It is easily reached by public buses 309 and 310, by chartered taxi or as an organized tour from Zanzibar Town.

These tours are often in combination with dolphin observation in Kizimkazi,[4] one of Zanzibar's oldest settlements with a tiny 12th century mosque open to public.

Residents here depend to a large degree on the Jozani Forest as a source of firewood, hunting, building resources, farming, fishing, and more.

The village also operates ecotourism in the Jozani Forest and has constructed a 0.6 mile (1 km) boardwalk through the mangroves at the southern road entrance into the national park.

Many villagers work as authorized guides for tours in the southern tip of Jozani Forest.