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Travel to Mozambique

Flying to Mozambique

The national airline is LAM-Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (TM) (website: www.lam.co.mz).

Flight times:

From London to Maputo is 14 hours, including stopover in Johannesburg or Lisbon.

Departure tax:

US$20 if destination is outside Africa; US$10 if destination is within Africa.

Travel by rail

A train runs from Johannesburg to the Mozambique border at Ressano Garcia where there is a connection to Maputo (journey time - 15 hours). An overnight train runs regularly from Durban to Maputo. There is a service from Harare to Beira. There should be connections from Malawi to Beira in future (although the border still has to be crossed on foot). Rail services are sometimes sporadic and unreliable.

Getting to Mozambique by boat

British, European, American, Japanese and South African cargo vessels call at Maputo and Beira, but there are no regular passenger services.

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