We will be aboard Nautica with a stop in Tanzania in November and decided we'd just stay aboard the ship so wouldn't need a visa. Figured $199 each was ridiculously expensive for 6 hours ashore when we probably wouldn't see anything new or exciting. Oceania gave us some grief about needing one in case of emergency medical needs, so I called the Tanzania Embassy. I was advised that we could get one ashore if we needed one. I think we'd do a medivac helicopter to Johannesburg rather than getting medical care in Tanzania! When I advised Oceania of what the Embassy told me, they backed off. So no Tanzania visa for us and we'll just stay aboard the ship that day.
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We will be aboard Nautica with a stop in Tanzania in November and decided we'd just stay aboard the ship so wouldn't need a visa. Figured $199 each was ridiculously expensive for 6 hours ashore when we probably wouldn't see anything new or exciting. Oceania gave us some grief about needing one in case of emergency medical needs, so I called the Tanzania Embassy. I was advised that we could get one ashore if we needed one. I think we'd do a medivac helicopter to Johannesburg rather than getting medical care in Tanzania! When I advised Oceania of what the Embassy told me, they backed off. So no Tanzania visa for us and we'll just stay aboard the ship that day.