Zanzibar Archipelago Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

Zanzibar Archipelago

The Zanzibar Archipelago consists of several islands lying off the coast of East Africa in the Indian Ocean,
belonging to the country of Tanzania. There are two main islands, plus a number of smaller islets that surround them.
The main islands are Unguja, colloquially also referred to as Zanzibar, being the largest of the two,
and Pemba, lying to the north of Unguja.

Gus		26-Feb-2013 22:53
Nice place and pictures! Safe and inexpensive?

Ashley Hockenberry		12-Jan-2013 17:21
Awesome !

joseantonio		11-Dec-2012 17:32
Wonderful gallery...V.

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		10-Dec-2012 11:29
Fab. collection! V+ Paolo

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Coastal Swordtail Graphium porthaon porthaon	Construction workers working on a dam during low tide	Construction workers working on a dam during low tide	Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Dark-Backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor kersteni	Dark-Backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor kersteni
Dark-Backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor kersteni	Dark-Backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor kersteni	Dark-Backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor kersteni	East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi sokokensis	Zanzibar Sykes' Monkey Cercopithecus albogularis albogularis
Zanzibar Sykes' Monkey Cercopithecus albogularis albogularis	Zanzibar Sykes' Monkey Cercopithecus albogularis albogularis	Zanzibar Sykes' Monkey Cercopithecus albogularis albogularis	Open palm forest in the northern part of the forest	Loveridges Snouted Toad Mertensophryne micranotis
Red-Bellied Coast Squirrel Paraxerus palliatus tanae	Commelina lukei	Flower Melastomataceae spec.	Palms meeting ferns	Ferns as understory of the open forest
Open palm forest in the northern part of the forest	Devil's Crab Orbweaver Gasteracantha falcicornis	A ranger waiting for his tourists to guide	Our rental car	Our rental car having a hard time
Open plains at the centre of the island	Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Horned Rock-Dweller Bradinopyga cornuta
View over the West Coast	Our rental car	José @ Work	Open palm forest along the east coast	Open palm forest along the east coast
Broad-Billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus glaucurus	African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus	Moon Rise	African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus	African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus
African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus	African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus	African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus	African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus	African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus
African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus	African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus	African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus	Rick @ Work	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus pileatus
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	Rick @ Work	Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii arideensis	Going to paradise	Michelango - our guide, cook, translator and supervisor for the day
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus pileatus	Indo-Pacific Bottle-Nosed Dolphin Tursiops aduncus	Indo-Pacific Bottle-Nosed Dolphin Tursiops aduncus	No explanation needed...	Indo-Pacific Bottle-Nosed Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
Just Paradise!	Roadside grocery store	Fishing gear at the beach	Fishing gear at the beach	José getting into our snorkling boat
José @ Work	Indo-Pacific Bottle-Nosed Dolphin Tursiops aduncus	Black-Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	House Crow Corvus splendens splendens	The ruïns of the old industrial wing (1887)
The ruïns of the old industrial wing (1887)	Street Life	The marsh at the north-side of town	Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis rudis	White-Faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Mangro forests along the west coast	The ruïns of an old Arab House (1871)	The ruïns of an old Arab House (1871)	The ruïns of an old chapel (1880)	Old looks, new views
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis	Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis	Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	East coast of Zanzibar	House Crow Corvus splendens splendens
House Crow Corvus splendens splendens	House Crow Corvus splendens splendens	Zanzibar Red Colobus Piliocolobus kirkii	One of the forest paths in Jozani	One of the forest paths in Jozani
One of the forest paths in Jozani	Zanzibar Sykes' Monkey Cercopithecus albogularis albogularis	Zanzibar Sykes' Monkey Cercopithecus albogularis albogularis	Zanzibar Red Colobus Piliocolobus kirkii	Zanzibar Red Colobus Piliocolobus kirkii
Zanzibar Red Colobus Piliocolobus kirkii	Yellow-Rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus fischeri	Zanzibar Red Colobus Piliocolobus kirkii	The boardwalk through the mangrove forest	Speckle-Lipped Skink Trachylepis maculilabris
Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater Merops persicus persicus	José birding the open woodland towards the mangrove	Mangrove Forest	Us, at the boardwalk in the mangrove forest	Black-Bellied Starling Notopholia corusca corusca
Porcelain Fiddler Crab Uca annulipes	Porcelain Fiddler Crab Uca annulipes	Zanzibar Red Colobus Piliocolobus kirkii	The scenic highway to the south	The tidal road to Uzi
The tidal road to Uzi	With our rental car passing the mangrove to Uzi	Porcelain Fiddler Crab Uca annulipes	Lilac-Breasted Roller Coracias caudatus caudatus	Common Orange Tip Colotis evenina sipylus
Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis	Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata ssp.	Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata ssp.	Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata ssp.	Yellow-Headed Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus picturatus picturatus
Yellow-Headed Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus picturatus picturatus	Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata ssp.	Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata ssp.	Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata ssp.	Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta
Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta	East-African Snake-Eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus africanus	Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta	Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta	Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta
Dimorphic Egret Egretta dimorpha	Dimorphic Egret Egretta dimorpha	Dimorphic Egret Egretta dimorpha	Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta	Dimorphic Egret Egretta dimorpha
Dimorphic Egret Egretta dimorpha	Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta	Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula tundrae	Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis	Steppe Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus alboaxillaris	Traditional fisherman in the morning light	Rough-Scaled Plated Lizard Broadleysaurus major	Land Hermit Crab Coenobita rugosus
Flathead Leaf-Toed Gecko Hemidactylus platycephalus	Flathead Leaf-Toed Gecko Hemidactylus platycephalus	Land Hermit Crab Coenobita rugosus	Land Hermit Crab Coenobita rugosus	Land Hermit Crab Coenobita rugosus
The restaurant at moon rise	Resort by Night	Zanzibar by Night	Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	Seaside tree - home to a crab
Red-Claw Crab Cardisoma carnifex	José showing the size of that crab	Striated Heron Butorides striata atricapilla	Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	Rick @ Work	House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus	African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus	Eastern Striped Skink Trachylepis striata striata
African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus	Common Sally-Light-Foot Grapsus tenuicristatus	Green Sally-Light-Foot Grapsus fourmanoiri	Eastern Striped Skink Trachylepis striata striata	East-African Snake-Eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus africanus
East-African Snake-Eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus africanus	House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus	House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus	House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus	Common Mudskipper Periophthalmus kalolo
Common Mudskipper Periophthalmus kalolo	House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus	House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus	The view from our appartment's veranda	Chinese Rose Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Mottled Sally-Light-Foot Grapsus albolineatus	Common Sally-Light-Foot Grapsus tenuicristatus	House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus