Morning · Changuu
An island
with a past.
Your private boat leaves from the beach of Stone Town and in about twenty-five minutes reaches Changuu, between Grave Island, Snake Island and Bawe. The sultans once used it to confine rebellious slaves; at the end of the nineteenth century the British built a prison here, which was never used as such and became a quarantine station instead.
Today the old walls stand among the trees, and the island is a peaceful place of shade, birds, peacocks and butterflies, surrounded by a reef perfect for snorkelling.
A prison that never held a single prisoner.
