Are you interested in flying to Tanzania? If so, you are in the right place. Let’s get started with flights to Matemwe, Zanzibar.
Matemwe Flights
Matemwe, Zanzibar is located on the northeastern coast of Unguja, Zanzibar’s largest island, and is served by Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, Zanzibar’s main international airport.
To fly to Matemwe, you first have to fly to Zanzibar and then travel the roughly 50 km to Matemwe by road.
This drive takes a little over an hour.
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If you are looking to fly to Tanzania, then you will likely want to book a flight to one of Tanzania’s three main airports: Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro International Airport near Arusha, or Abeid Amani Karume International Airport in Zanzibar.
All three of these airports serve international and domestic airlines which fly to Tanzania and the rest of the world, as well as allow you to shuttle to other interesting parts of the country.
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Air Tanzania Shuttle Arusha
Kilimanjaro International Airport serves both the city of Arusha and the town of Moshi. It operates a shuttle between the airport and each of these cities.
To find out the exact times for this shuttle and how much it costs, call +255-272-545296.
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Kilimanjaro Zanzibar Flight
Are you interested in booking a Kilimanjaro-Zanzibar flight, so that you can enjoy both the conservation areas of Tanzania’s northern circuit as well as Zanzibar’s beautiful beaches? If so, click here for the best rates on those.
Popular Flights to Tanzania (Kilimanjaro International Airport)
Air Tanzania The Wings of Kilimanjaro
Did you know that you can now fly to Tanzania with Tanzania’s own national carrier, Air Tanzania?
Yes, Air Tanzania now flies to and from select international destinations such as Bujumbura, Burundi; Comoros; Entebbe, Uganda; Mumbai, India; Harare, Zimbabwe; Lusaka, Zambia; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Guangzhou, China.
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But Why Might You Want to Fly to Tanzania?
Other than to visit a new country and to experience different cultures, Tanzania is also the land of amazing natural sites (think the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti National Park), world class beaches (think Zanzibar), and Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro.
There is so much to see and do in Tanzania, that you are unlikely to exhaust it in one trip!
Tanzania is also the home to not only one but seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Stone Town, Zanzibar and the Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara.
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Popular Flights to Zanzibar
Best Time for Cheap Flights to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tourism in Tanzania is highly seasonal, and the price of flights to Tanzania reflects this.
The best time to get cheap flights to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is in March, which falls in the touristic low season, while the highest prices occur midyear, particularly in July.
Dar es salaam, Tanzania’s biggest city, is served by Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA). All cheap flights to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania fly into that airport.
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Some of the main airlines that operate flights to Dar es salaam, Tanzania include:
- KLM
- Emirates
- Turkish Airlines
- SWISS
- Egyptair
- Qatar Airways
- South African Airways
- Kenya Airways
- Rwandair
- Ethiopian Airlines
- fly540
- flydubai
- Uganda Airlines, and our very own
- Air Tanzania
Things to Consider When Booking Cheap Flights to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dar es Salaam is very hot and humid, and that is never lost even on us, Dar es Salaam residents (though it is great to live in a city that is sunny pretty much all year round!).
As you search for cheap flights to Dar es salaam, Tanzania beware of what months you find those great deals for, especially if you plan to stay in the city and not move on to cooler parts of the country, i.e., the national parks of the northern and southern tourism circuits.
If you are sensitive to heat (and I’m not but still think it necessitates the warning), beware of visiting Dar es Salaam during its hottest months, i.e., end-November to end-March.
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Another weather-related period to be careful about is the rainy season between end-March and mid-May.
As a city not very accustomed to rain, Dar es Salaam comes to a halt when it rains heavily, with rain causing crazy traffic jams!
Also, this is not the best time to enjoy some of the greatest things Dar es Salaam has to offer such as beaches and lots of open-air/outdoor activities.
Keep this in mind when you are looking to book cheap flights to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Photo Credits: Hansueli Krapf, Daily Nation
