The Zanzibar directory

Our pick for a rental car. Travellers report that a car can often be arranged at short notice by email, with hand-over at the airport or port. Have vehicle, price and extra costs confirmed in writing beforehand.

Rule of thumb: One travel report mentions about 35 USD per day for an SUV plus about 10 USD for the temporary Tanzanian driving licence. Indicative only, please ask for current prices.

• 📍 Zanzibar Airport / Stone Town

Editorially checked by FumbaTown-Team · Source: FumbaTown Agency, Reisebericht · Updated: Oct 2026

The free magazine from Fumba Town on business, society, culture and development of the island, with event tips plus health and shopping guides. Quarterly as a PDF, with articles online in between.

• 📍 Fumba Town
• 🔗 fumba.town

Editorially checked by FumbaTown-Team · Source: fumba.town · Updated: Oct 2026

The WhatsApp group of the 24-hour supermarket in Fumba Town, in our assessment currently the supermarket with the widest range on Zanzibar. There are further groups, for example for ordering and delivery of dairy and meat products. Know one? Tell us.

• 📍 Fumba Town
• 🔗 chat.whatsapp.com

Editorially checked by FumbaTown-Team · Source: FumbaTown Agency · Updated: Oct 2026

Zanzibar's first permaculture ranch, under construction, with riding arena, café and programmes for children. Launch is planned for 2027. A project from the initiators' network.

• 📍 Fumba Town
• 🔗 greenshield.top

Business relationship with the initiators · Source: greenshield.top · Updated: Oct 2026

Lawyer on Zanzibar with whom FumbaTown Agency works. Registered in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, over 9 years of experience. Helps with the long-term visa, retirement visa, local driving licence, selling a property and buying from a private owner.

• 📍 Sansibar
• 📞 +255 776 162 033
• ✉️ wakilii@aol.com

Business relationship with the initiators · Source: FumbaTown Agency · Updated: Oct 2026

Spa for skin and body care in Fumba Town: facials, medical-aesthetic facials under medical supervision, massages and body treatments. Closed on Tuesdays.

• 📍 Fumba Town
• 🔗 medspa.africa

Business relationship with the initiators · Source: medspa.africa · Updated: Oct 2026

Our tip for a holiday or an extension, and also for anyone living in Fumba Town or elsewhere on the island who wants to visit a different, beautiful place. Your contact is Jola, the hotel's manager. Call or WhatsApp.

• 📍 Zanzibar (not to be confused with The SOUL in Paje)
• 📞 +255 775 600 900

Business relationship with the initiators · Source: FumbaTown Agency · Updated: Oct 2026

Italian with an ocean view, pizza and pasta. Partly cash only.

• 📍 Shangani Street, Stone Town

Not yet checked by us · Source: Public source · Updated: Oct 2026

Wood-fired pizza and fresh pasta in the Neapolitan style.

• 📍 Creek Road, Mkunazini

Not yet checked by us · Source: Public source · Updated: Oct 2026

Stone Town's big market for fruit, vegetables, fish, meat and spices. Bargaining is part of it, the early morning is freshest.

• 📍 Stone Town

Not yet checked by us · Source: The Fumba Times, Ausgabe 26 · Updated: Oct 2026

112 is the general emergency number, 999 the police. Ambulance services are not reliable everywhere, so have travel insurance with repatriation and know a clinic near your accommodation.

• 📍 Ganz Tansania

Not yet checked by us · Source: Public source · Updated: Oct 2026

In the evening by the water: grilled fish and octopus, Zanzibar pizza and freshly pressed juices. Ask the price before you order.

• 📍 Forodhani Gardens, Stone Town

Not yet checked by us · Source: FumbaTown Agency · Updated: Oct 2026

Household goods, bedding and towels in a wide choice, known as a first stop for kitting out a home.

• 📍 Airport Road

Not yet checked by us · Source: The Fumba Times, Ausgabe 26 · Updated: Oct 2026

Provider of rental cars and transfers, well rated on comparison portals.

• 📍 Stone Town

Not yet checked by us · Source: Public source · Updated: Oct 2026

Popular community market with home-made goods, organic produce and crafts. According to The Fumba Times it is held regularly on the first Saturday of the month. Check the date beforehand.

• 📍 Fumba Town (monatlich)

Not yet checked by us · Source: The Fumba Times, Ausgabe 26 · Updated: Oct 2026

Italian restaurant, named in travel guides as a good lunch address.

• 📍 Shangani Road, Stone Town

Not yet checked by us · Source: Public source · Updated: Oct 2026

The island's main public hospital in Stone Town, since 1923. For serious treatment many go to Dar es Salaam or Nairobi. Ambulance according to listing: 0773 204740. Numbers may change.

• 📍 Vuga Street, Stone Town
• 📞 +255 24 22 31614

Not yet checked by us · Source: Public source · Updated: Oct 2026

Delivery services that The Fumba Times names as an alternative to shopping in person. Handy because imported goods are not always on the shelf.

• 📍 Online / Lieferung
• 🔗 fumba.store

Not yet checked by us · Source: The Fumba Times, Ausgabe 26 · Updated: Oct 2026

Always agree the price before the ride. Indicative: Fumba Town 15 to 25 USD, Stone Town 10 to 15 USD, Nungwi or Paje 50 to 80 USD. Every driver knows Fumba Town.

Do you know a reliable driver? Send us the number.

• 📍 Flughafen Zanzibar (ZNZ)

Not yet checked by us · Source: FumbaTown Agency · Updated: Oct 2026

Clinic at the Pavilion in Fumba Town offering medical services around the clock, plus physiotherapy. Information from The Fumba Times.

• 📍 Pavilion, Fumba Town
• 🔗 urbancare.clinic

Not yet checked by us · Source: The Fumba Times, Ausgabe 26 · Updated: Oct 2026

Private clinic near the airport, handy on arrival or departure.

• 📍 60 Chukwani Road, nahe Flughafen
• 📞 0777 777112

Not yet checked by us · Source: Public source · Updated: Oct 2026

Café with a good coffee selection, cakes and light meals in a historic house.

• 📍 Stone Town

Not yet checked by us · Source: Public source · Updated: Oct 2026