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I am a highly knowledgeable, experienced and personable licensed tour guide through The Commission for Tourism and am recognized by the Zanzibar Higher Authorities. I am fluent in English and Kiswahili, and have a basic knowledge of other languages. I am personable, very friendly and happy to show you around Zanzibar and Safaris Mainland! I’d be happy to meet your tourism needs.
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Amazing local guide - Yusuf,
Without you we would have enjoy Zanzibar for sure because this island is amazing. But we would have only discover 5% of it, while loosing so much of... read more our time.
But THANKS TO YOU, our holidays became AMAZINGLY AMAZING!!!!
You adapted the plan because one of our kids was sick one day.
You took care of everything (transportation, entry tickets, timings)
You always were on time.
You always replied to our whatsapp
You are highly knowledgeable about Zanzibar (Prison Island, Stone Town etc) and Tanzania.
You and the driver are doing a really nice pair.
You are very friendly and definitely someone we can trust
We stayed 7 days in Zanzibar, and thanks to you, the 7 of us (73 years old, 70, 41x2, 13 and 9x2) had memorable holidays.
Thank you so much!!!
December 30, 2022
Excellent Beyond words - We spent 4 days out of our 14 with Yussuf, what a brilliant way to explore the Island, we wanted a local knowledgeable guide and he didn’t disappoint.
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Yussuf knew so much Zanzibar’s history and answered our many questions with ease. Yussuf couldn’t do enough for us, always on time and Mukrim was his right hand man, driving us to wherever we wanted. Yussuf helped us to plan our itinerary, making suggestions and recommendations and when we were unable to book the Rock Restaurant online or via telephone, he sorted it out for us, getting us a table at the last minute we were very lucky!
Yussuf’s communication was brilliant, he let us know if traffic was heavy and if he was going to be delayed (only due to a President visit and the Police slowing down traffic for checks).
We enjoyed some excellent trips, Prison Island, a sunset boat trip at Nungwi, a private trip to Prison Island, a private tour of one of the spice farms and an amazing walking guide through Stone Town - what a city to explore, we did a second evening visit and felt safe through every part of the tour. We cannot thank Yussuf and Mukrim enough for their friendship, chilled personalities and patience, their sense of humour was brilliant and not only did we have serious, historic conversations but a lot of laughter too- exactly what we wanted from our personal guides. Highly, highly recommended and we will be sending his details to anyone we know who may be visiting Zanzibar in the future, thank you from Carl and Donna xx
Hakuna Matata!
January 17, 2023
Fantastic Tour guide - I was looking for a trustworthy tour guide to assist with our day tour in Zanzibar. Fortunately I came across Yussaf and contacted him. He was professional and... read more efficient right from the start. I indicated what I had in mind and he arranged the perfect itinerary, transfers and pick ups for my husband & I. He is punctual, very knowledgeable and absolutely proficient.
I'm so happy that I found what I was looking for, a trustworthy, witty, tour guide who would go the extra mile for his clients.
The perfect guy to show you around in Zanzibar, will most definitely recommend him.
August 18, 2022
Amazing Tour!! - Myself and my husband were in Stonetown for one night and wanted to see as much as possible in a short space of time. We found Yussuf online and decided... read more to go on his walking tour which we combined with a trip to Prison Island and a transfer service to Nungwi which was very reasonably priced compared to hotel transfers.
Yussuf arrived very promptly on the day and explained exactly what we would do. The tour itself was very detailed with lots of detail explained about the local areas we were taken to and the town itself. Perhaps most poignant was the history about the East African slave trade which if it wasn't for the tour we may have bypassed as it is a little further out of the main centre.
Overall the tour was a fantastic way to see Stonetown, we went through spice markets, winding streets, historical forts and various other locations all of which were explained really well. Our advice is start early, it gets very very hot and humid towards midday!
If you are in Stonetown then do not hesitate to use Yussuf’s services, you won’t regret it!
Thank you Yusuff for the great tour!
January 16, 2023