Mpanda

Mpanda is a "frontier town" of more than 204,000 people (2022) in Northwest Tanzania.

Understand
Mpanda is an important centre in the rural economy, especially for the marketing and transshipment of rice and maize. The Katavi region is increasingly of interest to mineral prospectors, especially for gold.

Get in
Mpanda is roughly 500 km north of Mbeya and 380 km south-west of Tabora.

By plane
Mpanda has a small domestic airport with flights from a few other cities in Tanzania.



By train
There are two trains a week Thursday/Sunday 13:00 from Mpanda to Tabora, operated by TRC. Journey times are 14 hours. the distance from Mpanda to Tabora by rail is 380 km.



By bus
There are buses between Mpanda and Sumbawanga, which is 6-7 hours to the south. From Mpanda to Sumbawanga is 239 km.

There are also buses between Mpanda and Tabora but the sleeper train is a better way to travel.

There are also buses going between Mpanda and Kigoma.

Buy
NBC bank has a Visa card ATM.

CRDB (15,000 Tsh fee) and NMB banks have Mastercard/Vvisa card ATMs.

Go next
Sumbawanga, Tobora, Tunduma.