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One allowance for your whole trip.
Choose an allowance above. You can change it anytime before buying.
Your Tanzania eSIM
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A few useful things before you go.
| Coverage | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
|---|---|
| Networks | Your eSIM may connect to any supported network shown. The network used depends on your location, coverage and phone. |
| Data type | Standard data |
| Validity | 7 days, 30 days |
| Speed | 5G |
| Hotspot | Yes |
| When it starts | First connection to a supported local network |
Your plan, your setup and a little help along the way.
Choose an allowance above. We’ll show its networks, hotspot details and what happens when your data is used.
Choose a planLand first.
Then install.
We’ll email your setup details when your eSIM is ready. Save the email for your arrival.
Wait until you have landed before using Quick Install, scanning the QR code, entering the manual code or activating the eSIM.
Join the airport’s passenger Wi-Fi and complete its sign-in screen. Open a webpage to check you’re connected.
Then open your SIM Shop setup email and follow the instructions to install and activate your eSIM.
Wi-Fi not working? Wait for hotel Wi-Fi or another steady, trusted connection before installing.
Check that your phone supports eSIM and is network unlocked before buying.
Combining a Tanzania safari with Zanzibar? Count both parts of the holiday when comparing plan validity, and check the supported network for your planned stays. Do not assume a country-wide destination label means uninterrupted data during game drives.
Messages and calls in apps use your data. Standard calls, SMS and a local number need a separate mobile service.
Choose a fixed data allowance for your trip. Compare the total data, validity and price, then check the selected plan’s coverage and start window.
Buy Tanzania eSIM data before you travel. Pick the data amount that fits your trip and save the setup email, but do not tap quick install, scan the QR code, enter the manual code or activate the eSIM before departure.
Combining a Tanzania safari with Zanzibar? Count both parts of the holiday when comparing plan validity, and check the supported network for your planned stays. Do not assume a country-wide destination label means uninterrupted data during game drives.
Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire feature in Tanzania’s northern safari circuit. Download the operator’s daily itinerary, overnight stops and pickup details before the safari begins. If a transfer or domestic flight is part of the booking, keep its own meeting instructions with those files.
A Stone Town stay and a beach-hotel stay need different final directions. Keep the next property’s details ready if you change bases. When choosing an allowance, consider how you plan to use your phone during both parts of the trip, including photo uploads after the safari.
These plans are data-only unless a product option says otherwise. They do not include a local phone number for standard calls or SMS. Check compatibility, coverage, validity and hotspot needs before purchase.
Recommended setup timing: buy before you fly, then install only after you land. Join the airport’s free passenger Wi-Fi where offered, complete its sign-in page and open a normal webpage to prove it works. If it is unavailable or unstable, wait for hotel Wi-Fi or another steady trusted connection. Open your SIM Shop setup email and install only when that Wi-Fi test works.

Make Smartraveller part of your trip planning. Check the latest travel advice, entry requirements and local information before you go.
Choose your exact model to check it before you buy.
Some browsers can only identify the phone family.
No IMEI or EID number is needed here. Keep private device numbers private.
iPhone: Settings > Cellular, Mobile, Mobile Service or Mobile Data > Set Up Mobile or Add eSIM. Pixel: Settings > Network & internet > SIMs > Add SIM > Set up an eSIM. Galaxy: Settings > Connections > SIM manager > Add eSIM. Do not tap through or start setup before departure.
iPhone: Settings > General > About. Pixel: Settings > About phone > SIM status. Galaxy: Settings > About phone > Status information. Seeing an EID can help, but it does not confirm compatibility on its own. Never type or send the number here.
This means it is not locked to one mobile provider. It is different from your screen passcode.
We'll check the exact model, sales-region exceptions, the maker’s Add eSIM option, EID in Settings and provider lock before sending you towards checkout.
No IMEI or EID number is needed here. Keep private device numbers private.