What the Tanzania visa rules mean for Malawi travellers
Malawi citizens can enter Tanzania without a visa. You only need a valid Malawi 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. Malawi citizens are treated the same way as Angola, Botswana, Burundi, DR Congo and Eswatini. Overall the Malawi passport ranks #120 in the world with 42 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Malawi passport you can also visit 15 countries in the region without a visa, including Angola, Benin, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique and Namibia.
In the other direction, Tanzania citizens can visit Malawi visa-free for up to 90 days.