Katembe
Katembe is a district of the city of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.
Katembe is a district of the city of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. Situated on the southern shore of Maputo Bay, it faces the historic downtown area across the water and has traditionally served as a strategic gateway between Maputo and the southern coastal region. The district is connected to Ponta do Ouro, the Maputo Special (Elephant) Reserve, and onward to Durban via the Mozambican EN200 and the South African R22 roads. Katembe is noted for its position within the Tembe-Swazi cultural sphere, its beaches, and its role as the southern anchor of the Maputo–Katembe Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in Africa.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Katembe
7 places 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.
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Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Katembe
- Airports
- Maputo (MPM), 9 km · King Mswati III (SHO), 93 km · Kruger Mpumalanga (MQP), 161 km
- Stations
- Maputo Railway Station, 3.8 km
- Mpaka → Katembe2690 km · quickest by air, 14h 24m · $102,480–153,730
- Beira → Katembe1990 km · quickest by road, 51h 10m · $225–305
- Mbombela → Katembe2587 km · quickest by air, 14h 46m · R106,510–159,990
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Katembe
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 Katembe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is a minivan/taxi from Manzini to Maputo.
- Get aroundYango is a popular app to order taxis / moto-taxis or tuk-tuks and probably the best choice in town.
- Get around"Tuk-Tuks" are also a great way to see the city.
- Get aroundThe minibuses are always packed far beyond their originally intended capacity, seats are frequently broken, and many travelers have to stand up while riding, though there are no handrails or appropriate places to hang on like in a larger bus.
- Go nextTake the short ferry ride across the bay to visit Catembe.
From Wikivoyage: Maputo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Katembe – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Katembe
Katembe is 5 km from Maputo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.