No visa needed

Do citizens of Madagascar need a visa for Tanzania?

Citizens of Madagascar don’t need a visa for Tanzania and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Madagascar: the passport opens 29 countries visa-free; Antananarivo — Dodoma: ≈ 1,900 km, about 3 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

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

Yes, citizens of Madagascar don’t need a visa for Tanzania for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Tanzania visa rules at a glance

With a Madagascar passport you can visit 29 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Madagascar passport ranks 147th of 199.
Madagascar passport: visa-free access to 29 countries; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of Madagascar and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 23 countries, for example: Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Eswatini, Zambia, South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho, Rwanda, Uganda, Angola, Benin, Malaysia, Singapore, Gambia, and Philippines.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Madagascar. Madagascar visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Antananarivo — Dodoma: about 1,900 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Tanzanian Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TZS 2,645.
Tanzania is the 8th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Madagascar.