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Interested in any experiences with the COVID rules, where to get the test to get on the plane home, general observations etc. Leave in about 3 weeks. | ||
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Several friends, from different parts of the world, have visited us on their way to Dar this year. PCR test 48 hours is required. That is it. | |||
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That is the official requirement though will be quite a feat seeing clients normally fly out of camp and board their flight home same day/evening.  | |||
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We don’t need a PCR test to fly back home. We get tested at the airport on arrival. | |||
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Fulvio, Usually, I charter back to the airport in Dar, go to the bar and get on the essentially midnight plane back to Amsterdam, just like you described. It was hectic and a grind and I always regretted not being able to get a good night's sleep, a good meal and a shower and good bathroom stop before getting on a plane for a two day trip. This year with COVID, I decided to overnight in Dar on the way home. It will also give me a day to knock around town. Get a good dinner, have most of a day to pick up a few gifts, get the COVID test, have a nice lunch down on the wharf and get a shower right before I have to leave for the airport. | |||
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By the way, Fulvio, if you're around, I'd like to buy you dinner, or at least lunch. I know you are hunting so understand you might not be around. I'll PM you my schedule. | |||
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Lavaca, I would like to hear what you find out on Covid testing from Dar to IAH. Several A/R members and I are doing a Selous buff hunt in October. | |||
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Just back from a season-opener but am around for a while. | |||
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Fulvio, I arrive on 18 August. Usual flight in around midnight and charter out the next day. But on the way back, I built in a night and day in Dar, both because I'm old and tired and to build in some time to get the COVID test. I have to check the schedule, but I believe I'm chartering back to Dar on 4 September, so could do dinner that night or lunch the next day. I leave that evening. Hope you are around. | |||
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Bwanajay, I'll let you know what I find out and let you know how it goes. Good luck, who are you hunting with and what block? I'd really like to get back to the Selous. | |||
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Lavaca, Luke Samaras MS1 block. We will be hunting with some old friends of mine, Paddy Curtis and Gerard Miller. I've hunted Luke's Masailand areas and he runs a tight ship. I'll let you know how this hunt turns out. Good luck and good hunting on your Western Tanzania Safari! | |||
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Paddy won't remember me, but say hello for me. He might remember the incident, but it was in 2012. I was hunting a fly camp in Luke's concession in Simanjiro. Paddy had a client in the main camp -- that nice stone building. We came down looking for an impala, having already shot our buffalo. Paddy had a client from Texas who was there for lion, but he was short on bait. I shot a zebra for them. We happened by the main camp mid-day and were invited for lunch. They had eland tenderloins. I commented to the client that he had been very lucky getting an eland since he only arrived the day before. Paddy explained it was a lion kill, but fresh. Had a great lunch. The next day, Paddy radioed my PH to ask if he and his client were well. We were. Apparently, Paddy's client was sick as a dog, blamed it on the eland. The power of the mind is amazing. The eland was fine. Was funny. And, I'm hunting in Lukwati in two weeks. There's a spring named after Gerald Miller. It always looked promising for lion to me, but I haven't baited one there yet. Will try again this year. Ask Gerald what he thinks, I've never met him. Good luck. Sounds like you'll have a great time. | |||
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You're hunting with first class people, both outfitters and PH's. | |||
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Clients departing TZ can board the flight on a Rapid Test which is conducted prior to check-in. Your outfitter will several days prior to departure, liaise with the Airport Health Desk and arrange for the needful which costs $25. Qatar and KLM accept this arrangement as we have had outgoing clients leaving without any hassles. | |||
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Good luck and good hunting Lavaca! Thanks for the info Fulvio. | |||
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Further to the above, arriving passengers are subjected to mandatory screening for Covid 19 through the same Rapid Test procedure. In order to avoid time wasting on arrival as the form to be filled is quite lengthy, it is advisable to obtain an online booking at the following portal and obtain a Control number which is presented at the desk, pay $25 and get tested: https://pimacovid.moh.go.tz | |||
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Are you saying that, even with a negative PCR test before we board our flight from USA to Tanzania, that we also need to have a negative test upon arrival at DAR, before we can head out to our camp? | |||
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From what I understand, the quick test is not very reliable. And rumor has it the whole point of this is to get your $25. Nothing else! For $25 they are going to make others go somewhere else! Nickle and diming visitors ain't going to work! | |||
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Fulvio, Thanks for the information. I'm still looking for a place to get a test in Houston that will meet the within 72 hours requirement. Anyone have any ideas in Houston? | |||
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Kingwood Emergency Hospital. I telephoned them and scheduled an appointment for the morning of my departure from IAH. Excerpt from their website: *** COVID-19 Update APRIL 2021 Kingwood Emergency Hospital has invested in state-of-the-art testing, with Nobel Prize winning science that revolutionized chemistry to provide the fastest known testing for COVID-19 and many other respiratory and early-stage infections. RT-PCR (Rapid Test Polymerase Chain Reaction) is the equivalent of molecular photocopying to amplify small segments of DNA to get answers fast for patients and families needing answers. All this is done in our on-site laboratory with results in as soon as an hour. *** DSC Life Member HSC Life Member NRA Life Member SCI RMEF | |||
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Yes, irrespective of whether you have a vaccination certificate and/or negative PCR test, you will be required to undergo a Rapid Test upon arrival. | |||
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Your contribution of $25! | |||
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That is pure, utter, unadulterated BULLSHIT! Whoever the rocket scientist is that came up with this, should be used as hyena bait. | |||
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I told you. It is only for the money! | |||
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The same test is required on arrival in Botswana, but there is no charge for it. Good hunting, lavaca! Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Getting in and out of Dar is a pain in the ass, and you should leave yourselves a lot of extra time. As mentioned, you need to do a rapid test on arrival (https://afyamsafiri.moh.go.tz/#/home). You need to register your arrival, and I highly recommend you pay BEFORE you arrive. The airport is a total shitshow, just keep saying you have paid for your test and have all your paperwork ready, and try to get to the front. This whole testing on arrival has taken me several hours, and I know people that have spent 4+ trying to get through. When you leave, you need to book a test online (https://pimacovid.moh.go.tz/#/booking), as the testing is all through the government lab. You need to do a payment to the Gov Lab, and then the testing facility. You can't use a credit card, but either through bank or mobile money- not easy for a visiting hunter. Hopefully your outfitter can help you with it. There are some guys who can come to you and do the test, this is better and faster than going to a facility. You should give yourself extra time for this, results are generally around 24 hours, if you can get your test done before noon. Even if you are vaccinated, most airlines still require a negative COVID test to travel. Before you check in with the airline, you need to validate your printed COVID test with a guy at the far left of the check in area, this is checked at the line entering the check in counter, again at the check in counter, and again before you go through security. I predict a lot of headaches and flight changes for people trying to get out of Dar due to the fact that people aren't leaving enough time. Having flown in and out of Dar probably 10+ times during COVID, I can tell you it is a total pain in the ass. ----------------------------------------- "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. -Henry David Thoreau, Walden | |||
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May I suggest anyone going to Dar to ask their PH to sort this out? Might be a lot easier for him to pay it rather than someone from another country. | |||
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Just landed back in TZ and the process of testing on arrival was significantly better than the previous several times I have done. I would let you PH handle your test on exit, but it makes more sense for you to do your own arrival. ----------------------------------------- "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. -Henry David Thoreau, Walden | |||
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Lavaca, I've used Kingwood Emergency Hospital for several African safaris this year and they are quick. Less than an hour both times and only 15 minutes from George Bush. I made an appointment for both visits a week out and if you decide to go in earlier than your scheduled appointment time they will admit you. I'll will be using them again in October. | |||
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Dar es Salaam. The government has reduced the cost of testing Covid-19 for domestic travelers from $100 to $50 for RT- PCR test. It has also reduced the cost of the Antigen Rapid Test from $25 to $10 for all travelers entering the country and removed the test at all borders posts except at airports. | |||
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I just returned from Dar and it was actually a pretty smooth process. As others have mentioned, it's very helpful to print out both your health form and proof of payment for the rapid test you'll need to take upon arrival. The entire process took less than 10 minutes; granted, I was one of the first passengers off the plane. | |||
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