SPICE ISLANDBOEREWORSSpice Island Boerewors
"Artisan South African sausages crafted in Zanzibar"
Premium South African sausages handcrafted in Zanzibar. Traditional recipes, local fresh ingredients, and rich, authentic flavor cured and packaged for the ultimate grill.
Our Handcrafted Sausage List
Our products are freshly made to order. Since prices depend on batch size and market ingredients in Zanzibar, contact us for current pricing or place a direct query on WhatsApp.
Ouma-style boerewors
TZS 45,000 / kgTraditional South African Ouma-style beef boerewors, freshly made in small batches.
Beef dry wors
TZS 40,000 / 500g packAir-dried beef dry wors, the perfect snack. Sold in 500g packs.
From backyard braais to hotel kitchens
From a relaxed beach braai to a busy hotel kitchen, our boerewors is made for every table in Zanzibar.
For your home braai
Authentic, properly made boerewors delivered to your door in Nungwi — the centrepiece of any weekend braai with family and friends.
Events & catering
Weddings, parties and private functions across Zanzibar. We make to order in the quantities your event needs, so the grill never runs dry.
Hotels & restaurants
Consistent, chef-grade South African sausage for kitchens that want a reliable local supplier and a genuine point of difference on the menu.
The Spice Island Story
Freshly made in small batches, bringing the authentic flavors of South African butchery to Zanzibar. We make beef boerewors, beef breakfast sausage, and air-dried beef dry wors to order. Delivery is available in the Nungwi area of Zanzibar, and orders are taken by WhatsApp.
Authentic Recipes
Genuine South African butchery guidelines
Zanzibar Spiced
Locally hand-blended aromatic spices
Braai Ready
Coarse-ground, juicy, and perfect for coals
Meet the Founder
Spice Island Boerewors was founded by Mark, an executive chef born and bred in South Africa, where boerewors is woven into everyday life. Over many years cooking in some of Zanzibar's most prestigious hotels, Mark built a reputation for precision, quality, and an uncompromising respect for proper ingredients. Today he brings that same fine-dining discipline to the food he grew up on — handcrafting every batch in small quantities using authentic South African recipes and time-honoured techniques. The result is boerewors with genuine pedigree: the taste of home, made by a professional chef who simply refuses to cut corners.
What is Boerewors?
Boerewors — literally "farmer's sausage" in Afrikaans — is South Africa's most beloved sausage and the heart of every braai (the South African barbecue). It's traditionally made from coarsely minced beef, seasoned with a warm, fragrant blend of toasted coriander, black pepper, nutmeg and clove, then wound into a generous spiral and grilled over open coals until it's juicy, smoky and caramelised. Its story begins with the early Cape settlers of the 1800s, who married European sausage-making craft with local spices to create something entirely their own. To this day, South African law insists that true boerewors be at least 90% meat — no fillers, no shortcuts. That is exactly how we make ours. More than a meal, boerewors is a ritual: friends gathered around the fire, the unmistakable scent of spice and woodsmoke, and that first sizzling bite that tastes like home.