Cars in Tanzania

by whom giggly | posted in: Zanzibar General | 46 Yes, very often travelers prefer taxi services or other modes of transportation, but in general, car rental on the island takes place and every year this service is gaining more and more popularity. Next, I will tell you everything you need to know about car rental in Zanzibar, I will give some tips and life hacks and you will find out that car rental in Africa is not so difficult. Firstly, it is worth understanding that Zanzibar is Tanzania, and Tanzania is far from Europe, traffic on the roads is chaotic in an Asian way, senseless and merciless, and by the way, it is left-handed. and the cars are right-hand drive. But I'll reassure you right away, the main difficulty is only in left-hand traffic. Not usual and not comfortable, but for the first day I was more or less able to rebuild. As for the traffic volume, only in Stone Town there are more or less cars on the roads, there are traffic lights and everything is not so bad there as on the streets of India or Thailand. Outside the capital, there is almost no transport on the roads. Its place in the general traffic is o Cars in Tanzania ccupied by pedestrians, cattle, children and cyclists (there are a lot of the latter on the roads). Therefore, if you already have experience of independent driving, for example, in India, then you will know that it is not forbidden to use a horn in Zanzibar, and it is even better to designate your maneuver this way. Secondly, the difference from European car rentals is the complete "indifference" in relation to all procedures except one. But more on that later. As I wrote above, there is no car rental office at the Zanzibar airport itself, and it was important for us to book a car in advance in order to pick it up directly from the airport, and not look for it around the island. The only sane aggregator on the island that can organize your car and 6am for your flight is the international aggregator Economybookings. Their prices are like everyone else's on the island, and sometimes cheaper. Only Suzuki and Toyota are available. The main plus, as I wrote above, is round-the-clock work. All other local distributors only work from 10 am, and most flights arrive on the island early in the morning. The guys worked well, nothing beyond the natural, but also no jambs. We were met at the airport, filled out the documents and handed over the keys. Of the documents, only the international VU was checked. They were not even interested in the passport. The car was covered in small chips and scratches, I drew their attention to this. But I realized that they don't care, a scratch is more, a scratch is less - no one will present anything. Running ahead: it turned out that way. The car was picked up in 30 seconds, I handed over the keys and the employee checked the amount of gas in the tank - that's all. Important points when renting a car via the Internet, which are valid for all rental companies on the island: You need three things to rent a car: https://jiji.co.tz/cars/page2?listing_id=3ROlgcrfeiCYuJJ-