No visa needed

Do citizens of Uganda need a visa for Tanzania?

Citizens of Uganda 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 Uganda: the passport opens 34 countries visa-free; Kampala — Dodoma: ≈ 800 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 Uganda passport?

Yes, citizens of Uganda 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 Uganda passport you can visit 34 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Uganda passport ranks 134th of 199.
Uganda passport: visa-free access to 34 countries; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of Uganda and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi, South Sudan, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Benin, Ghana, Gambia, and Malaysia.
A language both countries share: English.
Uganda and Tanzania share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, don’t need a visa for Uganda. Uganda visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Kampala — Dodoma: about 800 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 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 5th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Uganda.