Tour Highlights

Pemba is also famous for its rich fishing grounds. Between the island and the mainland there is the deep 50 kilometre wide Pemba channel, which is one of the most profitable fishing grounds for game fishing on the Swahili Coast.A large proportion of the Zanzibar export earnings comes from cloves. The greatest concentration of clove trees is found on Pemba (3.5 million trees) as growing conditions here are superior to those on Unguja island.

Clove trees grow to the height of around 10 to 15 metres and can produce crops for over 50 years. More recently with the booming tourism industry in neighbouring Zanzibar, more adventurous travellers are seeking out the less-crowded Pemba, led by dive tourists seeking the uncrowded and un-spoiled reefs the island offers the experienced diver

The beauty of Pemba is bewitching. The epitome of a tropical paradise, Pemba has green valleys with rice paddies and palm trees and clove plantations that shade the roads. Vistas of the Indian Ocean are breathtaking as they appear through the peaks and depths of Pemba's terrain. It is a sight not to be missed.

Activities to do:
»  Snorkeling.
»  Visit Misali Island.
»  Ngeze forest reserved.
»  Visit Vumawimbi beach.
»  Chwaka ruins.
»  Mkame Ndume ruins
»  Spices farm and Rain forest tour
»  Visit Clove oil distillery
»  Scuba diving
»  Old building sightseeing

Best time to visit: Pemba Island is located on the Northern side of Zanzibar. Its temperature varies from nighttime lows of 20C (68F) to 25C (77F) to the day time highs of 28C (82F) to 32C (90F). It has two wet seasons that is long rains initiate from March, April, and May as dual peak months dusting off by June. The short rain period being through the months of November and December. But some of the water activities are limited during the wet seasoning.

Its recommend that the best time to visit Pemba is during the cool dry seasonal month that's between the month of July to October which typically sees temperature weather condition and also the humidity is hot dry seasonal months of January and February, where this month are better to do tour due to the fact that it is winter season on America and Europe.

How to reach there: There are only two means of transport to reach Pemba that's is through airplane and ferry.

Airplane transport:
»  From Dar es Salaam Via Zanzibar to Pemba
»  From Zanzibar to Pemba
»  From Tanga to Pemba
»  From Dar es Salaam to Pemba

Ferry's transport:
»  From Zanzibar to Pemba
»  From Dar es Salaam to Pemba (it's only applicable twice a week)
»  From Tanga to Pemba (however it runs rarely)