A number of Jack tree fruit plants at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 15, 2024)
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A Jack Tree fruit plant at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 155, 2024)
Our young assistant climbing up the curry tree to retrieve a handful of curry leaves at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 15, 2024)
The cacao pod taken from the cacao tree at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. The white pulp contains the beans where chocolate comes from. (Oct. 15, 2024)
The cacao bean, is where delicious the delicious chocolate comes from, at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. The beans are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate. (Oct. 15, 2024)
The Vanilla plants at Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 15, 2024)
Me all decked out in a flowered necklace and flower and leaves basket at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 15, 2024)
A long-tailed monkey at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 15, 2024)
Pepper seeds are picked when the color is green, then it’s dried and turns black for black pepper. (Oct. 15, 2024)
The pineapple trees at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 15, 2024)
The cloves plant that smells like Christmas at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 15, 2024)
Termites climbing up the side of a tree at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 15, 2024)
Walking through the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 15, 2024)
Me, Netty, Daniela and Tony with our Queens and King crowns on at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. We took a break to drink tea and eat fresh fruits. (Oct. 15, 2024)
Break time for tea and fruit, like this delicious, fresh mango, at a stand in the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 15, 2024)
Eating fresh pineapple at the Kizimbani Plantation in Zanzibar. (Oct. 15, 2024)
Our Spice Tour guide Abdullah showing us the nutmeg tree and seed or mace that contains the nutmeg seed that’s ground into the nutmeg spice at the Kizimbani Plantation. (Oct. 15, 2024)
The ground nutmeg spice is derived from the red seed inside the fruit or mace at the Kizimbani Plantation. (Oct. 15, 2024)