Zanzibar Webcam Live
Nungwi at the island's northern tip, Kiwengwa on the northeast coast, and Jambiani in the southeast. Live 24/7.
Three beaches, three sides of the same island
SkylineWebcams broadcasts live views of Nungwi's northern tip, Kiwengwa's northeast coast, and Jambiani's white sand in the southeast, covering three very different faces of Zanzibar's coastline.
Zanzibar — an island where a war ended before breakfast finished
Zanzibar's wealth was built on spice, especially cloves, earning the archipelago its old nickname of the Spice Islands and drawing traders from across the Indian Ocean for centuries under a succession of Omani sultans. That wealth, and the slave trade that financed part of it, shaped Stone Town, the old quarter now UNESCO-listed since 2000 for its fusion of Arab, Persian, Indian and European architecture — including the site of the former slave market, today marked by a memorial beside the Anglican cathedral built over it.
Zanzibar also holds a stranger record: on the morning of 27 August 1896, after the sudden death of a British-backed sultan, his rival Khalid bin Barghash seized the palace and declared himself ruler without London's approval. The Royal Navy opened fire at 9:02am; by 9:40am the palace was in ruins, the sultan's flag had fallen, and the shortest war in recorded history was over — the Anglo-Zanzibar War, lasting somewhere between 38 and 45 minutes, quicker than most people's morning commute. Zanzibar remained a British protectorate until 1963, then merged with Tanganyika the following year to form modern Tanzania.
What the three cameras show
Nungwi
SkylineWebcams · Zanzibar NorthLive view of Nungwi beach, at the island's northern tip, famous for turquoise water and legendary sunsets.
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SkylineWebcams · Zanzibar NorthLive view of Kiwengwa beach on the northeast coast, lined with coconut palms and calm lagoon waters.
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SkylineWebcams · Zanzibar Central-SouthLive view of Jambiani beach in the southeast, known for its seaweed farms and traditional fishing villages.
Watch live →Farrokh Bulsara, later known to the world as Freddie Mercury, was born in Stone Town in 1946, when Zanzibar was still a British protectorate. His childhood home still stands in the old quarter's narrow streets, a quieter counterpoint to the island's history of sultans, spice fortunes and a war measured in minutes rather than years.
Zanzibar beyond the webcams
Stone Town: the historic heart of Zanzibar City, its carved wooden doors and winding alleys UNESCO-listed since 2000.
Mnemba Atoll: a small private island off Nungwi's coast, ringed by coral reef and prized for diving.
Jozani Forest: one of the last habitats of the endangered Zanzibar red colobus monkey.
An island that took centuries to build its fortune on cloves and trade watched that same fortune settle a succession dispute in under three-quarters of an hour: Zanzibar's history moves at two entirely different speeds, one measured in dynasties and one in minutes, and both are still visible from its beaches today.
When to watch
Nungwi, sunset: for what locals and visitors alike consider some of the most spectacular sunsets on the island.
Getting there: Nungwi sits at Zanzibar's northern tip, Kiwengwa on the northeast coast, and Jambiani in the southeast — all reachable by road from Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
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