No visa needed

Do citizens of Rwanda need a visa for Tanzania?

Citizens of Rwanda 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 Rwanda: the passport opens 29 countries visa-free; Kigali — Dodoma: ≈ 780 km, about 1.5 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 Rwanda passport?

Yes, citizens of Rwanda 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 Rwanda passport you can visit 29 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 97 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Rwanda passport ranks 147th of 199.
Rwanda passport: visa-free access to 29 countries; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of Rwanda and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 20 countries, for example: Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Angola, Seychelles, Benin, Ghana, Mauritius, Gambia, Singapore, Barbados, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and Grenada.
A language both countries share: English.
Rwanda and Tanzania share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, don’t need a visa for Rwanda. Rwanda visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Kigali — Dodoma: about 780 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Kigali 12:00 — Dodoma 13:00.
Local currency: Tanzanian Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TZS 2,645.
Tanzania is the 5th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Rwanda.