Prices in Tanzania
By African standards, prices in Tanzania are low: milk costs $ 0.8 / 1 liter, mineral water - $ 0.7 / 1.5 liters, and lunch in an inexpensive cafe will cost you $ 5-7.
Shopping and souvenirs
You can make bargain purchases in large stores in Zanzibar, Dodoma and Dar es Salaam (shopping centers are mainly concentrated on the Msasani Peninsula, next to good hotels). Tip: do not forget to bargain - with this approach, you can bargain for a discount even for a hotel room.
Dar es Salaam is a great place to shop: in “Nyumba ya Sanaa” (Art Gallery) you can acquire works of talented artists; in the mall “Slipway” - a variety of goods; and at the Tanzanian market Kariyako - ethnic souvenirs.
From Tanzania you should bring:
- national clothes (robes, robes, shirts), paintings made in the genre of folk painting (tingatinga), bright Maasai fabrics, leather, as well as products made of soapstone, malachite, ebony, batik and beads, masks, gold jewelry, drum , wickerwork;
- spices, coffee.
In Tanzania, you can buy national clothes from $ 5 (individual wardrobe items), blankets from Maasai fabric - from $ 10, spices - from $ 1, canvases in the tingatinga genre - from $ 12, masks, human figurines and animal figurines made of wood - from $ 6, tanzanite jewelry - from $ 200, CD with national music - from $ 3, local coffee - for $ 1.2-4.2 / pack.
Excursions and entertainment
On a tour of Pemba Island, you will see historical monuments (dilapidated mosques and graves). If you wish, you can organize fishing in the Pemba Strait (a place between the island and the continent). This excursion will cost you $ 50.
On a $ 40 sightseeing tour of Bagamoyo, you will explore the Bagamoyo Fortress, visit the ruins of Kaole and the medieval cathedral.
If you want to see giant trees, ferns, other lush vegetation, flying foxes, duiker antelopes, blue monkeys, be sure to visit the Ngezi forests (excursion cost - $ 20).
Going on an excursion “Safari Blue”, $ 80, you take a dhow boat ride, visit sandbanks and tropical islands (snorkeling, soft drinks at your service).
Transport
You can get around the country by train - you will pay $ 1-5 for 100 km of track (the price depends on the class of the train). For 1 bus ride you will pay $ 0.17-0.3, and getting in a taxi will cost you $ 2-2.25 + $ 0.6-0.8 / 1 km of the way (an hour of waiting costs $ 1.25 ).
On vacation in Tanzania, you will need $ 50-60 per day for 1 person.
