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Old August 12th, 2008, 09:07 PM posted to rec.travel.africa
Sapphyre
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Hi,

I'm travelling to Tanzania next year (Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam). A
few things I'd like to know...

I'm Canadian and need a visa. Can I get that at the airport upon
arrival? What about Kenya? I have to transit Nairobi on Swiss Air to
get to Dar es Salaam.

Can someone inform me on the currency regulations that are in place? I
read that you cannot export more than $1000 USD, but what if you're
bringing more than that in? Tanzania is actually my first stop on a
three week holiday and I do anticipate I will need more than $1000 for
the duration. I won't have had a good chance to spend a big portion of
it on my first stop. Would travellers checks be a way around their
export regulation? And is there a way to legally take in and out more
than $1000? I'm thinking I need $2500 to $3000.

Thanks in advance,
S.
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Old August 13th, 2008, 10:22 AM posted to rec.travel.africa
Marc Lurie[_1_]
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On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:07:20 -0700 (PDT), Sapphyre
wrote:

Hi,

I'm travelling to Tanzania next year (Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam). A
few things I'd like to know...

I'm Canadian and need a visa. Can I get that at the airport upon
arrival? What about Kenya? I have to transit Nairobi on Swiss Air to
get to Dar es Salaam.

Can someone inform me on the currency regulations that are in place? I
read that you cannot export more than $1000 USD, but what if you're
bringing more than that in? Tanzania is actually my first stop on a
three week holiday and I do anticipate I will need more than $1000 for
the duration. I won't have had a good chance to spend a big portion of
it on my first stop. Would travellers checks be a way around their
export regulation? And is there a way to legally take in and out more
than $1000? I'm thinking I need $2500 to $3000.

Thanks in advance,
S.


I stand to be corrected here, but I suspect that the $1000 maximum
export number refers to Tanzanian citizens, not visitors. I've
regularly travelled to Tanzania and Uganda with more than that, and
never had any problems.

As far as I'm aware, visas are not available at Tanzanian airports. I
would contact the Tanzanian embassy in Canada as soon as possible
about a visa.

Cheers,
Marc
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Old August 13th, 2008, 11:05 AM posted to rec.travel.africa
Michael Steiger
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:22:09 +0200, Marc Lurie
wrote:

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:07:20 -0700 (PDT), Sapphyre
wrote:

Hi,

I'm travelling to Tanzania next year (Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam). A
few things I'd like to know...

I'm Canadian and need a visa. Can I get that at the airport upon
arrival? What about Kenya? I have to transit Nairobi on Swiss Air to
get to Dar es Salaam.

Can someone inform me on the currency regulations that are in place? I
read that you cannot export more than $1000 USD, but what if you're
bringing more than that in? Tanzania is actually my first stop on a
three week holiday and I do anticipate I will need more than $1000 for
the duration. I won't have had a good chance to spend a big portion of
it on my first stop. Would travellers checks be a way around their
export regulation? And is there a way to legally take in and out more
than $1000? I'm thinking I need $2500 to $3000.

Thanks in advance,
S.


I stand to be corrected here, but I suspect that the $1000 maximum
export number refers to Tanzanian citizens, not visitors. I've
regularly travelled to Tanzania and Uganda with more than that, and
never had any problems.

As far as I'm aware, visas are not available at Tanzanian airports. I
would contact the Tanzanian embassy in Canada as soon as possible
about a visa.


A few years ago we received visas both in Zanzibar and Arusha
airports. But we are Austrian and have no Tanzanian embassy in our
country. Maybe for people like us they issue visas.

safari njema
Michael
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Old August 13th, 2008, 01:09 PM posted to rec.travel.africa
Sapphyre
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On Aug 13, 5:22*am, Marc Lurie
wrote:
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:07:20 -0700 (PDT), Sapphyre





wrote:
Hi,


I'm travelling to Tanzania next year (Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam). A
few things I'd like to know...


I'm Canadian and need a visa. Can I get that at the airport upon
arrival? What about Kenya? I have to transit Nairobi on Swiss Air to
get to Dar es Salaam.


Can someone inform me on the currency regulations that are in place? I
read that you cannot export more than $1000 USD, but what if you're
bringing more than that in? Tanzania is actually my first stop on a
three week holiday and I do anticipate I will need more than $1000 for
the duration. I won't have had a good chance to spend a big portion of
it on my first stop. Would travellers checks be a way around their
export regulation? And is there a way to legally take in and out more
than $1000? I'm thinking I need $2500 to $3000.


Thanks in advance,
S.


I stand to be corrected here, but I suspect that the $1000 maximum
export number refers to Tanzanian citizens, not visitors. I've
regularly travelled to Tanzania and Uganda with more than that, and
never had any problems.

As far as I'm aware, visas are not available at Tanzanian airports. I
would contact the Tanzanian embassy in Canada as soon as possible
about a visa.

Cheers,
Marc- Hide quoted text -

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Hi Marc, I stand corrected, the country with the $1000 currency export
laws is Zimbabwe. I'm travelling to half a dozen countries and got
confused about which country I was reading about.

In Zimbabwe there's a $1000 US maximum export (or equivalant in other
currencies), no limit at all on the import, so I can take in $2000 but
can only take out $1000... which really concerns me because my trip
won't even be half over. I'm only entering Zimbabwe on Safari
(starting in Victoria Falls by charter plane). I do believe you have
to fill out a customs declaration of what you take in and out, but I'm
not 100% sure on that.

Cheers,
S.
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Old August 15th, 2008, 04:27 PM posted to rec.travel.africa
Hans-Georg Michna
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A little hint on the sidelines---in many countries, including,
for example, Kenya and China, you can at any time pull money
from your bank account through an ATM, using a Maestro debit
card. Very convenient, always good rates.

For backup, you could carry some travellers cheques and a credit
card. No need to carry large amounts of cash.

Hans-Georg
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Old August 15th, 2008, 08:27 PM posted to rec.travel.africa
Sapphyre
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On Aug 15, 11:27*am, Hans-Georg Michna hans-
wrote:
A little hint on the sidelines---in many countries, including,
for example, Kenya and China, you can at any time pull money
from your bank account through an ATM, using a Maestro debit
card. Very convenient, always good rates.

For backup, you could carry some travellers cheques and a credit
card. No need to carry large amounts of cash.

Hans-Georg
--
No mail, please.


For Angola and Zimbabwe, this would be impossible. Angola does accept
foreign cards, and Zimbabwe has inflation problems making it risky to
try changing money that way. I'm also concerned i won't know how much
I'm pulling, because I can't find out my balance without calling into
the bank. Online banking doesn't work for me because I don't have an
SSN, so I can't sign up. I'm not able to do anything online with Visa
either. Will be difficult to call from Africa.

Cheers,
S.
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Old August 25th, 2008, 04:46 AM posted to rec.travel.africa
-hh
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Default Tanzania

Sapphyre wrote:

I'm Canadian and need a visa. Can I get that at the airport upon
arrival?


Yes, there's facilities in the Dar es Salaam airport to get your
Visa. Of course, if you're concerned about bringing along a big bag
of currency, it may be better to get this done at home, well in
advance of your trip.

For other financial items, you might want to look into paying some of
your items in advance (at least in part), although I do recognize that
wiring funds can be a hassle.


-hh

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Old September 4th, 2008, 08:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by -hh View Post
Sapphyre wrote:

I'm Canadian and need a visa. Can I get that at the airport upon
arrival?


-hh
Travelers to Tanzania may obtain entry visas at select ports of entry. At present, visas are issued at Dar es Salaam International Airport, Kilimanjaro International Airport, Zanzibar Airport, and the Tanzania-Kenya border post at Namanga. The usual fee is US$50.00 for regular passport holders.

Read the full article here. http://tanzania.usembassy.gov/travelers.html
 




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