Pemba is the spicy part of Zanzibar. Diferent kinds of spices are still produced in this Island. The island also offers the best diving spots. Pemba Island is still untouched, and therefore still offers the visitor a sense of discovery and adventurous.
Pemba Island is still the world's major clove producer and now is slipped into its more traditional role of being an Island Paradise with small inter-island trade. Chake wharf is now mainly used for swimming & fishing. Pemba was seized by the Sultan of Muscat (now Oman) in the 17th century. He was so enchanted by the Spice Islands that he installed himself in Zanzibar and ruled Muscat from there. When the Western Colonial powers came to East Africa the British forced the Sultanates of Muscat and Zanzibar to separate and then administered the Spice Islands in the name of the Sultan. |
