MADEIRA
TOURS & SAFARIS
Your Gateway to
Zanzibar
and all corners of Tanzania
Owned
by Mr. Anthony Bosco Madeira
Madeira Tours & Safaris is one of the
Zanzibar
’s top Tour Operator established in 1993.
Anthony
Bosco Madeira
Managing Director
OUR
TEAM
Madeira ’s
manages a Professional and friendly team of 20 staff and nothing is too much
trouble. Emphasis is on providing a personalized service, whilst Madeira Tours
logo of an old cannon captures the essence of
Zanzibar
’s historical & vivid past. Out office is situated on
Bhaghani Street
, in
Old
Stone
Town
, near Dhow Palace Hotel and are within easy reach from all town hotels.
We
specialized in cruise ship handling, hotel reservations, domestic flight &
hydrofoil reservations, tours & excursions, transfers & Car hire.
In addition we organize a large variety of safaris within mainland
Tanzania
’s Northern circuit Selous, Ruaha and Mikumi. The combination of safari and
Island retreat making
Tanzania
one of the most popular, yet still exclusive holiday destinations in the world.
OUR
VEHICLES
Madeira
Tours & Safaris owns, and operates over ten (10) well-maintained coaches.
For
added convenience, ease of communication, and your security whilst on
Tours
/ Transfers all our vehicles are equipped with GSM phones. Four wheel drive
vehicles
are utilized whilst on safari, specifically designed for maximum comfort,
photographic opportunities & safety.
Zanzibar is
cultural blend of African, Arabic, Persian and Indian forming a very unique
Swahili culture rich with history.
Many
famous explorers such as Dr David Livingstone, Burton, Speke, Krapf
and Rebman lunched their expeditions into the interior of the African
continent at the turn of the 19th century – but the first mention
of this Island made as early as AD 60, in the Greek record of contemporary
events ‘The Periplus of the Erytheam sea’.
Persia ,
India
and
North Africa
visited its shores starting a dynasty in trade that is still evident at
Kizimkazi, Tumbatu and Wambaa.
The
modern history of the
Island
is marked by the arrival of the Portuguese and the British. Portuguese
navigator, Vasco da Gama, was the first European to explorer to arrive on the
east Coast, on his way to
India
in 1499. The first English ship, sponsored by Edward Bonaventure, under the
command of James Lancaster, arrived inZanzibar
1592.
