Dhow at sunset on the Zanzibar channel

Zanzibar · 6 min read

The hour before the dhow

Most sunset sails on this coast leave when the voucher says so. The light does not read vouchers. We ask captains we know to wait until the channel goes copper, which is sometimes 4:50 and sometimes 6:10, and to skip the trip if the sky is a lid.

Dhow at sunset
Dhow bow
Stone Town at blue hour
Sandbar
Lateen sail
House of Wonders

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