What you need to enter Tanzania with a Kenyan passport
Kenyan citizens do not need a visa to travel to Tanzania: a passport is enough, for stays of up to 90 days.
- Maximum stay
- 90 days
- Processing time
- Not applicable: direct entry with your passport.
- Entry cost
- Free
- Minimum passport validity
- 6 months from entry
Why is this passport validity required? →
Last verified: 23 September 2026
Verified practical details
You don't need a visa to enter Tanzania, but here are some practical details worth knowing before you travel:
Zanzibar: different entry rules
Zanzibar runs its own immigration control, including for travellers arriving from the mainland, so you need to carry your passport. Since 1 October 2024 every non-resident visitor must also hold the Zanzibar Insurance Corporation travel policy for their whole stay (up to 92 days). Only that insurer sells it and no other international policy replaces it; without it entry can be refused. Its cover is limited, and Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends also carrying international insurance.
Source: exteriores.gob.es (Recomendaciones de viaje para Tanzania, seguro obligatorio para la entrada en Zanzíbar) y gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/tanzania/entry-requirements (Entering Zanzibar), comprobado el 23/09/2026.
Authorisation system
Tanzania electronic visa (ordinary visa)
The visa can be applied for online, which is what Immigration recommends, or on arrival at Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro airports and at the ports of Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Kigoma. The tourist visa is the single-entry ordinary visa, except for US citizens, who must apply for the multiple-entry visa. The real purpose of the trip must be declared: a tourist visa does not allow work or volunteering. Each traveller, minors included, files their own application, and only on the official website.
Apply on the official site →Required documents
- Passport valid for at least six months from entry with blank pages: Immigration asks for at least one; Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends three.
- Return ticket, to be shown on arrival.
- Nationalities that Immigration excludes from the visa on arrival (among them Pakistan, Bangladesh, Mali, Uzbekistan, Iran, Iraq or Somalia) must obtain it online before travelling, as must refugees and stateless persons.
- Minors travel with their own visa and with any parental consent required.
Transit rules
The transit visa costs USD 30 and lasts at most seven days. It is only for crossing Tanzania to another country, may require the destination visa or an onward ticket, and does not allow leaving through a different point from the one used to enter: anyone arriving by road from Kenya and leaving on a flight from Dar es Salaam needs a tourist visa. With the ordinary visa you can visit another East African country and return to Tanzania while it is still valid. Anyone visiting both the mainland and Zanzibar does not need a second visa: it is enough to state the first destination in the application.
More Tanzania rules
They don't depend on your passport, so they are on the Tanzania page:
Official portal: https://www.immigration.go.tz/. Destination data verified on 23 September 2026. Sources: visa.immigration.go.tz (Tanzania Immigration Services, "Tanzania Visa Guidelines": fees for every visa, 10-day processing, requirements, nationalities with and without visa on arrival, transit visa); tra.go.tz (Tanzania Revenue Authority, Customs (Management and Tariff) Act, passenger allowances, in PDF); exteriores.gob.es (travel advice of Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation for Tanzania: ports of entry, volunteering and the 600-dollar fine, Zanzibar insurance, yellow fever, risk areas, plastic bags, export of protected species); gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/tanzania/entry-requirements (UK Government: overstaying, return ticket, Ebola and mpox screening, Zanzibar insurance up to 92 days); who.int (WHO): yellow fever (Spain's Ministry of Health list leaves the Tanzania entry blank); whc.unesco.org (World Heritage List). All checked on 23 September 2026.
Travel insurance for Tanzania
It isn't listed as mandatory for this entry, but without insurance, medical care during the trip can get expensive.
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Things to see and do in Tanzania
Tours, skip-the-line tickets and day trips, most with free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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This pair in context
In the other direction, citizens of Tanzania can enter Kenya visa-free. See the Tanzania → Kenya page.
Of the 17 passports from Eastern Africa that VisaRadar tracks, for travel to Tanzania 13 enter visa-free and 4 need a prior authorisation or a visa on arrival. Same result as Kenya: Burundi, Djibouti, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius and Mozambique.
With a passport from Kenya, in the rest of Eastern Africa you can enter Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe visa-free; you need a prior authorisation or a visa on arrival for Comoros, Djibouti, Madagascar, Mozambique and Somalia.
A passport from Kenya ranks 125 of 199 in the VisaRadar passport ranking and reaches 66 of 198 destinations without applying for a visa in advance.
Counts from the same requirements matrix behind this page's verdict, using the UN M49 subregions.
Frequently asked questions
Do Kenyan citizens need a visa for Tanzania?
No. You can enter Tanzania with just your passport, for up to 90 days.
How long can I stay in Tanzania?
Up to 90 days with no additional paperwork.
What minimum passport validity is required?
Passport valid for at least six months from entry with blank pages: Immigration asks for at least one; Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends three.
What currency is used in Tanzania?
Tanzanian Shilling (TZS).
What do Kenyan passport holders need for the countries near Tanzania?
With a passport from Kenya, in the rest of Eastern Africa you can enter Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe visa-free; you need a prior authorisation or a visa on arrival for Comoros, Djibouti, Madagascar, Mozambique and Somalia.
Related pages
See Tanzania requirements for other passports →
Informational only. Always verify requirements with the official embassy or consulate before you travel.