Pemba Island Beach holidays Zanzibar Tanzania

Pemba Island Beach holidays Zanzibar Tanzania

Pemba Island is part of Tanzania’s Zanzibar Archipelago, off the coast of East Africa. It’s known for its lush, green hills and clove plantations. The Pemba Channel, with its coral reefs and abundant marine life, separates the island from mainland Tanzania. The main town, Chake Chake, has a ruined 18th century fort with a museum. Offshore, Misali Island is home to the Fischer’s turaco, a colorful rare bird.

Pemba Island has been separated from the mainland of Tanzania and Zanzibar for decades, leaving an untouched and pristine island of great beauty and fertility. The mosaic of forests, swamps, mangroves, hidden beaches, and lagoons is scattered with the ruins of mosques and tombs mostly reclaimed by the forest – sites that date back to Arab domination when Pemba Island was seized by the Sultan of Muscat (Oman) in the 17th century. He loved the Spice Islands and established his court in Zanzibar and ruled Muscat from there.

Pemba is still the predominant global producer of cloves yielding around 60% of all the world’s cloves, but now plays its more traditional role of being an island paradise with small inter-island trade. Pemba Island also has a strong reputation as a ‘magic’ island, a center for ju-ju traditions of medicine and wizardry.

Things to do at Pemba Island.

1-Chake Chake City Tour Pemba Island.

2-Deep Sea Fishing in Pemba Island.

3-Diving Trips on Pemba Island.

4-Stay at Luxury Underwater Room at Manta Reef Resort Pemba
Island.
5-Ngalawa traditional sailing sunset Boat cruise Pemba Island.

6-Ngezi Forest Tour at Pemba Island.

7-Pemba island Spice Tour.

How to get to Pemba Island

Pemba Island is accessed via most airports in East Africa via Zanzibar or Dar es Salaam. Pemba Island can also be accessed with direct local flights with several charter airlines that operate smaller aircraft. The most frequent route is Zanzibar – Pemba and is serviced by these airlines: Coastal Air, Auric Air.