Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Land
MALAWI
Border Crossings
Cóbuè
On Lake Niassa
Dedza
85km southwest of Lilongwe
Entre Lagos
Southwest of Cuamba
Mandimba
Northwest of Cuamba
Melosa (Milange)
120km southeast of Blantyre
Metangula
On Lake Niassa
Vila Nova da Fronteira
At Malawi's southern tip
Zóbuè
On the Tete Corridor route linking Blantyre (Malawi) and Harare (Zimbabwe); this
is the busiest crossing
To/From Blantyre
Via Zóbuè
: vehicles go daily from Blantyre to the border via Mwanza. Once in Mozam-
bique (the border posts are separated by about 5km of no man's land),
chapas
go daily to
Tete (Mtc150, 1½ hours Zóbuè to Tete).
Via Vila Nova da Fronteira
: daily minibuses go from Blantyre to Nsanje and onto the
border. Once across, there are
chapas
to Mutarara, and from there to Sena and onto Caia
on the main north-south road.
Via Melosa
(about 2km from Milange town, and convenient for Quelimane and Gurúè):
buses go from Blantyre via Mulanje to the border. Once across, several vehicles go daily
to Mocuba, from where there is frequent transport south to Quelimane and north to
Nampevo junction (for Gurúè) and Nampula.
Entre Lagos
(for Cuamba and northern Mozambique): possible with your own 4WD (al-
low about 1½ hours to cover the 80km from Entre Lagos to Cuamba), or by
chapa
(about
