Zanzibar: Jozani Forest & Salaam Cave + Pickup & Entry fees
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Zanzibar: Jozani Forest & Salaam Cave + Pickup & Entry fees
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Jozani Forest
Photo: Google Maps- Type
- National reserve
- Address
- Mapopwe
- Area
- Jozani
- Google rating
- 4.2 (3,577 reviews) on Google Maps, checked October 2026
- On the map
- Open in Google Maps
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 07:30–16:00 |
| Tuesday | 07:30–16:00 |
| Wednesday | 07:30–16:00 |
| Thursday | 07:30–16:00 |
| Friday | 07:30–16:00 |
| Saturday | 07:30–16:00 |
| Sunday | 07:30–16:00 |
Before you go
Jozani Forest opening hours and entry fees
Go in the morning or early afternoon, because the published closing times for the park don’t match.
Entry US$8–124
- Altezza Travel and Pongwe Beach Hotel: 7:30am to 5pm daily, last entry 4:30pm2
- Google Maps: Mon–Sun 07:30–16:005 (checked October 2026)
The entry fee also shifts depending on who you ask. Altezza Travel, whose quoted price includes a guide, advises confirming it with the park before you go.
Park entry and nearby fees
| Ticket | Adult | Child |
|---|---|---|
| Park entry, with optional mangrove visit (Wikivoyage) | US$8 | – |
| Park entry (Pongwe Beach Hotel guide) | US$10–12 | – |
| Park entry including a guide (Altezza Travel) | about US$10 per person | – |
| Zanzibar Butterfly Centre | US$5 per person | – |
Wikivoyage; Altezza Travel (tour company)
Your ticket money feeds a revenue-sharing programme that has built schools and health clinics1 for the villages around the park.
What you'll see
Red colobus monkeys, forest and mangroves
The park gives you three things in one visit: monkeys, forest trails and a mangrove boardwalk.
Zanzibar's only national park1
- Zanzibar red colobus monkey: native to the island and now nearly extinct4, yet several groups in and around the park are used to people6.
- Other wildlife: Sykes monkeys and bush babies share the park with more than 50 butterfly species and 40 bird species1.
- The forest itself: Expert Africa says the park protects the largest remaining stand of near-natural forest on Zanzibar6, and it’s crossed by nature trails4.
The mangrove boardwalk at Chwaka Bay
The mangrove boardwalk near Chwaka Bay is a short drive from the forest walk6. Its raised wooden walkways pass above tidal channels6 and between dense stands of mangroves.
The cheapest fee in the table above includes an optional mangrove visit4. Chwaka Bay’s mangrove-fringed sea grass beds are important breeding grounds for marine life1.
Getting there
How do you get to Jozani from Stone Town?
Take a dala dala, a chartered taxi or an organised tour: the forest sits about 35 km south-east of Stone Town, between the villages of Chwaka and Kibele2.
About 35 km from Stone Town2
The island’s main road linking the west and east coasts3 also connects to the park. Google Maps gives its address as Mapopwe5.
| Option | How | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Dala dala | Public buses 309 and 310 | Minibuses serve all the major villages very cheaply |
| Chartered taxi | Charter a taxi from Zanzibar Town | At the airport you can hail a taxi on arrival |
| Organised tour | Tours run from Zanzibar Town | Often combined with dolphin watching at Kizimkazi |
Wikipedia; Wikivoyage; i-escape (booking agent)
If you’re staying in Nungwi, at the island’s northern tip4, a tour with pickup is the simpler choice.
Flying in first? i-escape notes that Breezes Beach Club in Bwejuu can book a taxi transfer from the airport9 if you ask when booking, or you can hail one on arrival.
Booking a trip
Forest and spice farm tours
The easiest way to visit is on a tour that sorts out transport, entry and the guide in one go.
Go Smart from US$40 per person11
The GetYourGuide tour below pairs the forest with Salaam Cave and includes pickup and entry fees.
The forest also pairs well with a spice farm visit on Unguja:
- Go Smart Zanzibar Tours runs a Spice Farm & Jozani Forest tour10 at US$50 per person for 1–2 people or US$40 per person for 3–6 people11.
- Expert Africa says its Spice Farm Tour combines particularly well with its forest tour12. On the farm, spices grow alongside fruits, herbs and medicinal plants12.
- On TUI’s national park and spice farm tour, you see how vanilla, pepper and cardamom13 are grown and taste them straight from the tree.
Got a car? Spice tours also run in the Kizimbani area4, and you can drive there yourself.
Make a day of it
Nearby: butterflies, dolphins and caves
The Zanzibar Butterfly Centre is the closest add-on, just down the road4 from the forest.
Butterfly Centre US$54
The Butterfly Centre is open 9AM-5PM, and its entry money pays village farmers who farm butterflies sustainably4. Further afield:
- More on Kizimkazi: forest tours are often combined with dolphin watching at Kizimkazi3.
- Swimming in Kuza Cave, if one cave swim after Salaam Cave isn’t enough.
- The Freddie Mercury Museum, for a change from forest and beaches.
- Everything else is on the things to do page.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Pexels. Authors and licences: image credits
Checked against 13 sources · last checked October 2026
- Wikipedia · checked October 2026
- Altezza Travel (tour company) · checked October 2026
- Wikipedia · checked October 2026
- Wikivoyage · checked October 2026
- Google Maps listings via DataForSEO · checked October 2026
- Expert Africa (tour company) · checked October 2026
- tanzania-travel.com (booking agent) · checked October 2026
- GOV.UK (official) · checked October 2026
- i-escape (booking agent) · checked October 2026
- Go Smart Zanzibar Tours (operator) · checked October 2026
- Go Smart Zanzibar Tours (operator) · checked October 2026
- Expert Africa (tour company) · checked October 2026
- TUI (booking agent) · checked October 2026
Page history · last changed 21 October 2026
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