I just returned from an 18 day tour around Tanzania on a local 150cc motorcycle. Since I didn't see much about the country here in HO, I thought I'd share a few details in case anyone else wants to do something like this.

This whole adventure started because a year ago someone posted a message on Facebook saying that they had a motorcycle for rent in Tanzania. I'd always wanted to do ride Africa so messaged them and they mentioned it was a local 150cc bike and it was about $10/day. That was exactly the bike I wanted (I believe in using local bikes) and the price was amazing. So I was very interested but couldn't travel until a year later (ie now). I told them I'd be in touch closer to my travel dates.

As it got closer to my travel dates, I booked a flight and reached out to the person. Unfortunately, they were radio silent and I never actually heard from them again. But I had joined a Tanzania travel group on Facebook and when I asked about renting motorcycles, a number of people reached out and mentioned they would rent me their bike. All for roughly the same price range as the original person had mentioned. So if you willing to be a bit flexible, this should be a viable route for others to get a bike. In the end, I found a very outdated website that also mentioned that they were based in Tanzania and rented local bikes. Company was called Moshi Easy Riders. I reached out them and they were able to arrange a bike for me. Same type of bike and same price range as what others offered on WhatsApp.

I flew into Kilimanjaro (JRO) and started my trip in Moshi, which is one of the two towns close to Mt. Kili. I picked up the bike, which was a Bajaj Boxer from India. I have experience with Bajaj from my time in India and I know they are good (but boring) bikes. As expected, the bike was in so-so shape. Ran well but headlight, horn and odometer didn't work. Also the brakes were soft. That didn't really bother me as I know these bikes are easy to fix. Told the guy renting me the bike that I needed most of these things fixed (except the odometer). He brought the bike back the following day with things in much better shape. I spent the next day doing short rides out of town to make sure the bike was ok and then started me trip.

Here is the route I took..

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