Zimbabwe Transportation

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The Blue Arrow Bus System

by kgduke

The Blue Arrow bus system is certainly the most comfortable and stress-free way of traveling between major cities in Zimbabwe. The Blue Arrow runs both directions from Harare to Bulawayo and makes only four stops in between (at Chegutu, Kadoma, Kwekwe, and Gweru). Harare to Gweru is four hours. Harare to Bulawayo is six hours. The buses run on time and are generally air-conditioned. Buses stop at the Golden Mile Hotel in Kwekwe for a bathroom break and a chance to get something to eat. Most of the stops are near the center of the town. The Fairmile Hotel is just outside of Gweru. The hotel will call a taxi for you (for a small fee) and the ride into town takes less than five minutes. Time Tables Mon-Sat Sun Mon-Sat Sun Harare depart 08h00 14h00 Bulawayo depart 08h00 14h00 Chegutu depart 09h30 15h30 Gweru depart 10h00 16h00 Kadoma depart 10h00 16h00 Kwekwe depart 11h00 17h00 Kwekwe depart...

The road from Botswana to Victoria Falls

by georeiser

The 70 km road along the south bank of the Zambezi river from Kazungula border to Victoria Falls is inside a national park. The trip takes about 45 minutes. There are a lot of wild animals on this trip.

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Taxi from Botswana

by georeiser

The 70 km road from Botswana to Victoria Falls takes about 45 minutes. The taxi drivers are waiting outside the immigration office, and will approach you when you get out of the immigration office. They will ask for 30-40 USD to Victoria Falls. The normal price is 30 USD, but I think you can bargain the price even more. I recommend to pay the price and have a happy driver who can be co-operative. There are a lot of wild animals on this trip. Ask if he can stop when you see the animals. Also ask if he can assist you to find some guesthouses in Vic Falls.

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SHONGOLOLO !

by DAO

Want to see Zimbabwe and not have to worry about your car or bus running out of fuel? Ride the Shongololo! So what does the word Shongololo mean? It a giant African Millipede the length of a man’s boot. Shongololo Express trains are like long Cruise Ships on land. They offer luxury travel that can take all the hassle out of some places in Southern Africa that you really want to visit. They offer luxury cabins, excellent chefs preparing authentic African dishes, local wines and professional staff. Packages range form weekends to 16-day treks. Each train has air-conditioned Mercedes Benz touring vehicles for days out with guides who speak English, German, Dutch and French. Adventures even include scuba diving, hot air ballooning and elephant rides. The Shongololo travels to nine countries across southern Africa: Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana,...

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Airport Departure Fees

by Bwana_Brown

When it was time for us to leave Harare for our flight back to South Africa, we were unexpectedly told that we needed US $20 each to pay for the airport departure fees. I had thought that this was included in the price of our tickets, so did not have the required amount of cash with us (and they did not really want any substitute for hard currency!). Luckily, our hostess was still with us and she was able to talk them into accepting her Zimbabwean currency as a substitute. While she was busy with this, I managed to slip all of our excess Zim $ and SA Rand into her bag to compensate her and off we went through Customs into the departure lounge. It then transpired that our return flight to SA was going to be delayed for a couple of hours due to a mechanical problem in Johannesburg. Eventually this delay stretched into 9 hours, during which time we were not allowed to leave the single-room...

Taxi have no fuel!

by nora_south_africa

If you thinking of arrive and taking taxi in zimbabwe well you may just find that taxi have no fuel at the moment, lets hope things change soon for this country.Make sure if you arrive that you have a collection! to your hotel

NO FUEL

by DAO

Thanks to the inspirational leadership of Uncle Bob, Zimbabwe is chronically short of car fuels. In fact these pictures were taken just over the border in Botswana where they have no such issues. As you can see people cross the border to fill up with as much as they can. I drove to Victoria Falls after filling up my car before entering the country. It is the first time in my life I have been approached by taxi drivers offering to hire me (cash!) to make fuel runs as my car had enough petrol to get to Botswana. Crazy. Make sure you top up before driving in and have enough to get yourself back out. Count on not being able to get ANY fuel in Zimbabwe. You probably won’t.

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Roads in good condition

by kixon

I was amazed to see that the roads are in very good shape, at least the mainroads are. Many countries have it alot worse. I'd love to go back and just drive around the country. You can see baboons on the side of the roads, and chameleons running or just standing on the middle of the road, it looked funny :)When its dark or getting darker watch out for bigger animals like buffalo, and people walk very long distances on the sides of the roads so do keep your eyes open.

Easy to get around...

by TracyG

Zimbabwe has an excellant public transport system so you should have no problem getting a bus to wherever you wanted to go. It is also relatively easy to travel overland into other countries by bus or by train.

Helicopter

by sachara

The best way to have a good overview and the most breathtaking experience ever is to make a flight by helicopter to see the Victoria Falls.We had a 30 minutes flight, could overview the whole area, had a deep look in the gorges and really good opportunities for photographing. We got a bonus and had also a flight just 2 M above the Zambesi River along the route of white water rafting. For more see my Victoria Falls page.

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Top 3 Hotels in Zimbabwe

Ilala Lodge  Victoria Falls

 3 Reviews and 175 Opinions  The hotel is really super, with very friendly staff. We are shown to room no. 26 on the same level... 

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Holiday Inn Harare  Harare

 1 Review and 18 Opinions

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Holiday Inn Bulawayo (Milnerton Avenue )  Bulawayo

 1 Review and 14 Opinions  service was allright rooms are very basic, clean but a little used the restaurant was a posivtive... 

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Q:  What would you recommend for this forthcoming trip? I aim to spend a clubbing and fun period between Harare (28 to 30 Dec) and... 

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A: I haven't been to Harare but I have by accident ("The Blue Train" derailed there) stayed overnight in Bulawayo. It isn't a place I would go back to. As for the Victoria... 

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