What the Tanzania visa rules mean for Barbados travellers
Barbados citizens can enter Tanzania without a visa. You only need a valid Barbados passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Tanzania applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Tanzania's visa guidelines say visa applicants must ensure that their passports have a validity of at least six months and at least one unused visa page before submitting their application.
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 1 blank page.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO lists Tanzania as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries at risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited more than 12 hours t…
- Vaccinations: Malaria prophylaxis: The Government of Canada says there is a risk of malaria in certain areas and/or during a certain time of year in Tanzania, that antimalarial medication may be recommended depending on your itinerary and the time of yea…
Tanzania entry rules compared
Tanzania lets 46 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 1, issues eVisas to 151. Barbados citizens are treated the same way as Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Dominica and Grenada. Overall the Barbados passport ranks #47 in the world with 105 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Barbados passport you can also visit 15 countries in the region without a visa, including Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Malawi and Sierra Leone.
In the other direction, Tanzania citizens can visit Barbados visa-free for up to 180 days.