as other commodities. It was the last one to be established in the history of slave trade and was officially closed in 1873. After the abolition, some people were still going on with such trade illegally.

 They Used to transport their goods (slaves) secretly to mangapwani where there were underground slave caves and chambers and kept them there before being exported to overseas. Join Us to get the real detailed history as this tour include a visit to some very important slavery related historical sites such as the horrible underground slave caves and chambers, former slave market , Tippu-Tip house, Kelele square ( A site where the arrival slaves were unloaded from the local dhows), Dr Livingstone house etc.