Are you travelling to Tanzania?

Tanzania is a developing country in East Africa, infamous for the highest mountain in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro is 5,895 meters high. Tanzania is also home to the Serengeti national park, along with 15 other national parks. The climate is tropical along the coast and temperate in the highlands.

Capital City: Dodoma

Languages: Swahili and English

Population: 49 million

Currency: Tanzanian shilling

Entry Requirements:

• Tourist, Student, Business or Volunteer visa is required. Canadians must have a passport.
• Yellow Fever vaccination certificate is required for travellers coming from countries with YF transmission.

Diseases to consider:

• African Sleeping Sickness
• Cholera
• Chikungunya
• Dengue
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• HIV
• Influenza
• Malaria
• Measles/Mumps/Rubella
• Pneumococcal
• Rabies
• Schistosomiasis
• Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis
• Traveller’s Diarrhea
• Tuberculosis
• Typhoid Fever

Travel Alerts

Check Government of Canada advisories specific to Tanzania here.