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Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam Ferry/Zanzibar Dar es Salaam Ferry/Dar es Salaam Para Zanzibar City Ferry
As I have mentioned before, if you would like to travel from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar by ferry, I strongly recommend the marine division of the Tanzanian company Azam, also known as Kilimanjaro Fast Ferries.
Their offices are located on Sokoine Drive, in downtown Dar es Salaam at the waterfront, almost diagonally opposite St. Joseph’s Cathederal. You can buy a ferry ticket there, but you can also buy it online here.
If you would like to book ferry tickets as well as transfers from wherever you will be departing from in Dar es Salaam to wherever you are headed in Zanzibar (or vice versa), click here.
The prices for Tanzanian citizens (and residents) and foreign non-residents are starkly different, and Azam Marine requires identification to confirm which category you fall in (and they actually check every time!).
For foreign non-residents, ferry tickets must be paid for in foreign currency. The preferred currency is US dollars, though Azam Marine also accepts British Pounds and Euros.
The travel time between Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam on the ferry depends on the vessel you travel on and the state of the ocean at the time of day you travel.
The shortest travel time available currently is one hour and forty minutes but can go up to six hours. Pay attention to this when you are booking your ticket.
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