WHO WE ARE

Salma during cooking class

Salma at the local market

Salma with her favorite drink: fresh coconut

Salma enjoying a local lunch

who are we

Busara Tours was started to provide fascinating trips with beautiful destinations to Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar. Amazing Safari tours to Kenya, wildlife & cultural tours in Tanzania, with breathtaking beach holidays in Zanzibar, combined with many excursions for enjoying the architecture, wildlife, birds, local cuisine, Swahili culture and much much more.

Busara Tours is led by Salma, a woman who works in tourism. Salma was born in Tanzania.

“BUSARA MEANS WISDOM IN KISWAHILI, THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE IN KENYA AND TANZANIA. IT IS A WORD THAT IS OFTEN USED HERE IN EVERYDAY LIFE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUR BUSARA, OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF AFRICA.”

Salma Mgaza (1975) was born on Pemba, a small island belonging to the Zanzibar Archipelago. After studying Tourism she became one of the first female guides of Zanzibar. With her family she lives in Stone Town, the beautiful capital of Zanzibar. She has been working for more than 20 years for a travel agency that compiles and provides travel in East Africa. In addition, Salma does a lot of volunteering for an NGO that supports local communities, the Zanzibar Outreach Program (ZOP).

“I HAVE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL TRAVEL ROUTES THROUGH KENYA, TANZANIA AND ZANZIBAR TO ENJOY WILDLIFE, NATURE, CULTURE AND RELAXATION. WITH BUSARA TOURS I WANT TO OFFER EVERYONE THE BEST TRIPS FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. KARIBU! WELCOME!!”

Busara Tours trains also young local people to become Zanzibar tour guides. It is important for us to work with local people, to support local enterprises, to think sustainable and to save our planet. Our knowledge we like to share with our guests, clients and people we work with. We like to become one of the best tour company of Tanzania.

What OUR CLIENTS SAY

					<img decoding="async"  alt="star rating"  data-src="https://www.busaratours.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-tripadvisor-review-slider/public/partials/imgs/tripadvisor_stars_5.png" class="wptripadvisor_t1_star_img_file lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="><noscript><img decoding="async"  alt="star rating"  data-src="https://www.busaratours.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-tripadvisor-review-slider/public/partials/imgs/tripadvisor_stars_5.png" class="wptripadvisor_t1_star_img_file lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="><noscript><img decoding="async" src="https://www.busaratours.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-tripadvisor-review-slider/public/partials/imgs/tripadvisor_stars_5.png" alt="star rating" class="wptripadvisor_t1_star_img_file">  Busara Tours were amazing! 8 of us (5 adults, 3 children)  took the Stone Town to Prison Island Tour plus Snorkelling at Bawe Island Tour.    Best… read more Zanzibar half-day tour ever! Really great!  The children especially loved it.   Planning was smooth.  We were met by the tour coordinator in Stone Town, introduced to our Tour Guide for the day, who spoke perfect English and was really fun & knowledgeable, then we met the captain of the boat (which was called Mr Bean! Brilliant!!). We chose our snorkelling equipment.  Off to Bawe Island  – the coral and the fish were amazing.  Snacks & drinks were all included.  Prison Island was unbelievable with the 300 giant tortoises.  The kids were spell bound and loved feeding them.  We arrived back just after lunch.  Thank you Busara Tours, you are all so friendly, efficient and you all ROCK!				
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IsolatingIslander
August 2, 2022 

					<img decoding="async"  alt="star rating"  data-src="https://www.busaratours.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-tripadvisor-review-slider/public/partials/imgs/tripadvisor_stars_5.png" class="wptripadvisor_t1_star_img_file lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="><noscript><img decoding="async"  alt="star rating"  data-src="https://www.busaratours.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-tripadvisor-review-slider/public/partials/imgs/tripadvisor_stars_5.png" class="wptripadvisor_t1_star_img_file lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="><noscript><img decoding="async" src="https://www.busaratours.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-tripadvisor-review-slider/public/partials/imgs/tripadvisor_stars_5.png" alt="star rating" class="wptripadvisor_t1_star_img_file">  Salma and her team at Busara Tours were terrific while we stayed in Zanzibar.  They met us as we left the airport and whisked us to our walking tour… read more of Stone Town. Ali was a great guide and gave us a good overview of this colonial town. 



Our driver confidently made his way to the hotel and all extra arrangements were easy due to Salma. 



Salma was attentive and communicated well to all of us as we had many moving parts. I was confident that she would get the job done and I would use Busara Tours again!				
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janemI4160IS
March 25, 2022 

					<img decoding="async"  alt="star rating"  data-src="https://www.busaratours.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-tripadvisor-review-slider/public/partials/imgs/tripadvisor_stars_5.png" class="wptripadvisor_t1_star_img_file lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="><noscript><img decoding="async"  alt="star rating"  data-src="https://www.busaratours.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-tripadvisor-review-slider/public/partials/imgs/tripadvisor_stars_5.png" class="wptripadvisor_t1_star_img_file lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="><noscript><img decoding="async" src="https://www.busaratours.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-tripadvisor-review-slider/public/partials/imgs/tripadvisor_stars_5.png" alt="star rating" class="wptripadvisor_t1_star_img_file">  Busara tours offers really special walking tours through Stone Town that you don’t find at any other company. I booked the tour about the daily live of local women. I… read more learned a lot and it was super interesting; it’s like you get a very special view behind the curtain! And you get an impression about the living in this wonderful old town – about traditions and modern living. Salma is a great guide and you feel like a friend, not like a tourist. I highly recommend Busara Tours.				
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ChristineB6426
February 25, 2022 

Busara Tours

WHO WE ARE

who are we

“BUSARA MEANS WISDOM IN KISWAHILI, THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE IN KENYA AND TANZANIA. IT IS A WORD THAT IS OFTEN USED HERE IN EVERYDAY LIFE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUR BUSARA, OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF AFRICA.”

“I HAVE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL TRAVEL ROUTES THROUGH KENYA, TANZANIA AND ZANZIBAR TO ENJOY WILDLIFE, NATURE, CULTURE AND RELAXATION. WITH BUSARA TOURS I WANT TO OFFER EVERYONE THE BEST TRIPS FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. KARIBU! WELCOME!!”

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