Is Karema safe? Tanzania travel risk
Is Karema safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Karema scores 54/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Tanzania Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 31 Oct 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 9 Oct 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Karema scores 54/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Tanzania (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Karema: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (59/100) and health and medical access (73/100).
A score of 54 is higher than the scores of 75% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Tanzania travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Charted at coordinates 6.8205° S, 30.4389° E in Katavi, Karema maintains a regional distance of 590.3 km E to Dodoma.
Katavi
6.8205° S, 30.4389° E
777 m
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
16,385
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Tanzania
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Tanzania travel advice & laws.
Check the official entry requirements for your nationality before you travel. See the Tanzania entry requirements.
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