From Johannesburg to Zanzibar through Swaziland, Mozambique and Malawi

September - October 2016

 

Date Time From To By Comments
25.09 15:40 Tel Aviv Istanbul Pegasus 2.5 hours, $60
25.09 21:40 Istanbul Stockholm Pegasus 3 hours, $50
26.09 07:10 Stockholm Johannesburg through Istanbul Turkish Airlines 3+11 hours, $400
27.09 09:30 Johannesburg Matenga Lodge Minibus 5 hours, 600 Rand
28.09 10:00 Mantenga Lodge (600 rand) Mantenga Cultural Village - Ezulwini Valley Taxi 0.5 + 0.5 hours, 100 Rand
28.09 13:00 Ezulwini Valley Manzini Minibus 1 hour, 15 Rand
28.09 14:30 Manzini Maputo Minibus 5 hours, 90 Rand
30.09 10:00 Maputo, Hotel-2010 (2200*2 MZN) Maxixe Coach 7 hours, 900 MZN
30.09 17:15 Maxixe Inhambana, Pencao Pachica (1500 MZN) Boat 45 min, 10 MZN
01.10 11:00 Inhambana Maxixe Boat 45 min, 10 MZN
01.10 12:00 Maxixe Rio Save, Guest House (500 MZN) Minibus 7 hours, 1000 MZN
02.10 07:00 Rio Save Inchope Coach 6 hours, 500 MZN
02.10 07:00 Rio Save Inchope Coach 6 hours, 500 MZN
02.10 13:30 Inchope Tete, Hotel P-MMA (2000 MZN) Truck 9 hours, 500 MZN
03.10 10:00 Tete Calomue (border) Truck 7 hours, 400 MZN
03.10 17:00 Dedza (border) Lilongwe, Guest House Longonot (14500 MWK) Taxi + Minibus + Taxi 0.5 +1.5 hours, 1000 + 1500 +5000 MWK
04.10 09:00 Lilongwe Mzuzu, Zikomo Lodge (8000 MWK) Taxi + Coach 0.5 + 10 hours, 5000 + 5000 MWK
05.10 09:00 Mzuzu Nkhata Bay, Ilala Bay Lodge (12000 MWK) Minibus 2 hours, 1500 MWK
06.10 08:30 Nkhata Bay Mzuzu Minibus 2 hours, 1500 MWK
06.10 10:30 Mzuzu Karonga, Masoka Lodge (4000 MWK) Bus 3.5 hours, 3000 MWK
07.10 07:00 Karonga Songwe (border) Minibus 1 hour, 1500 MWK
07.10 09:00 Kasumula (border) Mbeya, Guest House Masala (20000 TZS) Taxi + Small bus 0.5 + 3 hours hour, 5000 +5000 TZS
08.10 06:00 Mbeya Dar es Salaam, Hotel Durban (110000 TZS) Coach 16 hours, 65000 TZS
09.10 09:30 Dar es Salaam Zanzibar City, Hotel Karibu Inn (25$ * 3) Boat 2 hours, 40 $
11.10 10:00 Zanzibar City Nungwi - Zanzibar City Small bus + taxi 2 hours *2, 3000*2 + 2000 TZS
12.10 16:30 Zanzibar City Dar es Salaam Boat 2 hours, 35 $
13.10 03:30 Dar es Salaam Istanbul Turkish Airways 9 hours

For 16 days/15 nights in Africa:

Hotels: $335 = $22/night
Bus: $230 = $15/day
Taxi: $32 = $2/day
Food, etc: $100 = $6/day
Places of interest: $26 = 1.5/day
Total in Africa: $720 ~ $45/day

Swaziland $100 = $100/day
Mozambique $180 = $35/day
Malawi $110 = $28/day
Tanzania $330 = $55/day

Air tickets for Africa $60 + $50 + $400 = $510
Visas $80 + 50 = $130

Total for all trip (African part) excluding souvenirs ~ $1360

See the detailed report in Russian here