⚑ The chapter on this country is at /chapters/zanzibar/ — the argument and its sources; this page is the dated record it rests on.
1892
The Khoja Caravanserai is built in Stone Town; its carved door opens on a musafirkhana for traders arriving by dhow
1936
Forodhani Gardens are laid out for Sultan Khalifa’s silver jubilee
1993
Luke Bailes opens Singita Ebony on family land in the Sabi Sand
1994
Chumbe’s protection is established — four years before the lodge that pays for it
1998
The Chumbe ecolodge opens: hospitality income funds the reserve rather than the reverse
2000
Stone Town is inscribed by UNESCO, three years after a hotel put money into conserving two of its buildings
2000
Singita Sasakwa opens in the Grumeti, Tanzania
2004
Asilia Africa is founded in East Africa Asilia Africa
2018
Thanda Island opens off Tanzania, let whole
2023
Bawe Island opens off Zanzibar