Layover from Tanzania to UK via Nairobi - Kenya quarantine restrictions
Sep 8, 2020, 3:30 pm
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Layover from Tanzania to UK via Nairobi - Kenya quarantine restrictions
Hi all,
I know Kenya now exempts arrivals from the UK, EU, US, Canada etc from 14 day quarantine if they have a covid test within 96 hours of departure, but they have left Tanzania off such an exemption.
I will be flying from JRO - LHR via NBO and have a 24 hour connection at NBO. Can I self isolate for 1 day in a hotel and then go straight back to the airport to fly home? Or does the quarantine rule mean you have to go and spend the full 14 days in quarantine even if leaving the country earlier than this?
Also is airside transit still permitted NBO (avoiding immigration controls and hence quarantine rules on entry)? Other option is just wait it out at the airport and sleep somewhere.
Thanks,
FC
I know Kenya now exempts arrivals from the UK, EU, US, Canada etc from 14 day quarantine if they have a covid test within 96 hours of departure, but they have left Tanzania off such an exemption.
I will be flying from JRO - LHR via NBO and have a 24 hour connection at NBO. Can I self isolate for 1 day in a hotel and then go straight back to the airport to fly home? Or does the quarantine rule mean you have to go and spend the full 14 days in quarantine even if leaving the country earlier than this?
Also is airside transit still permitted NBO (avoiding immigration controls and hence quarantine rules on entry)? Other option is just wait it out at the airport and sleep somewhere.
Thanks,
FC
Sep 9, 2020, 12:02 pm
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This sounds risky based on current rules. There are currently no scheduled commercial flights between the two countries. What airline is telling you otherwise?
Why don't you get a rapid PCR covid test in Arusha and have a driver take you to Nairobi in time for your flight? You will need to switch drivers at the border crossing at Namangwa. I just drove from Nairobi to Arusha three weeks ago and crossed the border. It was not a bad drive (I am American and live in MN). I needed a negative covid test result and a yellow fever card to get into Tanzania and bought the visa for cash at the border.
Craig Beal - owner - Travel Beyond
Why don't you get a rapid PCR covid test in Arusha and have a driver take you to Nairobi in time for your flight? You will need to switch drivers at the border crossing at Namangwa. I just drove from Nairobi to Arusha three weeks ago and crossed the border. It was not a bad drive (I am American and live in MN). I needed a negative covid test result and a yellow fever card to get into Tanzania and bought the visa for cash at the border.
Craig Beal - owner - Travel Beyond
Sep 9, 2020, 2:34 pm
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This sounds risky based on current rules. There are currently no scheduled commercial flights between the two countries. What airline is telling you otherwise?
Why don't you get a rapid PCR covid test in Arusha and have a driver take you to Nairobi in time for your flight? You will need to switch drivers at the border crossing at Namangwa. I just drove from Nairobi to Arusha three weeks ago and crossed the border. It was not a bad drive (I am American and live in MN). I needed a negative covid test result and a yellow fever card to get into Tanzania and bought the visa for cash at the border.
Craig Beal - owner - Travel Beyond
Why don't you get a rapid PCR covid test in Arusha and have a driver take you to Nairobi in time for your flight? You will need to switch drivers at the border crossing at Namangwa. I just drove from Nairobi to Arusha three weeks ago and crossed the border. It was not a bad drive (I am American and live in MN). I needed a negative covid test result and a yellow fever card to get into Tanzania and bought the visa for cash at the border.
Craig Beal - owner - Travel Beyond
Was it easy to arrnage a PCR in Arusha?
Thanks
Oct 8, 2020, 7:13 am
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I have a similar issue. I am looking at a BA flight LHR-NBO with a connection to DAR on KQ the following morning, all booked together through BA.
Tanzania does not require a test for entry, but Kenya does. What is the current situation for transit?
Tanzania does not require a test for entry, but Kenya does. What is the current situation for transit?
Dec 6, 2020, 11:22 am
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I might be late but KQ require a PCR test for transit pax too. They are yet to update their site when I last checked