Tanzania - Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking in Tanzania

Hitchhiking to Tanzania

Recent reviews in Tanzania

-5.09594, 30.37992

Mi alvenis nokte kaj volis daŭrigi la vojaĝon, ne estis lumo, la vojo estas tera, sed multaj kamionoj tamen eniras. Estas polica haltejo antaŭe, do ĉiuj eniras malrapide. Mi estis bonŝanca, ke ili iris tre malproksimen. Mi povus esti elirinta pli frue kaj daŭriginta pli rapide, ĉar ili haltis multfoje por ŝarĝi kaj ankaŭ kiam cementkamiono renversiĝis sur la vojo, ili petis min helpon por porti la restaĵojn de cemento, kiuj restis sur la vojo, kiujn ni forigis el la kamiono kaj transportis per biciklo tuj post la pesilo, ĉar la kamionisto loĝis tuj post ĝi. Fine, ĉar ni alvenis malfrue nokte, preskaŭ je la unua horo matene, ili proponis al mi lokon por dormi, dankon multe.

rating: 4/5, wait: 35 min 👍, ride: 423 km ↘

―Jurobola, May 2025

-7.90591, 31.56007

De ĉi tiu kamiona pespunkto estas tre facile kapti, ĉi tio estis la plej amuza en Tanzanio, mi lernis multe da svahila, ili haltis multe. Kaj ili min nutris. Ili lasis min ĉe la cela enirejo por eniri Zambion.

rating: 4/5, wait: 25 min 👍, ride: 256 km ↘

―Jurobola, Sat 02 Nov 2024, 07:40

-4.44073, 29.76735

Translokiĝi de Burundo al Tanzanio ĉiam estas emocio. Amiko pagis por ke mi prenu buson de la ĉefurbo al la limo. Ĝi fakte iris al Kigoma, sed mi devis fari la doganan burokration kaj la homoj foriris.

rating: 4/5, wait: 40 min 👍, ride: 64 km ↓

―Jurobola, Thu 31 Oct 2024, 17:30

-7.72396, 35.9058

This Spot is good to Hike to the southwest off Tansania. The Road is good and on the Day there are a "lot" off Cars, also in the night (7pm) when there is no busservice its easy to get i ride to the Town Iringa.
i waited in the night 30 minutes thats okay for tansania

―Anonymous, January 2013

-8.79706, 39.3459

thats a good spot to Hike to the North, or Dar Es Salaam, behind the Roundabout is normally a police controle, so the cars have to stop for Police Check and after this you can easy ask them if they give you a lift. Truck drivers normally want some Schillings but its more comfotable then the bus.

―Anonymous, January 2013

Recent reviews mentioning Tanzania

-24.59212, 27.39796

De ĉi tie tio estis iom konfuza. Mia tanzania amiko ne ĝuste decidis ĉu li prenos minitaksion aŭ daŭrigos petveturadon. Li finfine pagis al mi minitaksion al unu km antaŭe, kie li provis negoci, sed mi devis klarigi, ke mi ne povas pagi. Do ni apartigis...

rating: 3/5, wait: 60 min 👍, ride: 2 km ↙

―Jurobola, Wed 06 Nov 2024, 13:00

-11.47093, 33.98926

A good spot but the worst place ever to hitchhicke on the 65 cultures I went, from asia to america. Only expats (whites, Pakistani, Indians). Most Malawite will try to take advantage of your situation to make you pay (even if they are richer than you), begging is the national sport. Be aware that they can agree to take you for free but will change their mind one you will have make a couple of km with them, and they sometime become quite violent (on guy threatened me with iron rod). It's sad, but you can't really trust people there, try you will see. It's still possible, I hitchhike several hundert km (from Mzuzu Malawi to Zambia Lundazi and back, to solve a visa issue) that was the most horrible trip I ever did, a more than a 20 years of international hitchhicke. You need to Waite for at least few hours, people making fun at you, I even got stoned and insulted while crossing small villages on foot (to get a better spot). I have been helped by few malawite (2 on 24 people, the 22 where foreigner). several hundert Malawit stopped, but ask money. 6 of them promise me a free ride but change their mind after few minutes.

Just to say: Mozambic, some part of Tanzania, South Sudan where very easy compare to Malawi.

―Anonymous, October 2015

-9.59786, 33.77226

Very good spot for going south into Malawi. Alot of Malawians import their cars from Tanzania and will be happy to take you.
They will expect some kind of payment though, DO NOT tell this to the police/army checkpoints, it is not allowed to take someone and have them pay since it will be seen as a taxi service, and the car doesnt have a taxi permit.
Just wait outside on the left side of the immigration building, coming from Tanzania. All cars have to pass through there eventually. If you're getting bored go out where all the cars are parked and ask around for destinations.
That way when someone finally gets their temporary import permit, you already know where they are going and will take you more easily because you asked them when they were waiting, and not when they're anxious to finally get going.
They wait might be long, but it will be way faster and cheaper than public transport in the end.

―Anonymous, January 2013