PETE VILLAGE TOUR

Pete village is located 33km south area of Zanzibar, it lies between Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park and Minai Bay Conservation area, Pete village is rich in wildlife and cultural heritage that perform potential to eco and cultural tourism.

Visitors at Pete village experience the authenticity of indigenous community from their life style and natural resources found at the village.

WHAT WE OFFER:- (TOUR PACKAGES)

 Medicinal use of plants tour

The tour will experience the visitors with herbal treatments from trees and shrubs and variety of resources also this tour mind up tourist on how plant are used for different treatment moreover visitor surprisingly Interact with traditional healer and experience in practical and how plant are associated with witchcraft together with visiting “Machaga crystal cave” which is an ancient historical cave that goes back to over 3000 BC.

Hand craft Visit

Weaving and basketry is an intangible heritage of Zanzibar, which provides skills especially in women’s life. Swahili women produce mostly for their own domestic use and put great emphasis on making their homes as attractive as possible.

The visitors in Pete village they can experience several local community activities based on the art of handcraft where they participate in various activities such as weaving basket, sleeping mat, makuti (coconut leave), fishing trap (madema) and so many like on.

Bird watching tour

This tour will allow the visitor to see the beauty of waterfall birds, their diverse group and bright color, distinct song and call. Forest birds such as African golden oriole, Drongo, Weaver, Green Pigeon, Dove, Heron and like on, and the waterfall birds such as Purple heron, Green – Backed Heron, Plover, curlew, Cormorant and so on. Where more than 150 birds’ species recoded

Bicycle riding tour

This tour Involve sightsee different interesting places: include Old well, butterfly center, machaga cave, weaving woman shop, Pete village, Kiungani on farm ecotourism, Mangrove forest & Jozani Chwaka Bay National park. Also the bicycles rider will enjoy eating and drinking free tropical fruits &, water

Drumming

In Pete village there is famous drummer known as Sagando that is played during various events such as festival, weeding and governmental functions, there for visitor will familiarity and enjoy the dance and interact with local in dancing and singing local song.

Mangrove trip

The mangrove trip is take place at the gorgeous place in minai at Pete inlet. Here the visitors are canoeing through the mangrove channel in which well observations of flora and fauna including birds species and also visitor willget to know ten mangrove typesin which its ecological characteristic and social economic. Also the tourists will able to knowdifferent social activities such as Traditional fishing with various fishing traps; sea weed farming, crab farming, Beekeeping and here the sometime participate in the activities.

Traditional lunch

After enjoying and experiencing the tour, visitor will allow walking at the beautiful farm land; here they can get flavour barbeque from different meet type served hot from the grill Moreover visitor will enjoying tropical fruits, a fresh sea food and different Swahili dishes that are cooked in Swahili style prepared in a great standard.

Cooking lesson

This tour will give chance to visitors walk on the flourished firm to see and learn different tropical trees and plants, on how they planted, growing and harvested from the firm (on firm ecotourism). Also here you can be able to interact with local in cooking, delicious food and they can serve hot local lunch or dinner, prepared in a great standard.