A Zanzibar company, built on knowing the island
Continuing a family legacy
Virginia Tours and Travel Company Limited is a Zanzibar-based tour operating and travel company, shaped by a deep connection to these islands and the people who call them home. Its name carries a family legacy in Zanzibar's tourism dating to the 1990s, a quiet inheritance of hospitality and warmth, and local knowledge of the island, carried gently from one generation to the next.
Now that legacy awakens for a new era. Re-established on a modern, professional footing, with documented systems, partnerships built on trust and shared purpose, and a reliability that international travellers have come to expect, while remaining true to the spirit that first gave it life.
Led by its founding family and a circle of valued partners, Virginia Tours brings together the soul of local Zanzibar and the grace of a truly professional operation, rooted in this place, and devoted to the art of travelling it well.
More than excursions, a trip, designed
As a tour operating and travel company, we design and operate the complete on-the-ground experience: transfers, tours, excursions, holiday packages, hotel coordination and fully customised itineraries.
The difference between us and simply buying a list of separate tours is the design and the operating, building days that flow, coordinating trusted suppliers, managing the timing, and being there when plans need to change.
We compete on reliability and professionalism, not on being the cheapest.
What we stand for
The principles behind every trip we design and run.
Local Zanzibar expertise
We live and work on the island. We plan around its geography, tides, seasons and rhythms, knowledge you can't get from a brochure.
Personalised travel
We don't sell fixed packages. Every itinerary is designed around your dates, interests, pace and party.
Reliable operations
Confirmed suppliers, managed transfers and careful timing, so your trip runs the way it was planned.
Carefully selected partners
We work only with vetted guides, drivers and boat operators who meet our standard, trip after trip.
Guest support
A real person is reachable throughout your trip, from arrival to departure, at any hour.
Responsible tourism
Local guides, fair partnerships and respect for Zanzibar's communities, culture and marine environment.
A fully registered operator
Virginia Tours and Travel is a licensed, fully registered Zanzibar tour operator, an important reassurance in a market with many informal operators.
ZCT
Registered with the Zanzibar Commission for Tourism
Licensed
Fully licensed tour operator
ZATO
Member of the Zanzibar Association of Tour Operators (ZATO)
Let's plan your island trip
Tell us how you like to travel. We'll design the experience around you, properly planned, properly run.