Tanga
05 deg 04' S, 39 deg 06' E. Admiralty chart 866, VHF channel 16/12
As you sail in behind the bluff anchor off the most wonderfully friendly little yacht club on the port side of the channel just past the final dog's-leg into the port. DON'T miss this port of call. Good access from here to the Tanzania safari parks. Customs and immigration facilities available.

Dar es Salaam
06 deg 49' S, 39 deg 19' E. Admiralty charts: port - 693, approach - 694, VHF channel 16/12
It is compulsory for yachts to check into the harbor (customs & immigration facilities) to obtain written permission to move round to the Dar es Salaam Yacht Club http://kempnet.de/dyc/ . The yacht club is in the bay just North of the port entrance and it's facilities are unequalled North of Richards Bay, South Africa. The anchorage there, I'm sure, would be a little uncomfortable during the NE monsoon but WELL protected from the Southwesterly. A few cruisers left their yachts here for a flight home. When you depart Dar es Salaam it is not necessary to sail back into the port - a taxi ride into Dar to complete formalities at customs and immigration is all that is required.
UPDATE: Dec'01 - a cruiser reported that he was given permission on radio by port control that he could proceed directly to the Dar Yacht Club (Masasani Bay) and to proceed by taxi the following morning to Customs & Immigration. An American visa for 3 months is USD$50.00

Zanzibar
06 deg 10' S, 39 deg 11' E, Admiralty chart 3211, VHF channel 16/12
A 'strange quirk' about Zanzibar is that although it is part of Tanzania you are required to "check out" from the mainland when you sail to Zanzibar and go through the formalities again on arrival in Zanzibar. There are many anchorages around this 'mystical' island but it is better on arrival to anchor directly off "Stone Town", close to the port, to facilitate the customs and immigration formalities.

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Are there customs and immigration facilities at Mafia Island, southern Tanzania?

REPLY: Posted by Donald Logan on 12/7/2001

No - but there is a solution. Look up Kanasi Lodge on Mafia Island and e-mail the owner - Peter. He has an agent who will get your name written in the police book and you can go to Chole to hang out. In fact - make the landfall over in Chole Bay and go overland to the customs guy who is very relaxed. He checked us in and then gave us a Transire dated the day we were leaving to facilitate getting past Immigration when we got to Dar. No problem. The US visa was USD$50 each. No other fees were collected here in Tanzania.