Beaches and Stone Town for your trip, visas, costs and daily life for living on the island, and tips from people who live here.
Best time to go, beaches, Stone Town, entry, car rental, taxis and emergency numbers.
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Residency, retirement visa, taxes, costs, shopping and lawyer.
Living on Zanzibar →
Directory, markets, doctors, tradespeople and the community.
To the directory →Rental car, hospital, lawyer, grocery, Italian espresso: a growing directory, editorially marked as checked or unchecked, with community comments.
Arabic, Indian, Persian and African influences meet turquoise water. From lively Nungwi to quiet Jambiani you will find the beach that suits you.
The free magazine from Fumba Town: business, culture, health, shopping guides and events around the island. Quarterly as a PDF with new articles online in between. Well worth a read.
The best knowledge sits with the people on the island. Recommend the good lawyer, the fair driver, the café with real espresso. We review tips editorially and mark what has been checked.
Zanzibar Insider was started by people who live and work on Zanzibar themselves, among others the team of FumbaTown Agency and Perspektive Ausland. The site is open to everyone who knows the island: tips, corrections and first-hand reports are welcome. For a deeper dive into taxes and leaving your home country, see the Zanzibar country profile at Wohnsitz Ausland.