Wednesday, August 18, 2010

money issues

"ATMs in Arusha should not be relied on as a means of obtaining cash for payments on arrival as they do not issue US Dollars and are often underfunded, with daily withdrawal limits being as low as TZS 200,000 (around USD 150)."

"[Bring US] notes printed in the year 2000 or later. The reason for requiring new notes is that Arusha banks have relatively primitive authentication technology and will not accept older notes. Similarly, most bureaux des changes will not accept older notes and where they do accept them, they will usually only pay around 70% of their face value. The reason for requiring denominations of 100s and 50s is that where local currency is required to be obtained by our representatives, bureax des changes will generally only pay some 70-85% of the face value of smaller denomination notes. Denominations larger than 100s are generally not accepted by Arusha banks."
-- Team Kilimanjaro - Safaris