Pemba Island is part of Tanzania’s Zanzibar Archipelago, off the coast East Africa. It’s know for its lush, Green hills and clove plantations. The Pemba channel, with it’s coral reefs and abundant marine life, separates the island from mainland. 

Pemba is often overshadowed by its larger neighbor (Unguja), even though Pemba is Hillier and more verdant. Pemba Island is hidden masterpiece filled with forests, mangrove swamps, hidden beaches, lagoons and tidal sandbanks. It is littered with the ruins of mosques and tombs, reminders of the Arab domination of the Island in the 17th century. 

Pemba known as “clove island” due to being the world’s main exporter of cloves (70% of all the world’s cloves are grown in Pemba). The Island is also the centre for ju ju traditions of medicine, giving it a reputation as the world’s ‘magic’ island.