Dar es Salaam Airport by S Marsden

21 May 2008   Customer Rating :

Dar airport was probably very nice when it first opened, however, after decades of neglect by the airports authority it is not surprise that it is looking shabby, unkempt. The airport is slow, but get used to it, nobody rushes in Dar. The business class lounge (soon to be rebuilt, but not in a hurry!) is appalling in comparison to other airports, it's got free drinks and snacks and if you are lucky you may get a seat. On the flip side of this you have the fact that if you are arriving, its the gateway to one of the most beautiful and friendliest countries in the world. Look past Dar airport!

Dar es Salaam Airport by Terry Jacobs

28 April 2008   Customer Rating :

Dar must have the slowest system of processing people on arrival in the world. The queues snake up the stairs as the single kiosk attempts to deal with it all. So when you reach the bottom of the stairs you have about an hour to go. Once you get to the kiosk they take a computerised mug shot of you then you just hang around for another half an hour while that gets in the system. The whole airport needs levelling and rebuilding.

Dar es Salaam Airport by Alun Pugh

12 September 2007   Customer Rating :

Domestic terminal is great fun. You hang about with the pilots and other passengers etc watching the flights come and go. When it's your turn you walk to the single prop, climb aboard and follow the progress of the flight with your map and the GPS on the flight deck! The international terminal (built to replace the old domestic terminal) is a mess. Sweaty (aircon doesn't work), poor value shops and inefficient - a real third world job.

Dar es Salaam Airport by Ingvar Backéus

22 January 2007   Customer Rating : n/a

I have used this airport many times since 1974. In the 70s the terminal building looked like a shabby rural bus station but the building that was then erected is nice and also architecturally beautiful from inside. Decent shops. Two lounges which are small but nice and -particularly important - cool. The rest of the building is hot and humid, and the a/c in the departure hall is hardly working. The toilets can also be cumbersome since water is frequently lacking.

Dar es Salaam Airport by Philip Keating

30 September 2006

I was suprised when going through this airport. I had purchased my visa in London before leaving. There was a small queue for non Tanzanian passport holders but a Tanzanian immigration officer said I could go through the Tanzanian passport desk. I was through in a couple of minutes. My bag was ready for collection.It was the fastest I have ever been through an airport. The only down side was the price of cigarettes in the duty free shop on leaving. They where double the price if you had bought from a supermarket in Dar Es Sallam.

Dar es Salaam Airport by Frans Erkens

25 May 2005

For a very small airport in a poor African country, its really not bad. The departure hall is relatively spacious, with plenty of seats, a decent cafeteria and restaurant, and a good selection of souvenir shops, and there's even a bc lounge (not sure if its for a certain airline). The arrival area is less nice. It is below the departure area and looks like just a concrete basement area. Neither level is fully enclosed, and especially on the arrivals level, which opens directly outside (no doors) there will probably be mosquitos, etc. inside. There is a foreign curency exchange, offering the same rates as those in the city. There isn't really any public transport (unless you count the dalla-dallas (minibuses) on the highway outside, which will undoubtedly be impossible to board with any luggage), but as soon as you exit, if no one meets you, you're likely to have taxi drivers approaching you from all directions (don't pay more than 10000tsh (about $9).









 

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