Adapters in Tanzania

by whom giggly | posted in: Zanzibar General | 0 Now I will tell you about one minor point from a trip to Zanzibar, which many people forget, but sometimes it can take you by surprise. You will find out what outlets in Zanzibar are, what the voltage is in the network, and there will be a little life hack for absolutely everyone. Anyone who has read the articles of this guide, or simply knows the history, then know that Zanzibar was under the Portuguese and Ottomans, but in the era of the ubiquitous spread of electricity, Zanzibar was a British colony. This was reflected in the island's sockets. There are two news: It is important to know about the sockets in Zanzibar: Today, in expensive hotels, you can take an adapter for an English outlet at the reception, and very advanced hotels put two types of sockets in the room, both ours and English (as in the photo above). Especially after such a wave of tourists from Russia. The adapter should look like the photo below. If all the sockets in your hotel are English, there is no adapter at the reception, and neither do you, then you can buy an adap Adapters in Tanzania ter for 1-3 bucks, depending on the impudence of the seller, in any souvenir shop. One important point: Zanzibar is not Tai, not Malaysia or India, here the infrastructure for tourists is dozens or even hundreds of times less developed. If you are not on Nungwi or Kendwa Beach, you can look for a souvenir shop for a couple of days. Read a separate review about the best beaches on the island. You can also buy from the Maasai, who will probably walk along the beach somewhere, but they have everything 3 times more expensive. This travel guide has an article on what to take with you to Zanzibar. There is a list of 10 most important things, but there is no adapter and here's why. English sockets are childproof. The holes where you need to insert the plug and where the voltage is, are closed by curtains. From the point of view of safety, this is insanely cool, but from the point of view of a tourist who urgently needs to charge their phone after a long flight, this is not serious. Well, we will somehow bypass protection from children. To unlock the curtains in the upper hole in the center, you need to insert any object: And then the curtains are unlocked and with a little more force than usual, you plug our plug into an English socket. See the photo. Important: there is no stress in the top center hole! In conclusion: it is better to have a pen with you, which will be useful at least at the airport and a normal three-meter cable for charging your phone, since there is always an outlet in the hotel across the floor of the room from the bed, and we all love to lie in bed and watch Instagram or write in a messenger ... And what are the sockets in Zanzibar, the question is already closed, and even if you did not find an adapter, then this is not a big problem. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: below are the main resources without which you can not organize your vacation in Zanzibar (just add what you need to your bookmarks): https://jiji.co.tz/388-adapters