Harare Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Another eight-hour bus journey took me to Blantyre, Malawi's commercial capital. Blantyre is a more pleasant city than Lilongwe, at least having some sort of a meaningful center - a triangular grid of streets lined with banks, shops and the odd restaurant. I was there over a weekend, however, so the streets were quiet. Like Lilongwe, it is dange...

Yesterday I had a 5 pm flight from Nairobi to Zimbabwe on air Zimbabwe, booked two days earlier. Because I was just hanging around anyway, I arrived at the airport at 11 am, but at the Air Zimbabwe counter I was told that I was too early and should come back in an hour. I sat near the counter, which was unmanned from 11:30 until after 2 pm. I th...

Hello!!! We headed towards the Zimbabwe border from Mozambique and were going into the unknown. Zimbabwe's economy has plummeted in the last few years from President Mugabe's political policies. As a result, the currency (as of August 1st 2006) had completely changed. In the past, people would come away with trash bags full of money since the la...

Back when Zim was a slightly less shaky destination. What a shame as it was a fantastic destination; one of my favorites in the world!

They seemed to come out of nowhere as they approached us; three plain-clothed agents of the Zimbabwe Criminal Investigation Department, flashing their IDs, asking after our business, our passports, with hard, accusing looks. One took me aside and demanded to see my camera. My hands shook as I displayed on the LCD screen the pictures I'd taken ov...

Last nights luxury was a total bonus given we had pre booked a bit more up market accommodation in Harare this time given we did not need any stress prior to catching a plane. After a late start (too many ports last night), a great breakfast and saying goodbye to the South Africans, it was on the road to Harare. People we saw were dressed for ch...