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Insurance and the Zanzibar driving permit

The car is insured and your permit is arranged before you land. What the insurance covers and excludes is confirmed with you in writing before handover.

Insurance

Being confirmed with the insurer
The car is insured, and the terms are confirmed with you at handover before you sign. We have seen more than one description of what that cover includes, so we are getting it in writing before we publish it here. The excess is not confirmed. We will not guess at it.

What is certain today

  • The vehicle is insured for paid self-drive hire
  • The insurance terms that apply to you are confirmed at handover, before you sign anything
  • The exact policy wording for paid self-drive hire, foreign drivers and additional drivers is being confirmed with the insurer
  • Every driver on your booking must hold a valid Zanzibar driving permit

What we will publish once it is confirmed

  • What the cover includes, in the insurer’s words
  • What it excludes, including tyres and undercarriage
  • The excess, as a figure
  • Age, licence-held and additional-driver rules
  • Where you may and may not take the car
  • What happens after an incident, step by step

Ask us before you reserve and we will tell you exactly what the provider has confirmed to us for your dates. Meanwhile, support covers what to do at the roadside.

The Zanzibar driving permit

Every visiting driver needs a Zanzibar driving permit. Your home licence on its own is not enough. We arrange the permit with your booking, so it is in your hand at the car rather than on your list for the first morning.

  • Send a scan of your licence and your passport when you reserveFor every person who will drive.
  • We file the permit with the authority before you arriveOur target is to have this complete 24 hours before you land.
  • You receive the permit at the handover, with the car papers
  • Each additional driver needs their own permit

The permit fee Kibabu Cars publishes, checked on 14 August 2026. The provider’s figure, not ours.

Zanzibar driving permitPer driver$25
About the International Driving Permit
Official guidance and the permit process do not describe this the same way, so we are confirming it with the authority. If you already hold an International Driving Permit, bring it. It does not replace the Zanzibar permit.

The permit explained in full and what happens at a checkpoint go into more detail.

Who provides the car

Disclosed rental providerKibabu Cars
  • Kibabu Cars owns the vehicle, holds its insurance and is the contracting party for your rental.
  • You pay Kibabu Cars directly at handover and receive their receipt. This website does not process payment.
  • We arrange the booking, check the vehicle against our standard, prepare your documents and answer support.

Ask about your cover

Tell us your dates and who will drive. We will tell you what the provider has confirmed, and say so plainly where something is still open.

Request a carChat on WhatsAppYou pay at handover and receive a receipt.