Comoros Islands: Grand Comore Culture and Cuisine: History, Towns and Best Beaches and Bites | Day Tour from Moroni
- Duration: 1 Days (approx.)
- Location: Moroni
- Product code: GCTownbeachfood
Comoros Island Tour | Grand Comore
Grand Comore Culture and Cuisine: History, Towns and Best Beaches and Bites | Day Tour from Moroni
We start up the day with a pickup at your chosen hotel anywhere in Grand Comore Island and briefing by our staff, after breakfast, and head around the circle road of the island to take in the towns, mosques, markets, history, and the BEST food and favorite secluded beach spots to make the most of your time on a trip or excursion. ---- and you don't have to drive!
From here we spend the first part of the day sweeping through the mosque of Iconi and combing the haunts and history of the original inhabitants of the Comoran archipelago, who brushed the fame and fortunes of the Portugese traders and Magellan all the way to Captain Cook and the Libertalia Pirates. We head out to delve into spices and flavors that the island generates for the world...from Chanel Number 5's ylang ylang (the "flower of flowers" to bourbon vanilla (the "bourbon isles" were this chain spanning Comoros to Madagascar (where the plant was first grown in Nosy Be) down to Reunion (the inventor of the pollination method) and Mauritius. The bintang snack, coconut rolled with garlic and spices, is our evergreen favorite, but there is tons of delights to discover! We hit the white and black sand beaches of the ring road and circumnavigate the volcano the rest of the day, taking in some of the best and most secluded spots to last us up until sunset.
TOUR ITINERARY:
We will start at any hotel of your choice in the island, and head to the Iconi mosque first, where we will spend half a day meandering in the markets and mosques and labyrinthine sinews of the Comorian towns and souks. We will taste some snacks and spices/flavors that are famed and endemic (and historic) in Comoros too, and then hit the ring road to circle the island's black and white sand beaches while gazing up at the monstrous volcanic slopes of might Mt Karthala at the base. It can take the whole day for the roundtrip circuit through the island to the black sand and white sand beaches and stretches where we can have a picnic and enjoy swimming and serenity, so bring as much water as you may need for the day and any comfort snacks.
A lot of totally endemic plants and birds, all rare by their very essence of evolving on a remote detached island, live within the forest and some around the rock outcroppings lining the coast. We will try to spot them in the nature and cliffs today as we go.
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*Please note that while we can try, we cannot guarantee dietary or special allergy requirements on this tour as all of the food and ingredients are from real local Comorian vendors and growers, and they generally do not adhere nor acknowledge nor unfortunately much care about dietary restrictions. if this may pose a problem, it is perfectly acceptable to also opt out on trying any of the food or drinks on the tour.