Chimoio
Chimoio is the capital of Manica Province in Mozambique.
Chimoio is the capital of Manica Province in Mozambique. It is the fifth-largest city in Mozambique.
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Worth seeing in and around Chimoio
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimoio
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimoio is a diocese located in the city of Chimoio in the ecclesiastical province of Beira in Mozambique.
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Where to eat
For the adventurous traveler there is Mercado Feira. Through narrow corridors inside the market you´ll find humble eating stalls (mostly at the end of the market) where inexpensive meals ("xima (corn porridge), arroz (rice), mandioca (cassava), couve (collard greens), frango (chicken) ou peixe (fish) usually grilled, salada") and drinks (including cerveja-beer) are purchased.
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Getting to Chimoio
- Airports
- Beira (BEW), 170 km · Robert Gabriel Mugabe (HRE), 281 km
- Stations
- Chimoio Airport, 4.2 km
- Beira → Chimoio164 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · $16–22
- Tete → Chimoio329 km · quickest by road, 7h 2m · $31–42
- Maputo → Chimoio767 km · quickest by road, 18h 39m · $90–125
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chimoio
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chimoio. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inComing by public transportation from Zimbabwe, take a shared-taxi or a taxi from Mutare to Forbes Border (US$ 2 for a shared-taxi, US$ 8–10 for a taxi as of 2025), then cross the border by foot.
- Get inAlternatively, if you do not find a direct chapa, ride on the back of a moto-taxi (motorcycle) (MT 250–500 as of 2024 for a motorcycle).
- Get aroundIt is possible to see the city on foot, however there is plenty of moto-taxi service readily available in case you do not choose to use the also abundant but crowded "chapas" (mini-buses).
- Get aroundMoto taxis are inexpensive (MT 50 for normal -no cargo- short rides), MT 100 for normal longer ones as of February 2024).
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