This visa can be obtained by almost all nationalities at all borders and international airports.
The cost is U$50 for most nationalities. Americans and Irish are U$100.
This visa will allow one re entry if you stay within East Africa and within 30 days of when the visa was issued, so for example if you climb Kilimanjaro and then travel to Nairobi to do a trip that commences in Kenya and later travels to Tanzania you can then usually re enter on the same visa.
Hong Kong, Singaporean, South African and most other African nationals are visa free.
The Tanzania visa is a full page visa
An additional entry requirement for Tanzania is a compulsory insurance:
As per 1 October 2026 every tourist needs to get a mandatory travel insurance from the National Insurance Coorperation (NIC) for traveling to the Tanzanian mainland. This is also the case if you already have travel insurance. Not having this extra insurance can result in you being denied entry. The cost of this is U$44 per person. This should be obtained is the Tanzania mainland is your first port of entry into the country and this will then also cover Zanzibar. If you are entering into Zanzibar before you visit the mainland then see below.
For anyone visiting Zanzibar first before they visit the Tanzanian mainland:
