In January we arrived to go Zanzibar Durian Hunting for the first time having very little idea what to expect. Thanks to Mark Wiens, I’d been plotting a Zanzibar Durian Hunt since 2013, but I had never managed to find any definite information about where on the island they grow, when the right season would […]
Zanzibar Fruits at Village Green Spice Farm, Mitakawan
In Zanzibar, many people believe (or will tell you so) that the only place you can find durian trees is in the Spice Gardens around the area called Kizimbani. But there are Spice Gardens sprinkled all over the island’s interior, relics of the plantation aristocracy that made Zanzibar the Clove Capital of the world. There’s […]
90-year-old Zanzibar Durian Trees at Tangawizi Spice Farm
About Kizimbani Kizimbani is a cluster of villages along a very straight road cutting through inland Zanzibar, about 10km north of Stone Town. Durian is very easy to find here. During the season, you’ll find piles of them being sold along the road and in front of people’s houses, kilometers and kilometers of durian. But […]
