Visa on arrival

Tanzania visa for citizens of Germany

Citizens of Germany get a Tanzania visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Germany: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Berlin — Dodoma: ≈ 6,860 km, about 9 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Tanzania without a visa on a Germany passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Germany get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Tanzania visa rules at a glance

With a Germany passport you can visit 122 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 34 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Germany passport ranks 6th of 199.
Germany passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of Germany and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 31 countries, for example: Gambia, Angola, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Malawi, Zambia, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, and Botswana.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Germany. Germany visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Berlin — Dodoma: about 6,860 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Berlin 12:00 — Dodoma 13:00.
Local currency: Tanzanian Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TZS 2,645.
Tanzania is the 117th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Germany.