11 BBQ Boat Trips in Tanzania to Build a Trip Around

1.Prison Island & Nakupenda Boat Tour with BBQ Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 554 reviews · 3 - 8 hours · from $35Our pick

Review of Zanzibar’s Prison Island and Nakupenda boat tour, with giant tortoises, snorkeling, seafood BBQ, costs, timing, and practical tips.

“The tour was well organised. We visited the giant tortoises, were given some interesting history on prison island and had a meal at the stunning sandbank. The sandbank has plenty of seating space in the shade and food cooked there for all the tours. Sadly we couldn’t snorkel as the waves were too big that day. One side of the bank was very calm and perfect for floating in the gorgeous, stunningly turquoise water. Lovely day with a friendly group.”

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2.Prison Island, Nakupenda, StoneTown Tour with BBQ

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 457 reviews · 7 - 8 hours · from $71

Review of Zanzibar’s Prison Island, Nakupenda Sandbank, Stone Town and seafood BBQ tour, with practical advice on timing, crowds and value.

“This tour was great. Driver was on time to pick us up to our hotel. The tour was just as described. Lunch was good and enough for everyone. Wish we had some time to walk on our own in old town but other than that everything went well.”

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3.Private Sail to Pungume Sandbank with BBQ Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 28 reviews · 4 - 6 hours · from $85

Review of Zanzibar’s private Pungume Sandbank sail, with dolphin spotting, snorkeling, seafood BBQ, transport details, price advice, and practical tips.

“Unfortunately never happened as they moved my trip for days after because of weather conditions and after confirming I was waiting at hotel reception for 1hour and after several emails and a call from my side. I found out that the trip is not even happening because of weather conditions again . It was my last day of holiday and I was waiting all this time to do a private tour that I paid more just to assure I’m going to have an amazing experience but instead I had the worst experience. At this point I’m just hoping a refund”

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4.Prison Island, Nakupenda, Stone Town Trip with BBQ

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 25 reviews · from $41

Review of Zanzibar’s Prison Island, Nakupenda Sandbank, seafood BBQ, and Stone Town tour, including costs, highlights, drawbacks, and practical tips.

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5.Pungume island-dolphin watching – BBQ Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 19 reviews · 6 hours · from $73

Review of Zanzibar’s Pongume Island dolphin and snorkeling tour, with boat rides, seafood BBQ, fruit, hotel pickup, and a six-hour itinerary.

“the best experience in our entire zanzibar trip. the sandbank is incredible and when we arrived no one was there. the food was also amazing and everything for an incredibly low price!”

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6.Full-Day Conservation Safari with BBQ Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 9 reviews · 10 hours · from $100

Review of Zanzibar’s Menai Bay dhow safari, with snorkeling, sandbank, mangrove lagoon, seafood lunch, timing, crowds, and value tips.

“Was wel leuk maar we hadden voor deze prijs wel iets meer verwacht. De tijd is vele malen korter als in de omschrijving staat. Er gaan mega veel Toeristen mee met deze tour. De zandbank voelt daarom niet echt meer aan als een zandbank maar meer als een druk strand. Daarnaast zijn de boten erg klein en is er geen zeil te zien. De vissen die je met snorkelen kan zien zijn er alleen maar omdat ze gevoerd worden door de boten. Kortom allemaal erg massaal en weinig spontaan.”

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7.Blue Safari Full Day Private Trip Zanzibar With Sea Food BBQ

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $129Top rated

Review of Zanzibar’s private Blue Safari, with dhow sailing, dolphin watching, snorkeling, Kwale Island seafood BBQ, transport, price, and tips.

“The views were amaizing and tourist services were very nice and welcoming,,, i recommend this tourism company for anyone who wish to have a good vacation in zanzibar”

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8.Sandbank picnic with sea food BBQ Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 6 reviews · 6 hours · from $151

Sail from Fumba on a private dhow for snorkeling, sandbank fruit, a seafood BBQ, Quail Island, and a mangrove swim near Zanzibar.

“Ahkmed was a fabulous guide. we had a wonderful time in the Indian ocean. Sun protection is a must! food was great. highly recommend.”

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9.Safari Blue Day Tour Snorkeling With BBQ Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 5 reviews · 8 hours · from $82

Review of Zanzibar’s Safari Blue dhow tour, with Menai Bay snorkeling, sandbank swimming, Kwale Island seafood BBQ, tips, and honest value advice.

“The day trip was awesome, and I enjoyed myself with other members on board since the beginning till the end of the tour was an amazing day. Thanks to the tour guide Nassor, who made the day exceptional and enjoyable. The lunch was good and plentiful. I highly recommend the tour.”

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10.Nakupenda Sandbank with Seafood BBQ & Fruits

★★★★★★★★★★3.6 · 5 reviews · from $74

Review of Zanzibar’s Nakupenda Sandbank tour, with a seafood BBQ, tropical fruit, boat ride, guide tips, price, and crowd advice.

“It was really good. Osman was great very knowledgeable, we learned lots from him. Nakupenda beach was great, it got very busy at the end but that always happens.”

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11.Discover fullday snorkeling +sandbank BBQ

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 4 reviews · 7 hours · from $100

Spend seven hours snorkeling Pungume, eating a seafood BBQ on its sandbank, and visiting Uzi Island from Zanzibar.

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