Choose your park or protected area
Sources checked 20 October 2026. Each reference explains its own publication period, categories and conditions. The adult references below do not apply to every visitor and are not complete journey prices.
| Park or protected area | Adult entry or principal permit |
|---|---|
| Chumbe Island Coral Park | Current standalone entry amount unconfirmed; see access and source notes. |
| Jozani–Chwaka Bay National Park | Current standalone entry amount unconfirmed; see access and source notes. |
| Menai Bay Conservation Area | Current standalone entry amount unconfirmed; see access and source notes. |
| Mnemba Island Marine Conservation Area | Current standalone entry amount unconfirmed; see access and source notes. |
| Pemba Channel Conservation Area | Current standalone entry amount unconfirmed; see access and source notes. |
Jozani–Chwaka Bay National Park
No current primary visitor tariff was verified. The 2018 government regulations establish the park authority and a permit schedule, but do not establish the charges payable for a 2026 visit.
- No current primary numeric tariff, age policy, tax treatment or permit duration was confirmed as of 20 October 2026. The amount remains unknown, not zero.
- Do not apply mainland TANAPA tariffs or another Zanzibar area’s fee to this site.
- The historic schedule has ambiguous resident/citizen labels and incomplete age coverage. Its amounts are not presented as a current price or proof of a present exemption.
- The 2018 regulations establish a Jozani–Chwaka Bay National Park Authority and permits for listed activities, including nature walks, camping, research and filming. Current operational requirements need confirmation.
- Keep conservation or permit charges separate from boats, guiding, equipment, food and road transfers. Check which are included in the operator’s quote.
- Ask the authority or operator for the current official charge and an itemised payment breakdown; no official visitor checkout was verified.
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Menai Bay Conservation Area
Confirm the conservation charge separately from the boat, snorkelling, meals and transfers in a Menai Bay excursion. No current primary visitor tariff or official payment route was verified.
- No current primary numeric tariff, age policy, tax treatment or permit duration was confirmed as of 20 October 2026. The amount remains unknown, not zero.
- Do not apply mainland TANAPA tariffs or another Zanzibar area’s fee to this site.
- A September 2025 news report describes revised marine-area fees, but the underlying Ministry tariff was not verified. Obtain the current official amount for this site before payment.
- Confirm the exact site, permitted activity and operator arrangements before booking.
- Keep conservation or permit charges separate from boats, guiding, equipment, food and road transfers. Check which are included in the operator’s quote.
- Ask the authority or operator for the current official charge and an itemised payment breakdown; no official visitor checkout was verified.
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Mnemba Island Marine Conservation Area
The wider conservation area and the Mnemba Special Area must remain distinct when checking an excursion quote. No current primary tariff was verified for either category.
- No current primary numeric tariff, age policy, tax treatment or permit duration was confirmed as of 20 October 2026. The amount remains unknown, not zero.
- Do not apply mainland TANAPA tariffs or another Zanzibar area’s fee to this site.
- A September 2025 news report distinguishes the wider conservation area from the Mnemba Special Area, retaining USD 25 per non-EAC adult and USD 10 per child for the Special Area. The underlying Ministry tariff was not verified. Confirm the exact area and charge; do not extend that reported Special Area price to every reef excursion.
- Confirm the exact site, permitted activity and operator arrangements before booking.
- Keep conservation or permit charges separate from boats, guiding, equipment, food and road transfers. Check which are included in the operator’s quote.
- Ask the authority or operator for the current official charge and an itemised payment breakdown; no official visitor checkout was verified.
Explore Mnemba Island Marine Conservation Area. Sources are linked in the source register below.
Pemba Channel Conservation Area
Request the exact conservation-area charge for the Pemba marine activity being booked. No current primary visitor tariff or official payment route was verified.
- No current primary numeric tariff, age policy, tax treatment or permit duration was confirmed as of 20 October 2026. The amount remains unknown, not zero.
- Do not apply mainland TANAPA tariffs or another Zanzibar area’s fee to this site.
- A September 2025 news report describes revised marine-area fees, but the underlying Ministry tariff was not verified. Obtain the current official amount for this site before payment.
- Confirm the exact site, permitted activity and operator arrangements before booking.
- Keep conservation or permit charges separate from boats, guiding, equipment, food and road transfers. Check which are included in the operator’s quote.
- Ask the authority or operator for the current official charge and an itemised payment breakdown; no official visitor checkout was verified.
Explore Pemba Channel Conservation Area. Sources are linked in the source register below.
Choose the correct visitor category
Nationality, residence and age are distinct. Use the managing authority’s actual definitions and required evidence. A holiday visa or another country’s resident permit does not automatically establish eligibility for the local resident rate.
Student concessions and activity minimum ages are separate from child admission. Where no child amount or age rule is published, obtain confirmation; do not substitute zero or borrow a neighbouring park’s rule.
Separate entry from the rest
- Entry or conservation: match the visitor category and chargeable period.
- Vehicles and boats: check registration, capacity, route and unit.
- Overnight stays: confirm camping, concession, conservancy and accommodation charges separately.
- Activity permits: check minimum ages, booking conditions and whether ordinary entry or a guide is already included.
- Taxes and payment charges: use the source’s stated treatment; do not infer a tax percentage from the difference between two amounts.
What do safari park fees include? explains the lines in a quotation. Gorilla and chimpanzee permit costs explains the activity distinction.
Count the applicable charging units
A calendar day, a daytime ticket, a rolling 24-hour period and a cumulative overnight tariff are different units. Use the exact authority rule; do not multiply a base amount where the manager instead publishes a two-night or three-night total.
Staying inside or outside a park explains the questions to ask when comparing accommodation. Family park fees covers age bands and activity eligibility.
Connect the fees to your journey
Explore Zanzibar and read what shapes a safari budget. Ask Nobu for dated, itemised authority and permit inclusions for the exact route and travellers.
Sources and publication periods
Last checked: 20 October 2026. Published references are not a live ticket quotation. Use the stated dates, visitor categories and charging units; confirm the final payable charges for your route.
- Chumbe Island Coral Park: accommodation and package inclusions. Package prices are undated; levy paragraph refers to 20 August 2024. Actual manager publication: overnight packages include VAT and scheduled boats, while government charges are additional. The current payable levy remains unresolved.
- Chumbe Island Coral Park: additional government charges. Notice dated 31 July 2024; charges effective August 2024. Manager notice says Tanzanian resident/citizen; the accommodation page instead says East African resident/citizen. These publications do not establish whether later government revisions affect the charge; obtain the current invoice.
- Chumbe Island Coral Park: activities. Undated activity guidance checked 20 October 2026. Manager describes guided snorkelling with equipment, overnight inclusions and day-trip availability. It does not establish a current standalone day-trip price.
- Chumbe Island Coral Park: important travel information. PDF linked from manager downloads; October 2025 upload path, no effective date. Visually checked one-page manager PDF. Scheduled boats are included in the standard package; taxi transport and prearranged later boats cost extra. No extension of its prices to 2026 travel is assumed.
- The Citizen: reported Zanzibar marine-fee revision (secondary evidence only). News report dated 2 September 2025; reports 1 September 2025 commencement. Secondary report conflicts with Chumbe’s 2024 operator notice. The underlying Ministry tariff was not verified; no numeric fee is promoted as a confirmed current government charge.
- Zanzibar Government Gazette: Jozani–Chwaka Bay regulations, 2018. Published 25 May 2018; current amendments/application not verified. Archived original government regulations. The tourist schedule was visually checked on printed page 122. Historic amounts are not presented as current prices; resident/citizen labels and ages are ambiguous.
- Zanzibar Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries: conservation-area project locations. Official project reference checked 20 October 2026. Government project locations identify MBCA and PECCA. This is authority/context evidence, not a visitor tariff or payment portal.
- Zanzibar Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries: fisheries policy implementation document. Government document index checked 20 October 2026; effective date unverified. Government fisheries-policy context identifies the conservation areas; it does not establish a visitor tariff or a payment route.
