Overview
A hands-on cultural experience: choose spices and fish at the market with your host, learn to grind coconut on a mbuzi stool and cook pilau, urojo soup, coconut fish curry and chapati. You eat what you cook, and take the recipes home.
Highlights
- Guided Darajani market shopping
- Cooking in a real Zanzibari home
- Four traditional dishes plus dessert
- Recipe cards to take home
- Direct income for a local family
Itinerary
09:30
Meet at the market with your host and guide.
10:30
Transfer to the family home and spice introduction.
11:00
Hands-on cooking session.
13:00
Eat together and receive recipe cards.
14:00
Hotel drop-off.
What's included
- Transfers
- Market tour and all ingredients
- Cooking class and host family fee
- The full meal and drinks
- Recipe cards
What's excluded
- Alcoholic drinks
- Tips
Pick-up information
Pick-up from Stone Town hotels on foot; vehicle transfer from other areas.
What to bring
- · Modest clothing
- · Appetite
- · Camera
Frequently asked
Can you cater for vegetarians?
Yes — tell us in advance and the menu becomes fully vegetarian or vegan.
Is it suitable for families?
Yes, children love the coconut grinding. Under 8 pay half price.
