How to Get to Tanzania? Everything you need to know about.

How to Get to Tanzania? Everything you need to know about.

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There are many questions like how do I get to Tanzania? Can you fly direct to Tanzania? What Airlines do fly direct to Tanzania?  What is the best Airport flying into Tanzania? What about the Visa? Are there any other entry requirements to Tanzania?

Here is everything you need to know when traveling to Tanzania.

  • What Airlines do fly direct to Tanzania? Can you fly direct to Tanzania? 

The various airlines flying to Tanzania such as Ethiopian Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch airline, Qatar Airline, and Turkish airline.

From Europe to Tanzania,

We have only two direct flights which are from Amsterdam via KLM Royal Dutch airline to Kilimanjaro International Airport or Istanbul to Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport via Turkish Airlines. There are no direct flights from the UK to Tanzania, although connections are straightforward. Travelers from the UK can either choose to go to Amsterdam and connect a direct flight or take Kenya Airways from London Heathrow taking under nine hours overnight from London to Nairobi, Kenya and then either take a connecting flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport or Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport.

From North America

Also, there are no direct flights from North America to Tanzania. Travelers have to either make two stops en route; or a single stop in Istanbul or Amsterdam and connect with Turkish Airlines to Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport or Amsterdam via KLM Royal Dutch airline to Kilimanjaro International Airport.

From South America

The most direct route from South America to Tanzania uses a South African Airways direct flight from São Paulo, Brazil to Johannesburg, South Africa before connecting to Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport.

 

  • What is the best Airport flying into Tanzania?

Tanzania has three international airports; Kilimanjaro International Airport, Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport, and Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport.

  • Kilimanjaro International Airport is the most common entry point, as it is nearest to the major travel destinations and Arusha, gateway to Tanzania’s major tourist destinations such as Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Mount Kilimanjaro, etc.
  • Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport This is in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s center business city, and closest to the southern circuit travel destinations such as Saadani, Mikumi, Ruaha National Parks, and Selous Game Reserve, etc.
  • Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport This will take you straight to Zanzibar Island and mostly advised to book your exit to Tanzania flights from Zanzibar.
  • So what is the best Airport to land in Tanzania? This depends on the type of Safari you’ve booked the most popular route or what we advise mostly you should take is if you’re having a wildlife Safari + beach holiday, we advise you to take Kilimanjaro Airport then take a Safari to the Serengeti and other northern circuit destinations and then transfer to Zanzibar via Serengeti/Arusha Airport on a domestic flight to Zanzibar for a beach holiday then exit Tanzania via Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport or Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport depending on your next destination flight.
  • You are also welcome to arrive at any airport at your convenience cause once you’re in the country, a good domestic flight network connects the major travel routes, and there is an ever-improving road network for ground travel.