Transport

You should expect to use one among fewer options for travel and short trips around Tanzania that is Air travel, Trains, Buses, motorbikes, car and boats.

Air Travel 

You might need flights to cover some distances in Tanzania, however there is limited number of flight routes but when you find your route available air travel can be a better option for you because it takes not more than two hours for every available route to reach your destination. Good quality air service for inland flights is not guaranteed though however flight charters improve their services day by day.

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Busses 

Busses are cheap and most commonly used transportation in Tanzania. Almost every place can be reached by busses, possible longest trip by bus is up to 14 hours if not stopped. Most of busses available are in good condition and you can easily find luxury busses to almost every long distance trip destinatioins.

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Movement within Cities and towns

Movement within  cities in Tanzania can be stressfull, in major cities like Dar es Salaam there is a very high traffic especially on weekdays causing a slugish movement from one place to another. Common transportation used to move around are city busses so named 'daladala'. However this kind of transportation is not very comfortable since most of time people are cramped inside and high traffic especially in morning and evening makes it tough to hang in there. 

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In this case taxi, motorbikes and tuktuk can be used though this can get a little bit expensive approximately up to 40,000 Tzs (about $ 18 Us) in most cases, however fare can be higher depending on the distance,  So far so good prices are negotiatable there's no fixed price. 

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Motorbikes 'bodaboda' are cheaper but risky and tuktuk are good altenative to taxi, because they are less expensive though much expensive than bodaboda.

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Trains

There are two major tracks, one that crosses through the central regions called 'Reli ya kati' and one that crosses through the southern regions to Zambia called TAZARA and another track that operates as city transportation.

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Reli ya Kati

These tracks start from Dar es Salaam end in Kigoma and Mwanza passing through Morogoro, Dodoma (possible swich to Singida), Tabora as major cities. From Tabora train split to Mpanda, Mwanza and Kigoma.

Facilities are not of high standards except for a new train that go for voyage occasionally. In general train transportation through these tracks is not that good but great for an adventure. 

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TAZARA

These tracks start from Dar es Salaam and pass through Morogoro, Iringa and Mbeya as major citie to Zambia.

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Facilities are as well of basic standards except for a new train that go for voyage occasionally.

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Generally, if you want to travel by trains you will have to book for your tickets early, one to two weeks prior to dates you are palnning to travel because many Tanzanians use trains for they are kind of cheap, you might not get tickets on late bookings.

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The city train is not recommended.

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Boats

To get to Zanzibar you will take a boat if you will not choose to use air travel. Most of boats are of good quality