No visa needed

Do citizens of Namibia need a visa for Tanzania?

Citizens of Namibia 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 Namibia: the passport opens 43 countries visa-free; Windhoek — Dodoma: ≈ 2,710 km, about 4 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 Namibia passport?

Yes, citizens of Namibia 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 Namibia passport you can visit 43 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 89 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Namibia passport ranks 111th of 199.
Namibia passport: visa-free access to 43 countries; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of Namibia and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 33 countries, for example: Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Angola, Malawi, Rwanda, Kenya, Benin, Mauritius, Seychelles, Gambia, and Barbados.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, don’t need a visa for Namibia. Namibia visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Windhoek — Dodoma: about 2,710 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Windhoek 12:00 — Dodoma 13:00.
Local currency: Tanzanian Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TZS 2,645.
Tanzania is the 15th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Namibia.