if you are traveling to tanzania in 2021 or 2022 here are some of the rules and the requirements
that you have to keep in mind whether you are vaccinated or not you are required to present
negative results of a pcr test before traveling to tanzania and make sure before you leave to
the airport that you do have results of your test in hand it's not possible to
board the airplane or check in if you don't have your results now some airports do provide
pcr tests with a quick turnaround time 24 hours sometimes five hours sometimes less
but i don't recommend relying on that so make sure before you head to the airport that you do have
your results in hand and the piece of paper or document that has your negative pcr test results
should have your first name your last name your date and obviously the result as negative before
you travel or you get to tanzania 24 hours before your arrival to tanzania you are required to fill
a traveler surveillance form and this form will have some information about you
about your trip when are you entering tanzania when are you leaving are you experiencing any
symptoms and so on and it's mandatory that you have that phone with you i will leave
the link in the description box so that you can fill it online before you travel to tanzania
now once you arrive in tanzania at the airport of tanzania you are going to go through a health
check they will check your temperature and then there is also a rapid test that is mandatory at
the airport but before you get to the airport you can pay for your rapid test i will also leave the
link in the description box and it's ten dollars per person so you pay the ten dollars online
and then they will give you a receipt in a pdf format with a qr code and once you land at the
airport when they check your temperature they are going to ask you for the qr code so i do suggest
that you create a folder on your phone where you can have all of your documents handy this way
whenever an officer or a health officer is asking for a document you can show it immediately
also when we were in the airplane we were handed an additional form to fill manually and so if i
remember correctly they collected the forms before we landed at kilimanjaro airport if not you just
want to make sure that you have that form handy as well you get to the airport and then you go
through the rapid test you pretty much just go to a small stance you get tested and then
you wait for a couple of minutes your results are going to come out immediately and then they
will give you a piece of paper with your first name last name the date and then the result of
your test and then from there you can go to the next steps now to enter tanzania for many
nationalities a visa is required upon arrival so there are two ways you can do this you can either
apply for a visa once you get to the airport so you just go to the line and then wait in
there provide the necessary documents and then you pay for the visa application and then you obtain
your approval right there or if you want to save all of this time that goes into obtaining a visa
you can apply for an e-visa even before traveling and this is exactly what we did and i felt like
it saved us a lot of time i will also leave the link in the description box with where you
can apply for an e-visa just be careful that you are using the correct link so you go to the link
and then you start your e-visa application they are going to ask you to attach some documents
like your passport information your return ticket they are going to ask you for a photo of you with
a white background which you can pretty much just take on your own and if you have any questions
about how to apply for the e-visa online let me know and i can make a short video about that so
you get the application submitted and then within 24 hours to 48 hours they are going to send you
an email back with your approval and then you just want to make sure that you have that pdf document
saved in your phone so that you can show it to the officer so once you have your visa you show
it to the officers and that's what they are going to use to stamp your passport they are
going to ask you a couple of questions and then they are going to take some of your fingerprints
approve you and then you will be clear to enter the beautiful country of tanzania and start your
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climbing mount kilimanjaro safari and enjoying the beautiful island of zanzibar
my name is habiba this is trekking pals and i will see you very soon on a new adventure