Using your eSIM in Tanzania
Tanzania
What you get with every Tanzania plan
Where it works
Tanzania
Networks
Airtel
Hotspot
Allowed
When your plan starts
When you land
Install by
Within 180 days of buying
Questions about Tanzania eSIMs
Will there be signal on the mountain?
Nothing on this page promises one.
The coverage list names Tanzania and no camp, hut or ridge inside it, so plan the walk as days without a handset and tell the people at home as much.
Do I need data for the outfitter and the briefing?
For the forms, the kit list and whatever changes at the last minute, yes.
Most of that arrives as a message while you are still in town, and a handset with nothing left on it reads none of it.
Is one plan enough for the town days either side of the climb?
Inside the country there is nothing to swap.
The same plan answers for Tanzania as the coverage list on this page has it, so the nights before and the nights after run on the one you bought.
Does the same plan answer for Zanzibar?
Read the coverage list on this page, which names countries rather than islands, and take it at that.
Nothing here rules on a beach, a crossing or a village, and the list is the only thing that answers.
How do people at home reach me during the climb?
Agree before you go that they will not hear from you for stretches of it, and give them the outfitter's office as the way through.
A plan changes nothing about what a mountain does to a handset.
What is worth having on the phone for the days after?
The ride back, the next bed and anything you booked for the coast.
Those are the things people lose when they come down tired, and they are easier read off a phone than remembered.
Questions about every Ryvo plan
Will it work on my phone?
Does it come with a phone number?
No.
Ryvo eSIMs are data only.
There's no phone number, and you can't make calls or send texts on the eSIM itself.
Can I keep my usual number?
Yes.
Keep your main SIM on for calls and texts, and set the eSIM as your mobile data line.
Your carrier's roaming rates still apply to calls and texts, so check them before you go.
Can I share my data as a hotspot?
It depends on the plan.
Each plan says whether hotspot is allowed before you pay.
What if I run out of data?
Add data from your order page if your plan can be topped up.
If it can't, buy another plan for the same destination.
What if my eSIM won't connect?
Email us and we'll work through it with you, starting with your phone's mobile data settings.
If we can't get it working, our refund policy explains what happens next.
Before you go
The coverage list on this page names Tanzania and the network your plan runs on, and it answers for the country alone.
A hut, a trailhead or a camp on the way up is not on that list.
Hand the outfitter whatever it asks for while you are still at home.
A form chased on the morning of a briefing is a form nobody enjoys.
Pull the maps, the kit list and the bookings down before the walk starts, then leave the handset off for most of it.
Nothing out there charges a phone for you.
Keep your usual SIM switched on for calls and texts, and choose the eSIM for mobile data.
Still need help?
Email us your order reference, and we'll help you get connected.