Country Info
- Harare
- Capital
- Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWD)
- Currency
- 11,365,366
- Population
- ZW
- Country Code
Harare Slideshow
Harare
Travel Blogs from Harare, Zimbabwe
Bus journeys and horrific border crossings
... 7 hours after we had pulled up to the border and having moved 500 metres we finally rolled out. The countryside in southern Zimbabwe is much more reminiscent of the dry savannah that (so far avoiding me) you expect from the African hinterland. Many ...
Jul 13, 2011
Vic Falls
Victoria Falls was amazing. Quite a sight to beheld. The mist is clearly visible high above the trees, but the falls themselves you can't see without paying $20 USD to get into the park that lines the cliffs facing the ...
Harare
5 days in Kruger NP then onto Zim. Stopped at Great Zimbabwe ruins on the way to the city for et another ...
no more curious please
... some small details, like the night in the malawi boarder town at a rest house for local workers make this trip so awesome. harare is a fascinating city. with huge boulvards of blossoming trees to roads of shut shops. it had a safe vibe despite the ...
Never want to go back again
The hotel we stayed in was OK, however we had a mission exchanging US$ for Zim$. I almost got ripped off but fortunately Mickey picked it up and stepped in. My late grandfather lost his farm in this country and I did not feel like I wanted to be ...
Meeting the truck
Another good flight by British Airways. Muzza was there to meet me and we set off to the Shamba where I’d be staying for the next few nights and finalise the truck for departure. The truck looked good in it’s new orange coat of ...
Parteeeeeee in Harareeeeeeee
... that they would betray something in their eyes, all the while wondering "What did you do?". I find myself having a similar reaction to Zimbabwe although it's not the faces of survivors I scour now, but the land itself, as if there should be some huge scar ...
Borders and bored us - transit through Mozambique
... plan was an early departure in order to exit Malawi, transit our way through Mozambique and finally hit the sack in Harare – the capital of Zimbabwe. Ze Meerkats may retort "simples"; but it was anything but. Firstly, we took a wrong turn ...
A Brit in Zimbabwe!
... time and I followed later in the week so we could spend the long weekend in a new city. It goes without saying that Zimbabwe is a very poor country. You cannot have decades of sanctions, corruption and unrest without it taking a toll. It ...
Final time in Harare ....
We'd like to go back .... but we wont until the situation improves. Anyway, there is so much more of Africa to see ...
Living in Luxury
... to the Chinoi caves and we are rather sad that thing start to look more civilized in this area of Zimbabwe. (We love the wild places!!). Harare is a real city, everybody double park and pedestrians walk without looking left or right, but we can buy fresh ...
Walking Zombies
What a long flight! We arrived in Harare after a stopover in London. We arrived about midday and decided that it would not be wise to go to bed even though we were incredibly exhausted. So, we walked a bit around Harare and then headed ...
Into Zimbabwe
Another day another country, this morning we crossed the border into Zimbabwe and headed straight for the capital. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I was impressed with Harare, it feels very civilised and safe, and we all got very excited at the ...
Victoria fall
When to the victoria falls it was such a beautiful place to visit definately a place to go. ...
Arrival in Harare
After a very chaotic but fun bus ride we arrive at Mbare bus station at 23h. No Zim$, no ...
((-: Crazy trip to Zimbabwe :-))
... ;a couple who was going to shop to Botswana (where you can actually find food..) and they went through Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city, which is at approx. 300 km from the Falls. They offered to share the ride with ...
My thoughts on starting a blog...
... asked – Dave – was largely the reason I asked the question in the first place. We arrived in Zimbabwe nearly a week ago now. Harare is a fine city. It’s winter here now and green and lush; walkable and low-rise. The ...
Very Long Day!
... couple of times. I was looking and leaning the wrong way. Good thing I was not driving! Our fellow passengers told us that Harare has 2 million people and that we were entering from the South. One of the gentlemen also told me that children are in school ...