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Kizimkazi
Meet the dolphins
Information
Country	Tanzania
Region	Zanzibar
Sea	zanzibar channel
Area	23,66 km²
Population	4,377 hab. (August 26, 2012)
Density	0,18 inhab./km²
Location
6 ° 26 ′ 10 ″ S 39 ° 28 ′ 5 ″ E
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Kizimkazi is a locality in the south of the island of Unguja in theZanzibar archipelago in Tanzania and known to be the starting point for sea excursions to meet dolphins.

Understand

The locality of Kizimkazi is made up of two villages: Kizimkazi Dimbani, to the north, and Kizimkazi Mkunguni, to the south.

To go

Circulate

To see

• -6.4360939.462341 Mosque (to Kizimkazi Dimbani) free. – Despite its modern and unattractive exterior appearance, it is the oldest mosque in the archipelago and one of the oldest in East Africa. It was built, as a historical inscription attests, in 1107 by Sheikh Said bin Abi Amran, a settler Persian come from Shiraz. The interior has kept a more original appearance with coral stone carvings and historical inscriptions in kufic. Outside, there is an old well still in use as well as several tombs of sheriffs. (last update Feb. 2018)

Do

The main activity, once a day and every day, is to meet dolphins with the possibility of swimming with them. The sea excursion lasts a maximum of two hours with between 80 and 90% of meeting these marine mammals. Most of the hotels in Kizimkazi as well as Zanzibar City tour operators organize this activity. Via a tour operator, it takes approximately 120 $ (~99,4 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 109.85 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 148.82 - price 04/27/2021) (~ 65,164.24 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021) for one person and 35 $ (~28,99 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 32.04 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 43.41 - price of 04/27/2021) (~ 19,006.24 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021) per person from a group of 5 people.

To buy

Eat

Strictly speaking, there is no restaurant in Kizimkazi, but all hotels and holiday villages have one and, most often, accessible to non-residents.

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

• -6.4693839.484941 Dolphin View Paradise (to Kizimkazi Mkunguni),   255 245 501166, e-mail : [email protected] villa without swimming pool: between 380 $ (~314,75 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 347.85 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 471.26 - price of 04/27/2021) (~ 206,353.43 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) (low season, 1 bedroom) and 680 $ (~563,24 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 622.47 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 843.31 - price 04/27/2021) (~ 369,264.04 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021) (high season, 3 bedrooms), villa with swimming pool: between 480 $ (~397,58 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 439.39 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 595.28 - price from 04/27/2021) (~ 260,656.97 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) (low season, 1 bedroom) and 880 $ (~728,9 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 805.55 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 1,091.35 - price of 04/27/2021) (~ 477,871.11 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021) (high season, 3 bedrooms), breakfast included. – Holiday village on the seafront made up of 30 villas, including 21 with private swimming pool. Restaurant, bar and fitness center. Swimming pool, private beach and docking jetty. Organization of excursions to Unguja with a French speaking guide as well as sea trips to meet dolphins. (last update March 2018)
• -6.436139.46082 Karamba Resort (to Kizimkazi Dimbani),   255 773 166406, e-mail : [email protected] – 14 cottages with one or two bedrooms by the ocean. Swimming pool, fitness center and yoga classes. Restaurant with Mediterranean, Swahili and Asian cuisine. (last update Feb. 2018)

Communicate

Manage the day-to-day

Around

• -6.36139.542541 Kuumbi cave (Kuumbi Cave) (only accessible by a footpath 3 km from Jambiani) – Cave which is a sacred place for the natives and where several seasons of archaeological excavations have revealed that it was occupied by man since 22,000 years av. AD, evidenced by the stone tools found as well as bones burned or showing cuts, produced by artefacts, large animals such as the zebra or the buffalo that lived there when the island was connected to the mainland. The concrete stelae mark the places where archaeologists have made statigraphic sections. Please note that this is a sacred place for the natives, here more than elsewhere, the visitor must respect the place and not cut or prune the trees around the cave as they are also considered sacred. (last update Feb. 2018)
• -6.285439.41522 Zanzibar Butterly Center (At the South-East) – Butterfly Preservation Center. (last update March 2018)
• -6.23139.4063 Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park (Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park) (At the South-East) – National park 50 km² where the main attraction are the monkeys like the red colobus of Zanziba (Piliocolobus kirkii) and the cercopithèques of Sykes (Cercopithecus albogularis) but also primates like galagos (Galagidae). (last update Feb. 2018)