Domestic Flights in Tanzania

Domestic flights in Tanzania are a great way to get around in Tanzania, especially for safari goers after faster ways to get around instead of the long drives. Domestic flights refer to flights within a country, in this instance Tanzania. Travellers after a relaxed Tanzania holiday would consider booking a flying Tanzania lodge safari, taking advantage of the available domestic flights in Tanzania. Tanzania is quite a vast destination, with the different Tanzania safari destinations located in the different parts of the country and grouped accordingly, say the northern safari circuit which has game pars and reserves of Tanzania in the northern part of Tanzania, the Southern safari circuit which has Tanzania safari destinations found in the southern part of Tanzania, while the Western safari circuit encompasses game reserves and national parks of Tanzania found in the western part of Tanzania.

The northern safari circuit of Tanzania encompasses the world famous Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, and Arusha National Park not forgetting the Mount Kilimanjaro National Park from where adventurous travellers can climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free standing mountain in the world. The western safari circuit on the hand encompasses Gombe Stream National Park, Mahale Mountains National Park both famous for chimpanzee tracking in Tanzania, Ibanda-Kyerwa National park, and Rumanyika-Karagwe National Park; while the southern safari circuit of Tanzania encompasses Ruaha National Park, Katavi National Park, Mikumi National Park and the beautiful Selous Game Reserve also known as Nyerere National Park. These savannah game reserves and game parks of Tanzania all provide some of the most amazing game viewing safari experiences, with the Serengeti National park migration being the world cup of animal viewing; millions of wildebeests and other grazers brave the crocodile infested Grumeti and Mara Rivers in iconic river crossings as they make way to Maasai Mara Game Reserve Kenya.

Destination Tanzania apart from the amazing safari parks and game reserves in the mainland, has the Zanzibar Island, an archipelago with little islands and amazing Zanzibar beaches which travellers do visit while visiting Tanzania, being rewarded with some of the most relaxing and adventurous Zanzibar Island holidays. Zanzibar Island rewards travellers with fine white sand beaches, turquoise blue waters of the endless Indian Ocean, amazing Zanzibar beach activities like snorkelling, diving, visiting the Prison Island, swimming with dolphins and turtles, among so many others.

With the far off distances between and among Tanzania destinations, domestic flights in Tanzania are a welcome alternative for an opportunity to easily get around, say going for a Tanzania safari from Zanzibar, visiting more than one safari circuit for example when travellers do combine a northern safari circuit safari visiting the Serengeti National Park for the Great Wildebeest Migration with the western safari circuit visiting Gombe Stream National park for chimpanzee tracking, taking domestic flights in Tanzania are the best alternative of getting around.

Domestic flights in Tanzania require travelers to have proper documentation, just like it would be the case for when having regional air international flights. Some of the documents required by travellers include a valid passport, valid visa and negative covid-19 test results among others. It is necessary to say that travellers shouldn’t look forward to having the first class and well developed airstrips and airports as it may be in your home countries. Some of the airstrips you may land in while on domestic flights in Tanzania may only have a well swept runway, especially in national parks like the Serengeti National park among so many others. Airports like Arusha Airport may not have the high standards of terminals as known in well developed countries, and they just may be quite confusing getting around. Your guide however or attendants at the airport shall definitely be able to help you get around.

Most common airports and airstrips used include Arusha Airport, Zanzibar Airport, Kigoma Airstrip, Seronera Airstrip, Lake Manyara Airstrip, among so many others. Below are some of the various airlines that do operate domestic flights in Tanzania, and their destination;

Zan Air. Zan Air operates flights to;

Pemba Island, Dar es Salaam, Saadani National Park, Selous Game Reserve, Zanzibar, and Arusha

Auric Air. Auric Air operates flights to;

Dodoma, Arusha, Iringa, Dar es Salaam, Lake Manyara National Park, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro International Airport, Morogoro, Mwanza, Ruaha National Park, Selous Game Reserve, Serengeti National Park, Songea, Tanga and Tarime

Precision Air. Precision Air operates flights to;

Zanzibar, Mwanza, Kilimanjaro, Bukoba, Tabora, Mbeya, Musoma, Serengeti National Park, Mtwara.

Coastal Aviation. Coastal Aviation operates flights to;

Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Serengeti National Park, Selous Game Reserve, Pemba Island, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanga, Tarime, Mafia Island, Kilwa, Moshi, Iringa, Arusha.

Air Tanzania. Air Tanzania operates flights to;

Arusha and Moshi, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Tanga, Songea, Pemba Island, Mwanza, Mpanda, Mbeya, Mafia Island, Lindi, Kilwa, Kigoma, Geita, Dodoma, Bukoba.

Flight Link. Flight Link operates flights to;

Zanzibar, Arusha, Serengeti National Park, Seronera, Lake Manyara National Park, Dar es Salaam, and Kogatende.

Other airlines that operate domestic flights in Tanzania, both scheduled and chartered flights include Tropical Air, Fast Jet Tanzania, As Salaam Air, Regional Air, among so many others.

Domestic flights in Tanzania are the best way to get around, especially if connecting from one distant place to another say from Zanzibar to Tanzania mainland. Rates or fares are relatively affordable, ranging from 100-500$ per person depending on the length of your flight. Get in touch with your trusted tour operator to help you arrange domestic flights in Tanzania, or do visit websites of the different airlines that operate domestic flights on Tanzania for assistance.