Travel Reference
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37,000, about 48 hours). Delays of up to 24 hours on both express and ordinary are the rule.
Departures from Mbeya to Zambia (Tsh40,000/30,000/25,000 for express 1st/2nd/economy
class) are at 1.30pm Wednesday and 2.40pm Saturday. Students with ID get a 50% dis-
count. From Kapiri Mposhi to Lusaka, you'll need to continue by bus. Departures from
New Kapiri Mposhi are at 4pm Tuesday (express) and 2pm Friday (ordinary). Visas are
available at the border in both directions.
CAR
If driving from Zambia into Tanzania, note that vehicle insurance isn't available at the
Kasesya border, but must be purchased 120km further on in Sumbawanga.
Sea & Lake
There's a US$5 port tax for travel on all boats and ferries from Tanzanian ports.
BURUNDI
The regular passenger ferry service between Kigoma and Bujumbura is currently suspen-
ded. Inquire at the passenger port in Kigoma for an update. However, it's possible to travel
on cargo ships between Kigoma and Bujumbura; inquire at Ami Port, and expect to hear
that ships are sailing 'tomorrow' for several days in a row. Lake taxis (
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)
go once
or twice weekly from Kibirizi (just north of Kigoma) to Bujumbura, but are not recom-
mended as they take a full day and are occasionally robbed. However, you could use the
afternoon lake taxis to Kagunga (the Tanzanian border post, where there's a simple gues-
thouse), cross the border in the morning, take a motorcycle-taxi to Nyanza-Lac (Burundi)
and then a minibus to Bujumbura.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC; FORMERLY ZAÏRE)
Cargo boats go several times monthly from Kigoma's Ami port to Kalemie (US$20, deck
class only, seven hours) or Uvira. The MV
Liemba
(
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) also sometimes travels to
Kalemie during its off week. Check with the Congolese embassy in Kigoma about sailing
days and times. Bring food and drink with you, and something to spread on the deck for
sleeping.
KENYA
DHOW
Dhows sail sporadically between Pemba, Tanga and Mombasa (Tsh15,000 to Tsh20,000
between Tanga and Mombasa); the journey can be long and rough. Ask at the ports in
Tanga, or in Mkoani or Wete on Pemba for information on sailings. In Kenya, ask at the
port in Mombasa, or better, at Shimoni, and get an update from informed locals and gov-
ernment travel advisories (
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)
about piracy-related safety issues on the seas.
