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@Conesnail Florida Man .. haha. I assume you've seen the latest Tanzania requirements for exit (now seemingly a PCR test and a Rapid test 6 hours before your flight done at the airport). We have a couple of weeks to decide but we are still leaning on a 'go'. Please do give some news when there. Also if you have found a good shop to dive with or any good sites

Happy holidays and Safe Travels !!
Sorry I didn't get a chance to login before getting back this morning. Probably a good idea to wait til August, but my friend and I had no problems getting back yesterday. All hakuna matata.
In short, I got out of Tanzania with a rapid test that took less than 5 minutes (once I cleared all the layers of security) and that got me through Istanbul and, now, sitting at home in Tallahassee. I took the test at Kilimanjaro airport---which seemed a lot easier than at DAR. A few passengers on my flight from DAR were turned back for not complying with testing requirements. My friend and I breezed through.
I think right now USA citizens just need the rapid test 24 hours before boarding the first leg of a flight to US, but things are so fluid at the moment I was always close to panic mode when boarding flights. I know that some European countries require PCR tests, and a manager of a tour company was telling us that all of his relatives were stuck in Tanzania because they tested positive on PCR. He said as Americans, we only needed rapids, and so we were very lucky.
Not sure if you've been to Tanzania before, but I found that every transaction worked much better if I started by asking people how they were: "Habari Gani" or "Mambo Vee-pee'" Tanzanians are, in the main, very nice people and super courteous. I made the mistake of "getting right down to business" in a couple transactions, then realized I was being rude.
Whenever you go, you'll enjoy it: Beautiful country, wonderful people. Karibu!