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What do the trip price include?

  • Full or half board lodging, whether in hotels, lodges, tented camps, mobile tented camps, or bush camps as specified in your itinerary
  • Hire motorcycle Yamaha XT-660 R, special modified
  • Fuel for the motorcycles (approx. 10 US$ per Day)
  • All your park and game reserves fees, including conservation fees
  • All in-country transportation as specified in your itinerary, whether by vehicle or bush plane
  • One of our experienced in-country safari guides, on request with german speaking guide
  • Medical and technical advice, technical service for the bikes
  • Insurance for the 'Flying Doctors' (we strongly suggest to assure a international travel insurance in your home country)
  • Unlimited bottled water in our safari vehicles

What is not included in the trip price?

  • International airfair (we can help you to get a flight!)
  • Airport taxes(6 US$ domestic flight, 50 US$ international flight)
  • Cost of obtaining required passports or visas
  • Travel Insurance. Please make sure that you obtain a convenient travel insurance in your home country
  • Medical expenses, meals or activities not specified or indicated as optional
  • Tipping of drivers/guides/tour leaders
  • Drinks in the lodges and camps
  • Spendings for other personal needs
  • Trip cancellation insurance

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Entry requirements for Tanzania

Visitors from most countries require a visa in order to enter Tanzania. All visitors can purchase a visa at the point of entry. You need a passport valid at least half a year, and to pay 50 US$ cash. It is most of the time only a 30 minutes procedure but can take longer if there are several arrivals at a time.

American citizens need to pay 100 US$, and get only a multiple entry visa (since September 2007)

If you intend to fly to Nairobi and then travel on to Tanzania, remember that you may also require a multiple entry visa to enter Kenya, even if it is only for a few hours. The Visa for Kenya and Tanzania is 50 US$ per person for each country (except of American citizens, see above).

Traffic

In Tanzania you drive on the left hand side, but you will get used to it pretty quickly. You need an international driving license.

What do I have to bring for the tour?

Tanzania is located close to the equator, so the temperatures are relatively high throughout the year. We recommend that you bring light summer motorcycle clothing and light casual clothes, sunglasses, sunscreen, hat and insect repellent if you go on safari). In the evenings it can get rather chilly, especially in the desert areas and in the months of May-August, so bring a sweater and a windbreaker.

Link to the climate tables Klimatabellen Tansanias

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What kind of medical protection do I need.

Before you leave for Tanzania you should consult your physician. Besides the obligatory invaccinations such as tetanos and hepatitis you do not need any additional invaccination. You will need to decide on a malaria prevention medication. It is advised to take malaria prophylaxis. We recommend to bring your vaccination card.

Yellow Fever vaccination since 1.1.08

If you traveled before arrival to Tanzania in an yellow fever endemic zone, then vaccination for Yellow Fever is since 1.1.08 obligatory again. Yellow Fever Endemic Zone in Africa includes Senegal, Gambia, Guinea
Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria,
Mali, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Togo, Benin, Sao Tome, and
Principe, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, United
Republic of Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi,
Ethiopia, Somali, Sudan and Equatorial Guinea.

Yellow Fever Endemic Zone in America includes Panama, Venezuela, Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Bolivia.

For all travellers coming directly from Europe to Jro e.g on KLM flight, such that they did not cross an endemic country they will not need Yellow Fever Vaccination.

For all travellers coming from Europe via or transitted through an endemic country e.g.:

a.On ET flight via Addis and Nbo they will need Yellow Fever vaccination card.
b.On any international flight to NBO e.g SN, BA, Swiss, KQ etc. to NBO, then boarding a or KQ/PW flight to JRO will need Yellow Fever vaccination.

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION ON ARRIVAL AT JRO is provided at JRO (Kilimanjaro Airport Arusha) at a cost of 50 US$ per pax.

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Flights to Tanzania

Please find here informations about international connection flights from Europe, USA, and Northern America.

For flight bookings Europe you can also contact Reiseteam Köln in Germany: info@reiseteam-koeln.de. Contact person Mr André Saak.

If you want to book the flights yourself:
Itineraries starting at Kilimanjaro Airport, JRO (Arusha) ending on Zanzibar

  • KLM is serving both airports, and you can book 'open jar' flights. Other ‘open jaw’ flights are offered by
  • Condor (from Germany with connection flights to West Europe)
  • South African Airways in cooperation with Air Tanzania (from Johannesburg)
  • Otherwise, if you get flights only to Nairobi or Dar es Salaam, then we can help you with the necessary connection flights (please see below).

Or : arriving at Kilimanjaro Airport and departing from Dar Es Salaam
Such so called ‘open jaw’ flights are offered by

  • KLM in cooperation with Kenya Airways, Air France and Northwest Airlines
  • Ethiopian Airlines

NB – if going on safari and then to Zanzibar and flying KLM it is strongly advised to book an open jaw flight to Kilimanjaro / from Zanzibar or Dar Es Salaam. The departure flight from Kilimanjaro goes via Dar Es Salaam, so it is much more convenient (and cheaper) for you to get a connection flight to Dar Es Salaam instead of Kilimanjaro.
Itineraries starting at Kilimanjaro Airport, JRO (Arusha)

From Dar to Zanzibar

If you want to visit Zanzibar, then sometimes you can get cheaper flights to Dar than to Zanzibar directly. From Dar es Salaam we can easily connect you to Zanzibar (20 min flight, from 50 US$ per person). You can also reach Zanzibar by ferry boat, which costs 35 US$ per person, but involves the taxi to the harbour (ca. 15 US$).
Holidays in Zanzibar

If you wish to fly to Zanzibar directly there are the following options.

  • KLM in cooperation with Kenya Airways, Air France and Northwest Airlines – sometimes with long transit hours in Nairobi
  • Condor (from Germany with connection flights to West Europe)
  • South African Airways in cooperation with Air Tanzania (from Johannesburg)
  • Charter Flights from Italy and Spain (during high season

Often you get cheaper flights to Dar Es Salaam instead of Zanzibar directly. From Dar Es Salaam we can easily connect you to Zanzibar
• either with connection flights (20 min flight, from 60 US$ per person).
• or by ferry boat (approx 2 hours, at 35 US$ per person/2nd class). But this involves a taxi transfer from the airport to the harbour (ca. 15 US$). The last ferry to Zanzibar leaves Dar Es Salaam at 15:45 hrs.

From Dar to Arusha

There are several flights from Dar to Arusha, the first one at 0930hrs1120 (Zanair), the last one at 1640hrs1820 (Air Excel). Those flights cost from 190 US$ per person, depending on airline.
Kenya Safaris, Nairobi and connection flights to Arusha and Zanzibar


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Money matters

The unit of local currency is the Tanzania Shilling (TSh). American dollars in cash or travellers cheques are acceptable in many places around town (note: AMEX Travellercheques are often not accepted). Credit cards are excepted only in big hotels, and if you do manage to find a place to use them there will usually be a surcharge of at least 10%. Please note not to bring US$ notes issued before 1997, as they are not accepted here!

In Arusha, Dar and Zanzibar there are ATM's where you can get local currency with your Visa or Mastercard.

click here for a currency converter

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Safety

The security situation in all of Tanzania is very good. The people we meet are mostly very friendly.

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