Chimoio
Sourced from Wikivoyage. Text is available under the CC-by-SA 3.0 license.
For many travelers Chimoio is a stopover on their way between destinations in the South and North of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. It is close to Gorongosa National Park.
Get in
Chimoio is a 3 hour/200km drive from Beira or there are flights from Maputo with LAM. The road from Beira to the EN1 has pot holes so care is needed. From the EN1 to Chimoio, it is in good condition.
Get around
The city is small enough to see by foot.
Sleep
-
Castelo Branco
address: Rua SussundengaDecent quality. -
Hotel Inter-Chimoio
phone: +258 251 24200address: Av. 25 Setembro, 18BOne of the Best and Only 4 Star Hotel in Chimoio. -
phone: +258 822372980address: Rua 3 de FevereiroThe house has a pink wall in front and pink gates, and a large tree overhanging the wall. It's basically a private house renting rooms in the house as well as in the garden where they have a caravan. The German owner Anja and staff are helpful and sympathetic. Good place to meet other travelers.
-
phone: +258 25123264address: Rua do Barué, 32Has more than twenty rooms available with one double or two single beds. All the rooms are equipped with conditioned air, satellite TV, private bedroom and others.
Connect
English (and some Portuguese) language radio transmissions are available from BBC World Service on 99.0MHz.