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Flights to Tanzania Fly Into These International Airports

If you are flying to Tanzania, you will most probably want to fly into one of three airports: the airport in Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro International Airport near Arusha, or the airport in Zanzibar.

Dar es Salaam airport is where the largest number of flights to Tanzania land, followed by Kilimanjaro airport, followed by the airport in Zanzibar.

READ ALSO: Fly London to Dar es Salaam & More

Get Tanzania Flight Tickets With These Airlines

Here are some airlines that operate flights to Tanzania:

- - Kenya Airways
  - Emirates
  - Ethiopian Airlines
  - Air Tanzania, and
  - KLM

Flight Ticket to Tanzania: Deals on Flights to Dar es Salaam

Here is an idea of what you can expect to pay for flights to Tanzania, landing in Dar es Salaam, along some popular routes.

Fly to Tanzania: Deals on Flights to Kilimanjaro International Airport

If you are looking for flights to Tanzania to visit the national parks of the northern tourism circuit, e.g, Ngorongoro and Serengeti, then you will most likely want to fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) which is close to the city of Arusha.

Here is an idea of what you can expect to pay on flights landing in KIA for popular routes.

Tanzania Flights: Flights to Zanzibar

As mentioned above, Zanzibar also has an international airport with many airlines flying direcly to the island. If you would like good prices on flights to Zanzibar, click here.

Mbudya Island, as beautiful as it is, is not somwhere you can fly to.

If you came to this post searching for “flights to Mbudya Island”, what you really want to do is fly to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and from there take an inexpensive 30-minute boat ride to Mbudya Island.

There are no hotels on Mbudya Island, though you can camp there if you arrange this beforehand.

To visit Mbudya Island, therefore, you will want to stay in Dar es Salaam and visit Mbudya, usually as an excursion for the day.

Book a Flight to Tanzania–Dar es Salaam (There Are No Direct Flights to Mbudya Island)

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Keep reading for lots of pictures taken in Dar es Salaam, Mbudya, and other places in East Africa.

For whatever reason, I seem to be looking upwards a lot lately.

Every picture I post on Instagram nowadays seems to be of the sky or at the very least is sky-heavy.

Sometimes it’s a very blue sky.

Other times it’s a beautiful sunset.

I don’t know what this says about me or the headspace I’m in right now, but what I do know is that, judging from the reaction I get, many of my Instagram followers, and hopefully you my readers, can relate.

Whatever the case, today, I’d like to share the best of these photos and videos with you.

Because I am back in Dar es Salaam, a city that holds a special place in my heart because I was born here, a lot of these photos were taken around water.

I hope you enjoy them. Please let me know what you think in the comment section below.

No. 19: Sailing to Mbudya Island, Tanzania (There Are No Flights to Mbudya Island)

Sailing to Mbudya Island, Tanzania

Sailing on small boats in the Indian Ocean. It never gets old, especially when you have the pleasure of doing this on a random day in the middle of the week. Destination? The beautiful island of Mbudya, off the coast of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

No. 18: Bathroom Sign at Salt, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

More wisdom from the restrooms at SALT. Happy Valentine’s Day y’all! ?

No. 17: A 1925 Ford Model T at the Uganda National Museum, Kampala, Uganda

1925 Ford Model T, National Museum, Kampala, Uganda

This Christmas holiday, I finally did myself a favor and went to visit the Uganda National Museum in Kampala, where I had the pleasure of seeing this 1925 Ford Model T, generally regarded as the first affordable automobile that opened auto travel to the middle class. The Model T was Ford’s first automobile mass produced on moving assembly lines with completely interchangeable parts and marketed to the middle class.

No. 16: Meze, Mythos Greek Taverna & Lounge, Kampala, Uganda

Any meal at my new favorite restaurant in Kampala, Uganda—Mythos Greek Taverna & Lounge—for me, must begin with the “Mythos House Meze Special”. The menu describes this as a selection of Chef Yannis’s favorite meze dishes served with Ouzo. Dishes in this meze include: aubergine salad, greek salad, grilled halloumi, hummus, calamari, tzatziki, kolokythokeftedes, pork keftedes (or beef souvlaki). Coming to think of it, why have I never had the Ouzo that goes with this dish? BUT…check out all the deliciousness on that plate!

No. 15: Blue Sky on the Bagamoyo-Msata Road, Tanzania

Last month, my mother turned 71. She had been saying for a while that she wanted to travel, so I decided to take her on an adventure. She said she wanted to do something physical, so I said, “Sure, let’s go to Lushoto and hike in the Usambara Mountains.” So that’s what we did. Just me and her. A mother-daughter road trip.

First part of the adventure? Cruising on the relatively new Bagamoyo-Msata road (where this picture was taken) to avoid the hustle and bustle of leaving Dar es Salaam in the direction of Chalinze. Great road to road trip on.

No. 14: Kigali Hotels – The View of Kigali from the Rooftop of the Ubumwe Grande Hotel

The View of Kigali from Ubumwe Grande Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda

Kigali by night from the rooftop of Ubumwe Grande Hotel (one of the newest Kigali hotels).

No. 13: Chilling on Mbudya Island, Tanzania (Flights to Dar es Salaam Will Allow You to Enjoy Such Sunsets)

Island chilling, Mbudya Island, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

No. 12: Duck à L’orange, 7 Hills Revolving Restaurant, Golf Course Hotel, Kampala

Duck à L'orange, 7 Hills Revolving Restaurant, Kampala, Uganda

This plate of food may not look like much, but the taste: OMG! I had this Duck à L’orange at the 7 Hills Revolving Restaurant at the top of the Golf Course Hotel in Kampala, Uganda.

I had heard a lot about this restaurant from a certain couple, but somehow they had completely forgotten to mention how good the food was. Check it out if you get a chance!

No. 11: Lake Victoria, Entebbe Sailing Club, Entebbe, Uganda

Did I say a couple of pictures back that I hadn’t had many good water experiences on the Ugandan shore of Lake Victoria? Well, this one at the Entebbe Sailing Club in the company of @_akanshumbusha_, @mor_lik52, @lindsey_kukunda and others was one of my very best. I even learned to navigate a catamaran that day. Too much fun!

Nos. 10—7: Sunsets over Water, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Flights to Dar es Salaam Will Allow You to Enjoy Such Sunsets)

The sun sets over Ramada Resort Dar es Salaam, Tanzania You can can catch a boat to Mbudya from Ramada hotel. (There Are No Flights to Mbudya Island)

Hotels in Dar es Salaam: Colors in the sky at dusk, Ramada Resort Dar es Salaam.

Sunset from the Pier of the Slipway, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. You can also get to Mbudya from Slipway. (There Are No Flights to Mbudya Island)

Another picture taken at sunset from the pier at The Slipway (Hotel Slipway).

And because this is Dar es Salaam, of course the pic’s got to include the construction site of yet another high-rise monolith. (That upcoming set of buildings is actually not far from where I live in Mikocheni. Do you recognize it?)

Pointing at Sunset over Msasani Bay, Dar es Salaam Tanzania. You can also get to Mbudya from Slipway. (There Are No Flights to Mbudya Island)

Still conning. And from the expression on my face, I think I know it too ?? (This is in reference to the caption of the next picture which was posted the day before this one.)

Pointing across Msasani Bay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. You can also get to Mbudya from Slipway. (There Are No Flights to Mbudya Island)

It’s a fun game my family and I like to play. We stand on one side of Msasani Bay in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and try to identify places across the bay. Hehehe…what was I pretending to be able to identify for sure? I think the huge construction site from the picture above this one. 10 years on and we still have never gotten it definitively right. ??

No. 6: Sailing on the Indian Ocean From Mbudya (There Are No Flights to Mbudya Island)

The water of the Indian Ocean, Sailing from Mbudya Island, Tanzania

The Ocean in its unadulterated splendor. Sailing from Mbudya, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

No. 5: Wading Through Thigh-High Water to Get to Mbudya Island (There Are No Flights to Mbudya Island)

Getting on the boat to Mbudya Island at Waterworld, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania No. 6: Sailing on the Indian Ocean to Mbudya (There Are No Flights to Mbudya Island)

Living in a city by the ocean has its own very serious delights. One of my current favorites is spending the day in Mbudya, one of the four uninhabited northern islands of the Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve System. To get to beautiful Mbudya, though, you first have to get into this boat which may have you wading in thigh-high water. It’s all good though. It’s so worth it! ?

No. 4: Sunset at Ramada Resort Dar es Salaam (Flights to Dar es Salaam Will Get You to This Hotel)

Sunset at Ramada Resort Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Hotels in Dar es Salaam: The sun goes down at the Ramada Resort Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (book your stay at Ramada Resort by clicking the button below).

No. 3: Sailing to Mbudya (There Are No Flights to Mbudya Island)

Sundown sailing from Mbudya Island, Tanzania (There Are No Flights to Mbudya Island)

The sun sets over the Indian Ocean. Sailing from Mbudya, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

No. 2: Sunset Over Msasani Bay (Flights to Dar es Salaam Will Allow You to Enjoy Such Sunsets)

Sunset from the Pier at Slipway, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

I never tire of the sunset from the jetty of The Slipway (Hotel Slipway) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with the boats of the Dar es Salaam Yacht Club harbored not far away. Where’s your favorite place to catch sunset in your city?

No. 1: Sunset over Lake Victoria, Kampala, Uganda

Sunset over Lake Victoria from Luzira Kampala

The sunset view from the study of my parents’ new home in Luzira, Kampala. What they don’t know is I am about to move in and never leave! ?

So there you go. As promised, lots of pictures of sunsets, water, and the sky, with some food and other sights and sounds sprinkled in for good measure.

I hope you enjoyed them. The next post of this kind will have lots of pictures from the mother-daughter road trip to Lushoto that I mentioned in no. 15. I can’t wait to share those pictures with you!

Until the next time,
Biche

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