Travel planning
Accessible Travel in Tanzania
Where access has been designed in, where it has not, and the specific questions worth asking an operator before any deposit is paid.
Every Echoes of Africa guide and essay filed under Tanzania: entry rules, safety, money, transport, packing, food, culture, festivals and heritage.
Heritage
Tanzania and Diaspora Reconnection
An Indian Ocean history rather than an Atlantic one, a cathedral built on a slave market, and an inscription that names the abolitionist.
Events and Festivals
Tanzania Festivals and Celebrations
Ngoma, taarab and a film festival named for the dhow country circuit, in a nation with no intangible heritage inscriptions at all.
Culture
Tanzania Culture and Etiquette Guide
A national language that was a political choice, a dress code with a price attached, and a law about what you may photograph.
Food
Tanzania Food Guide
Ugali and mishkaki on the mainland, an island cuisine built by the Indian Ocean, and a plastic bag ban that changes how you carry it.
Travel planning
Tanzania Travel Safety Guide
A narrow border advisory, an election whose aftermath is still current, laws about photography and phones, and the law on same-sex activity.
Travel planning
Getting Around Tanzania
A bus rapid transit system that works, ferries with a bad record, minibuses with a worse one, and a separate driving permit for Zanzibar.
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Tanzania Packing List
A plastic bag ban enforced at the airport, a dress code with a fine attached, and altitude that starts long before the summit.
Travel planning
Tanzania Currency and Money Guide
Dollars in tourist areas, shillings everywhere else, ATMs that run dry, and cash shortages that followed the 2025 election.
Travel planning
Tanzania Visa and Entry Requirements
An e-visa applied for in advance, a separate compulsory insurance policy for Zanzibar, and a London high commission that no longer issues visas.