No visa needed

Do citizens of South Africa need a visa for Tanzania?

Citizens of South Africa 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 South Africa: the passport opens 60 countries visa-free; Pretoria — Dodoma: ≈ 2,320 km, about 3.5 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 South Africa passport?

Yes, citizens of South Africa 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 South Africa passport you can visit 60 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 70 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the South Africa passport ranks 96th of 199.
South Africa passport: visa-free access to 60 countries; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of South Africa and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 36 countries, for example: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Malawi, Angola, Rwanda, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, Benin, and Ghana.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, don’t need a visa for South Africa. South Africa visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Pretoria — Dodoma: about 2,320 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Pretoria 12:00 — Dodoma 13:00.
Local currency: Tanzanian Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TZS 2,645.
Tanzania is the 11th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of South Africa.