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Travel to Tanzania

Flying to Tanzania

The national airline is Air Tanzania (TC) (www.airtanzania.com).

Flight times:

From London to Dar es Salaam is 10 hours.

Departure tax:

The international departure tax is US$30 but this is usually included in the price of an airline ticket.

Travel by rail

The route between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Moshi in Zambia is run by the Tanzania and Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) (www.tazara.co.tz). Trains get very crowded and travellers should take special care of their baggage.

Getting to Tanzania by boat

Main portsDar es Salaam port is served by ocean freighters and passenger liners. Other ports include Zanzibar, Mtwara, Tanga, Kilwa, Lindi and Mafia (www.tanzaniaports.com).

Ferry operators:

Passenger ferry services run on Lake Tanganyika to Mpulunga (Zambia). They also used to run to Bujumbura (Burundi), and this service is likely to start up again in the future. There is sporadic and unreliable ferry service on Lake Nyasa linking Tanzania with Malawi.

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