Tanzania’s currency is the Tanzanian shilling (TZS). It’s called the shilingi in Swahili
One US Dollar is worth 2241 TZS (September 2017).
- Bills: 10,000 TZS; 5,000 TZS; 2,000 TZS; 1,000 TZS and 500 TZS
- Coins: 500 TZS, 200 TZS, 100 TZS and 50 TZS.
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Our Marketing Manager is responsible for our online presence and bookings. She will most likely be the first person to reply to your request. Before moving to Tanzania, she was travelling through East Africa and has been employed in the tourism industry since 2008 in marketing and tour guide positions. Favorite place in Tanzania: Usambara Mountains and Serengeti National Park.