It is highly recommended to split your journey in 2 days. Getting through the border at Komatipoort can take a while and the stretch through Maputo itself also takes time. The road from Xai-Xai is very bad (potholes the size of your car) although this bad patch is only 100 km long, you need to provide enough time (at least 2 and a half hours) – DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS IN THE DARK! There is another 230 km drive after finishing off the POTHOLE stretch!

HANDY travelling TIPS: ROAD BLOCKS: To spare yourself a lot of money, please obey the traffic rules in Moz!

1.  Have your vehicle papers handy   2.  Wear you seat belts (front and back passengers)                   3.  Stick to the speed limits              4.  Greet the Officers friendly, stay calm, be patient!

A very friendly half way stop is @ BLUE ANCHOR INN 50 km North of Maputo. Please book in time: blueanchorinn@teledata.mz or www.blueanchorinn.com – phone Liz or Nigel on area code:       (+258) 823 253 050 – its only a few hundred meters off the main road.

TRAVELLING FROM GAUTENG(South-Africa) – you need to use the Komatipoort Border Post

TRAVELLING FROM KZN(South-Africa) – you need to use the Golela Border Post travelling through Swaziland (much easier and much faster than Komatipoort.

For anyone travelling to Moz' with a Garmin Quest GPS system, you can download the Mozambique Maps off the www.tracks4africa.co.za website

These maps are compatible for use in Garmin together with the Mapsource program that you use to setup the Garmin and is very cheap.  The Garmin will not route verbally but the driver can pre-install the waypoints so that you will at least know that you’re on the right road or where you should look out for a turnoff. These all come in quite useful since the Garmin GPS Mapit Software does not yet have adequate maps for Mozambique therefore auto routing cannot be used. 

Be sure to check out our Facts and Handy tips page to make sure you get here safe and sound. You can also download a useful checklist to assist you in your preparations.

Herewith some other handy co-ordinates for finding your way to us

(with thanks to Paul Morel & Nigel @ Blue Anchor Inn:

- EN4 Matola Junction (i.e. coming from Nelspruit turn left to head to us): S25 57.206 E32 27.624

- Namaacha Border: S25 59.029 E32 01.423

- Komati Border: S25 26.596 E31 59.205

- The turn-off on the EN1 to Blue Anchor:  S25 34.959 E32 40.036

- Police Control Point - Just leaving Maputo towards us on EN1: S25 49.760 E32 34.188

- Left turn off EN4 to EN1 / Xai Xai Road : S25 56.474 E32 32.209

- Toll Gate EN4:  S25 55.951 E32 31.092