From the airport to the city centre Mozambique

If you've already booked your night, you can ask the hotel for a transfer from the airport. Otherwise, simply take a cab, which usually costs between 800 and 1,000 Mtn. But don't forget to withdraw cash at the airport. It takes just 10 minutes to get to the city center on a smooth ride. Allow 30 to 40 minutes in case you get stuck in traffic. If you buy a local chip on arrival, consider the smartphone app Viva Taxi, the local Uber for budget cars.

Public transport Mozambique

In town. In the cities, we travel by chapa or tuk tuk, known as chopelas. Often overcrowded, chapas are practical in the city if you understand how to find your way in an urban jungle and don't suffer from human compression! Watch your pockets, as pick-pockets are plentiful. It's a means of transport reserved for African backpackers rather than novice tourists. Don't forget to signal to the driver whether you want to get on or off. You pay at the end of the journey: a "porter" takes care of everything. Chopelas, these three-wheeled vehicles imported from India and China, are individual and therefore much more practical for a maximum of two people, very economical and often embellished by their driver with lots of decoration.

In the country. You'll have to get up very, very early to take the chapas and local long-distance buses, which leave at 5 a.m., as the journeys are very long (minimum 6 hours on average from town to town).

With a driver Mozambique

Depending on your age, your ability and apprehension to drive here or to resist fatigue and long journeys in the discomfort of the chapa, it may be easier to take a driver than to drive on chaotic roads in a very long 4 x 4. There are both private individuals and very reliable transfer companies with whom you'll be in total safety.

By car Mozambique

Freedom comes at an inordinate price in Mozambique: renting a car is expensive, very expensive. And you'll often have to rent a 4 x 4 if you want to make the most of it. But the charm of a road trip on the Mozambican coast is a good option on the classic Maputo-Vilankulos and Maputo-Ponta do Ouro route: it's perfectly feasible in a small saloon car, the roads are good (even new), you just need time (at least three weeks). If you rent your vehicle in Maputo, the price will drop considerably. New, affordable rental companies have recently opened branches, mainly in Vilankulos, Beira and Nampula. For car-sharing, the Facebook group "Drive Moz" has been set up to share journeys.

Accessibility Mozambique

Unfortunately, it is still difficult to travel in Mozambique for a person with reduced mobility.