Jafferji House & Spa Boutique Hotel

Heart of Stone Town, Zanzibar

(Jafferji House & Spa Boutique Hotel is located in the heart of historical Stone Town, Zanzibar at 170 Gizenga Street, behind the Old Fort and just a stroll away from the majestic House of Wounders. Jafferji House & Spa Boutique Hotel is conveniently located amongst Zanzibar’s most vibrant shops and restaurants near the seafront, and close to the bustling Forodhani gardens. Transfer time to and from the airport is about 20 minutes.)

Jafferji House & Spa Hotel

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Jafferji House & Spa Hotel is located deep in the heart of Zanzibar’s historical Stone Town. Jafferji House is an elegant boutique hotel. Recapturing the romance of travel, it beautifully combines modern luxury with the mesmerizing heritage that has shaped Zanzibar’s history. Taking its name from its owner who once used the building as his family home, Jafferji House has been lovingly restored and styled to reflect its original splendor.

Personal attention to detail is apparent throughout Jafferji House & Spa Hotel, and just as easily as it embraces the charm of the ancient world, it also proudly pays homage to the comfort, luxury and hospitality of the modern world.

They say that when you travel, the magic of your experience starts with your hotel. Jafferji House & Spa Hotel and his wife Kulsum warmly invite you to experience the magic of Jafferji House. Come experience a hotel dedicated to exceptional style and service. Come experience the one place in Stone Town where true heritage and luxury meet.

Jafferji House & Spa Hotel provides transfers to and from the airport, around town and to various excursions. Transport is provided by Gallery Tours and Safaris. VIP arrivals and departures can also be organized on request.
Please let us know in advance your travel itinerary so we can arrange pick-up.

From wandering through the magical narrow streets of Zanzibar to relaxing in the crystal clear waters of a deserted sandbank, the island of Zanzibar is a haven for exciting tours and excursions.

Every Suite in Jafferji House has been specially designed to provide every modern convenience to both leisure and business travelers. The following hotel services and amenities are included in room rates and can be found in every suite:

* Personal safe

* Mineral water

* Air-conditioning and fans
* Free Zanzibar themed gift bag'

* Flat screen TVs and cable television

* Natural traditional Zanzibar toiletries

* Telephone (with local and international access)

* Wireless internet access (available throughout the hotel)
* Reduced-rate vouchers for restaurants, shops and excursions (enquire at reception)

Jafferji House & Spa Boutique Hotel Accommodation Rates

Stanley’s Suite (First floor) Rates are based on Bed & Breakfast Per Night

Spice House Suite (First floor) Rates are based on Bed & Breakfast Per Night

Zanzibar Kabisa Suite (First floor) Rates are based on Bed & Breakfast Per Night

Livingstone’s Suite (Second floor) Rates are based on Bed & Breakfast Per Night

Adnan’s Suite (First floor) Rates are based on Bed & Breakfast Per Night

Out of Africa Suite (First floor) Rates are based on Bed & Breakfast Per Night

Princess Salma Suite (Second floor) Rates are based on Bed & Breakfast Per Night

Mercury Suite (Second floor) Rates are based on Bed & Breakfast Per Night

Kama Sutra Superior Suite (First floor) Rates are based on Bed & Breakfast Per Night

Sultan Superior Suite (Second floor) Rates are based on Bed & Breakfast Per Night

Notes

* Children (0-4 years) Free of charge

* Rates are inclusive of all hotel levy and taxes

* Full board Supplement cost: 50 US Dollars per person Per Night

* Half Board Supplement cost: 30 US Dollars per person Per Night

* Check out time is at 1000 Hours and Check in time is at 1200 Hours

* Easter Weekend: Good Friday to Easter Monday 20 US Dollars per person per night

* New Years Eve Supplement: 31st December 2013 = 35 US Dollars Per person per night
* Christmas Supplement: 24th & 25th December 2013 = 25 US Dollars per person per night

Jafferji House & Spa Hotel Private Dining
At Jafferji House we have three dining areas in which to hold a private event depending on the number and style of event you wish to have.

* The Swahili Style patio - For up to 6 people
* The Zanzibar Style rooftop - For up to 4 people
* The 1920’s Colonial style terrace - For up to 12 people

Private Dining Menu Selector has Options as Follows:

* Meat Feast 55 US Dollars per person Seafood 60 US Dollars per person
* Swahili Menu 35 US Dollars per person A fishy affair 45 US Dollars per person

Note

* Rooftop Breakfast Supplement - 15 US Dollars per person (only applies to in house guests)

* Jafferji House & Spa has a policy of not selling alcohol however we can organize to serve alcohol at the private dining areas only on request with a pre-order list

Please enquire at reception for the following requests:
* Electrical adaptors of various shapes and sizes

* Early breakfast if you have an early departure
* Chargers for various cell/mobile phones
* Family board games

* Ironing Service
* Hairdryers

Jafferji House & Spa Boutique Hotel Excursions

Jozani Forest

To the south of the island, Jozani Forest is a wonder and delight, with tales of Zanzibar leopards, medicinal cures and stunning scenery. Currently under consideration to become Zanzibar’s second World Heritage Site, the Jozani-Chakwa Bay area is a hotspot of bio diversity.

The forest is home to a number of unique species, including the Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey. Your park ranger will take you on a nature trail, lined with eucalyptus and mahogany trees and explain the medicinal properties of various plants as well as tell you about the animals, birds and reptiles that make their home in the various habitats of this tropical rainforest.

Troops of monkeys can be found scrambling from branch to branch, in search of food. The mangrove boardwalk takes you above the swamp, where, depending on the tide, you can see tropical fish flitting between the mangrove roots and crabs scuttling across the mud.

Mangroves play an important role in environmental

Made in Zanzibar

Zanzibar is a great place for shopping and bargain hunting. There are enough locally made arts and crafts to fill a whole suitcase with tasteful souvenirs. Take the hassle out of the hunt, and join Gallery Tours on a shopping excursion, which promotes local handcrafts in various shops around Stone Town.

On this half day tour, your guide will accompany you to local shops around town, starting at the kanga bazaar, where you can read and interpret the kanga proverbs, and learn to wrap a kanga.

Visit the leather sandal making workshop that has been supplying sandals to the island since 1976, and watch as the women of SASIK, one of the most successful women’s cooperatives in Zanzibar, hand stitch their elaborate cushion covers and wall hangings.

Observe the building of beautiful hand crafted furniture from coconut wood, and the amazing process of making the traditional kikoi at the local factory.

Visit the leather sandal making workshop that has been supplying sandals to the island since 1976, and watch as the women of SASIK, one of the most successful women’s cooperatives in Zanzibar, hand stitch their elaborate cushion covers and wall hangings.

Observe the building of beautiful hand crafted furniture from coconut wood, and the amazing process of making the traditional kikoi at the local factory.

Visit the workshop where Zanzibar doors are created, and also a shop in which they are then sold. For those with an artistic flair, watching a Tinga Tinga painting being created is a must, and getting decorated with the traditional henna art form from the artists at ZAYAA Gallery the perfect gift to yourself.

Architectural Tour of Stone Town
Stone Town is a town created through myriad cultures settling together and blending, not just their language and customs, but their unique regional architecture too. This means that Stone Town’s unique buildings have influences
reflecting Persian, Arabian, Indian and African styles all combined with it’s own local changes reflecting local conditions and building materials at hand.

Explore this fascinating story of architecture with John de Silva, a Stone Town resident who is said to know more about the history of Stone Town than anyone else alive today.

The tour takes approximately 2 ½ hours and includes mineral water, a savoury snack and a signed copy of Zanzibar Stone Town – An Architectural Exploration. Please add supplement of 30 US Dollars on the rates quoted below.
Tours depart from Jafferji House at 16 00 Hours and return at 1830 Hours
Tours depart from Jafferji House at 0800 Hours and return at 1030 Hours
Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes.

Spice Tour

Zanzibar has for many centuries been known as a spice island, exporting cloves, vanilla, nutmeg and cardamom across the world. The spices were brought from Asia and South America and flourished in the tropical climes. Nowadays you can take a walk through the spice farms with your guide.

Touch, smell and taste different spices and tropical fruits. Depending on the season you are visiting, you can find anything from vanilla, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, turmeric, lemon grass, cloves, ylang ylang, cumin, garlic, ginger, coriander, pepper, allspice, tamarind, chilli, oregano and more!

Fruits can include banana, pineapple, jack fruit, custard fruit, oranges, star fruit, tangerine, passion fruit, mango, avocado, pear, papaya, grape fruit and many others.

There are many elements to Swahili culture - music and dance, visual arts, traditional games, cuisine, and dhow culture to name a few. A Cultural tour is a great way for visitors to immerse themselves in the local culture and to see how many Zanzibari's live on a day to day basis.

On this half day tour, your guide will accompany you to a rural village where you will have the opportunity to see daily activities being undertaken - women weaving baskets, grinding millet, and cooking local dishes, using traditional methods. Watch as they decorate themselves with the traditional henna body painting, and braid hair.

Sit with the men of the village as they weave palm fronds to make the thatch roofs for their huts, or play a game of Bao, Zanzibar's favorite pastime. The Cultural Tour is the ideal excursion for those who want a real insight into the people and life on the Island, and is a great way to support sustainable tourism and the people of Zanzibar.

Sultan Panorama Tours

Princess Salme. Rebel, outcast, revolutionary? Salme sent shockwave's through Zanzibar, teaching herself to write, conspiring in a plot to overthrow her brother, becoming pregnant and eloping to Germany with a young merchant, Heinrich Ruete and writing the sensational Memoirs of an Arabian Princess.

This tour takes you to Mtoni Palace, where Salme was born in 1844, the daughter of Sultan Said and one of his secondary wives. She spent her childhood in the palace, served by slaves and playing in the gardens.

You’ll then head to Marhubi Palace, built by Sultan Barghash, Salme’s older brother, who she helped to escape after a failed attempt to overthrow their brother, Sultan Majid.

From here, you’ll travel to Stone Town, where the princess lived in a relative exile, unmarried and shunned by her family for her role in the intrigue. The Palace Museum has a room dedicated to Salme’s life and writings.

Your guide will take you to her house, where her romance with Heinrich Ruete began across the balconies, resulting in secret trysts and meetings in the countryside. The tour ends at the Gallery Bookshop, where you can buy Salme’s book, Memoirs of an Arabian Princess, available in many languages.

Zanzibar Cooking Classes at Jafferji House & Spa are an opportunity to see, taste and smell the flavours of Zanzibar.
Have you ever wondered what the people of this island eat and how they cook? African Zanzibari dishes are the art of encountering a taste of freshness. These cooking lessons are designed for those who want to create delicious Swahili meals.

You will also visit an open-air market to learn how fresh ingredients are selected, and you will be able to eat everything you make. Jafferji House & Spa offer cooking classes for up to a maximum of four guests. All our local chefs are carefully selected and speak excellent English. The classes are extremely informative and full of learning
and practical time.

Take home a beautiful Taste of Zanzibar recipes book!!

Green Panorama Tour

Take a break from the sun lounges and souvenir stalls, and escape into the island’s green pockets of lush indigenous forest. Join a half-day tour, which will take you to Zanzibar’s quiet interior, offering some of the best opportunities for wildlife viewing.

First stop is the quiet and exceptional Jozani Forest, home to the island’s most famous and photographed resident, the Zanzibar Red Colobus monkey, as well as the Ader’s duiker, Sykes monkey, bush babies, African civet, giant elephant shrews, and chameleons as well as over 83 species of birds.

Next a wave of color will be added to your trip as you venture next door to the Zanzibar Butterfly Centre, an interactive butterfly exhibit consisting of a netted tropical garden with hundreds of butterflies, all of which are native species to Zanzibar.

The enclosure is one of Africa’s largest butterfly exhibits and provides residents and tourists of Zanzibar with an interactive and visual environment to learn about butterflies.

Following the butterflies, you will visit a community turtle sanctuary built by local villagers to house injured turtles and other marine animals. These precious creatures are nursed back to health before being released into the warm waters of the Indian Ocean. The sanctuary is ideal for families and children, offering a fun and interactive environment.

Our last stop on the tour is ZALA Park - a fascinating menagerie of exotic reptiles and amphibians, as well as duikers, bush babies and hyrax.

Various concrete compounds are dotted about the small park, and inside natural habitats have been created for snakes, monitor lizards, crabs and chameleons, to name just a few. You may even be allowed to crawl into the large cage housing four enormous pythons!

Freddie Mercury Tour

Walk the streets of Stone Town and follow in the footsteps of Zanzibar’s most famous son, Freddie Mercury. Lead singer of the rock band Queen, skilled musician, flamboyant showman and also a Zanzibari.

Born Farouk Bulsara on the 5th September 1946 in Shangani, Freddie Mercury spent his formative years living and playing in Stone Town’s winding alleyways. His parents were Parsi and had emigrated to Zanzibar from India.

His family were practicing Zoroastrians, a fi re religion, founded more than 3000 years ago and believed to be the world’s oldest religion.

After studying at boarding school in Bombay, Farouk Bulsara returned to Zanzibar, leaving with his parents and younger sister at the age of 18 for London, where his transformation into Freddie Mercury was completed.

Wander through Shangani where Freddie Mercury was born and lived with his family. Your guide will take you to the Zanzibar Gallery shop, once home to Mercury’s family where you’ll receive a Freddie Mercury T-shirt.

From here, you’ll head to the mystical Zoroastrian temple, where Mercury worshipped with his family. You’ll end the day with a seafront lunch at Mercury’s restaurant, a modern day tribute to the man and the music.

Magical Sunset Cruises (Minimum two guests)
Sail on tropical waters of Zanzibar’s west coast with a warm ocean breeze and a magnificent sunset as a backdrop as
you watch the sun slowly disappear beyond the horizon.

We pride ourselves on the presentation of our traditional dhows with comfortable cushions and a serene tropical ambiance. Our Crew will serve you with cocktails or champagne and fine canapés whilst you list to the sounds of our trio band.

The cruise boards at 17:00 Hours and you return at 19:00 Hours Includes:

• Canapés

• Cocktails

• Tropical Ambiance

• Experienced Crew

• Superior Champagne
• Sailing in our traditional dhows

Sunset Cruise with Rooftop Dining
After working up an appetite during your Sunset Cruise, sail into an evening of wining and dining with a meal that brings a whole new definition to the term ‘culinary experience’.

Go from the waves to the rooftop with a luxurious dinner on top of Jafferji House and Spa. Located in the heart of Stonetown, guests are sure to admire the most magnificent views of a magical city as they dine in style. After receiving a welcoming ‘mocktail’, guests will indulge in an exquisite 3-course dinner, lit only by candles and city lights! Come experience a side of Stone Town you’ve never seen before!

Sunset Cocktails on Zanzibar’s white sand bank (Minimum two guests)
Enjoy a magical dhow cruise over the clear waters of our tropical ocean while you sail to one of Zanzibar’s stunning sand banks. Here you’ll find a picture-perfect way to experience the beauty of a Zanzibar sunset, complete with champagne or cocktails.

Updated on 30th April 2012 of your choice and delicious canapés. Sit back, relax and enjoy being serenaded by acoustic music as you watch a magnificent tropical sunset.

The cruise boards at 1600 Hours and you return at 1900 Hours Includes:
• Canapés

• Cocktails

• Boat Ride

• Experienced Crew

• Tropical Ambiance
• Superior Champagne

Yoga on Roof Top
Jafferji House & Spa, let’s you experience the tranquil relaxation of the benefits of Yoga. Yoga has returned to the limelight, coinciding with modern human’s apparent feelings of spiritual emptiness and physical exhaustion.

The beauty of the surroundings of our Yoga deck and the experience of your Yoga session will leave you revitalized,
energized and inspired.

Book this unique Yoga package and enjoy all the healthy Benefits. It lasts approximately 4 hours and includes:
• 20 minutes Meditation

• Healthy Organic Lunch
• 60 minutes Yoga Session
• 90mins Spa Bliss Body Treatment
• Complimentary CD on Yoga Benefits
• Complimentary signed Coffee table Book on Safari Spa by Javed Jafferji

Cycling Trip with a Guide
Jafferji House & Spa offers cycling packages for up to a maximum of four persons. An early morning or a late afternoon ride will allow you to view Zanzibar’s scenic west coastline with colored clouds
of a stunning sunset or sunrise.

Our specialist cycling guide will take you riding through the winding alleys of stone town onto the main roads to
discover historic views in the heart of stone town. The trip lasts about 2 hours and includes a cyclist’s guide and route
map, mineral water and a savoury snack

Sunset Rides – Depart from Jafferji House at 16:30hrs and return at 18:30hrs
Sunrise Rides – Depart from Jafferji House at 06:00am and return at 08:00am
Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes

Kizimkazi Boat Trip
Take a one hour drive from to Stone Town to Kizimkazi, on Zanzibar’s south coast for a day of dolphin spotting. Kizimkazi is home to large numbers of bottle-nosed and spinner dolphins, beautiful coral reefs and tropical fish. On arrival, you’re given a short safety briefing and the dos and don’ts when faced with these wild animals. Then, you board a traditional ocean going dhow and set sail on the Indian Ocean in search of dolphins.

You can get as close as 10 to 20 metres away from the dolphins. Sleek and grey, they jackknife through the water, sometimes showing off with jumps and twists. In the past, some tourists have been lucky enough to swim and snorkel with these magical animals.

However, the dolphins aren’t tame, and can be shy and elusive. Although visitors see dol-phins on the majority of outings, there are no guarantees. Whether you’re fortunate enough to see dolphins or not, you can enjoy two hours sailing and taking in the sights of the ocean. There’s superb snorkelling in the pristine coral reef and swimming in the clear, warm water of the Indian Ocean.

You’ll return to the beach for lunch, where you can swim in the shallower waters and talk to the crew, who can tell you sea stories about the one that got away.

North Coast Tour
The north coast is the dhow building capital of Zanzibar. Your drive to Nungwi will take you past the fish markets, where you can see freshly caught seafood being auctioned. There’s a stop at the ruins of an old Portuguese settlement, where your guide will explain the history of the ruins and the Portuguese conquest of Zanzibar, dating back to 1497.

A stop at the blacksmith is fascinating. Tools are still made in the traditional way for constructing dhows. At the construction site, dhows are built in the same way they have for centuries, skilled craftsmen bending wood to create the dhows. Visitors may be invited to try their hand at this unique craft.

A visit to the Nungwi turtle sanctuary and aquarium follows, where ailing turtles are nursed back to health and released into the ocean. A guided tour of Nungwi village, where mamas wrapped in kangas cook over firewood and smiling kids play. Walk down to the beach where you can enjoy an optional lunch at one of Nungwi’s popular restaurants and enjoy some free time sunbathing, swimming and snorkelling.

The northern tip of Zanzibar offers some of the most beautiful sunsets in the world. The sky turns pink and gold as
the sun sinks over the Indian Ocean. Sundowners and a late transfer back to your hotel can be arranged if you wish
to stay to enjoy the sunset.

Booking & Reservations for Jafferji House & Spa Boutique Hotel located in the heart of historical Stone Town, Zanzibar at 170 Gizenga Street, behind the Old Fort and just a stroll away from the majestic House of Wounders, Tanzania

Booking Office Tel: + 254 (0) 20 2437871

Mobile : 0721242711 (Safaricom) - Kenya

Email: info@africanspicesafaris.com