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Sunset Cruise - Dhow Safaris

Name: Sunset Cruise - Dhow Safaris
Rating: 3.0

9 reviews

#177 of 244 Boat Tours & Water Sports in Zanzibar Island

Outdoor Activities, Boat Tours & Water Sports, Tours

Zanzibar Island, Tanzania

About Sunset Cruise - Dhow Safaris

Step onto the deck of our vessels, relax and let us sail you away on a magical sunset cruise to end your day. Our sunset cruises leave Stone Town in the late afternoon to cruise along the coast, slicing through the clear turquoise water. The sounds of the bustle of busy people in Stone Town grow faint in the distance until they seem there, only in a memory. Musicians take over the sounds playing taarab, songs of love and loss, on violin and oud, as the crew serve canapés and keep your glass topped up with your choice of a selection of beers, sodas and drinking water from the Zanzibar Serena Inn, encouraging you to sink back into the cushions and enjoy the romance of Africa while watching the scenery drift by.

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Excursion711399

Reviewed September 9, 2018 via mobile

Awful

We arranged the sunset cruise through our hotel and were told that it would be $30 per person, and the price included the dhow ride, some snacks and drinks. Like other reviewers, after wading through the water (something we were not advised of beforehand), we...More

Date of experience: September 2018

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Sherwin L

Eshowe

Reviewed August 5, 2018 via mobile

Expected better

Embarked on Nakupenda Sunset Cruise. Good points - good snacks, enjoyable Arabic/Swahili music by the crew and comedy routine by a crew member who had us in stiches with stories of his experiences as a crew on a fishing vessel. Not so good- brochure promised...More

Date of experience: July 2018

3 Thank Sherwin L

cherylt512

Cape Town, South Africa

16035

Reviewed June 18, 2018 via mobile

Sunset trip

We had to wait a short while at the Tambo hotel for the boat departure . We were a small group and some dry snacks and alcoholic drinks and sodas supplied . We travelled out for about 20 mins and on the return, you get...More

Date of experience: June 2018

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Ralph R

London, United Kingdom

303152

Reviewed October 7, 2016

No all we had hoped for.

We were in a group from a cruise ship. Be prepared to have to wade in knee high water to embark and disembark, and negotiate a metal ladder. When I prepared to climb aboard the ladder swung away, which was very uncomfortable. Our boat was...More

Date of experience: December 2015

1 Thank Ralph R

Clare L

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

6240

Reviewed January 1, 2016

Great trip

short and sweet. We went on a local sunset cruise from Nungwe Beach - Lalis Tours... I recommend this to anyone.

Date of experience: December 2015

3 Thank Clare L

LagunaGypsy

Laguna Beach

395181

Reviewed February 13, 2015

Looks better in Photos

We went with a large group. Some of the older people were not prepared for this excursion. You have to wade in thigh high water then climb up a ladder to get in. We were served snacks of sandwiches and samosas along with cold drinks....More

Date of experience: January 2015

2 Thank LagunaGypsy

chantaltweddle

Durban, South Africa

8821

Reviewed June 18, 2014

Sunset cruise

WE were lucky to bargain with the locals 30 dollars for couple. THe sea is so calm and we were lucky to go with our a new friends. We had a hiccup where they didn't have drinks that was promised but they turned around and...More

Date of experience: June 2014

3 Thank chantaltweddle

ebsea

seattle

Reviewed September 13, 2012

DHOW SUNSET CRUISE

"Dhows" outside the Tembo Hotel were noting but rowboats with sails and the music was one of the two crew members singing not very well and handing out handfuls of kernels of something for snacks while sailing around the Stonetown port--a real rip off for...More

Date of experience: August 2012

5 Thank ebsea

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