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MINIBUSES
MINIBUSES – Given the limited size of Zanzibar town, most locals travel by daladala. These are most commonly mini-buses (which are more akin to large vans – usually the Toyota Hiace) but sometimes trucks. For many tourists, back-packers and adventurers, the daladala experience is a thrilling one. Tourists are thrust into the heart of Zanzibari life; expect a chicken on you knee and locals with buckets of fresh seafood to sell.
Daladala travel is cheap; the longest journeys cost no more than TSH 3,500 (appx. US$1.50). However, it is not comfortable and can be very tiresome. A 60 km journey can take up to three hours since stops are so frequent, back-tracking sometimes even occurs, and the driver will wait around for as long as he deems it advantageous to swell his numbers.
The routes run throughout the day and are numbered, but to no particular scheme. All daladalas have their destination marked on them. The routes start from either the Darajani terminal on The Creek Road, or from one of the other terminals just outside of Stone Town and accessible by daladala from there. These are Mwembe Ladu, 2 km to the south and Mwana Kwerekwe, 5 km south-east. Many daladala routes are referred to throughout this site.