Would you travel to Zimbabwe today amongst the worsening political/humanitarian situation?
I've been living in Namibia for three months now and made many friends including ex-pats from Zim. The opportunity has arisen for me to accompany a Zim friend back to their hometown of Kwe Kwe for a 5-7 day trip in March. I'm very very tempted to accept the offer as I don't know if I'll ever get another chance to travel to Zimbabwe especially with a trusted friend who knows the ropes, so to speak. But still, my brain is telling me it's not a good idea, that it's not safe, or it's a big risk. The Canadian Government's Travel Advisory says to avoid all non-essential travel to Zimbabwe. I've been polling people here in Namibia, and most seem to think it's perfectly safe to travel to Zim. So I thought I'd take a quick poll on this forum and see what some complete strangers think about my predicament.
Thanks.
Reply to this Hello Nil 😊
I would personally avoid Zimbabwe at the moment. The political situation is way to volatile. And many people there are desperately poor and hungry which may make robbing tourists too tempting an opportunity.
Mel
Reply to this Hi,
I was there back in August when the situation was not great either.
Put it simply, people are asking for tourist to come and spend money, because you give a chance to feed a lot of them with your hard currencies. Just make sure you don't spend it with the wrong guys. Your friends and everybody knows who to give to or not to give to in the country.
so I would go. It will also be safe. There are few places where you shouldn't go, but if you are with locals, they will be able to tell you where to go or not to go.
I was wlaking at night around the Victoria Falls and felt very safe. You just have to use some common sense.
Enjoy your trip, you'll meet a lot of great people!
Peter
Reply to this I have a good friend that was born and raised there. He was exiled from the country when the Zim government started taking back land from the British. (Early 90's I believe). He had dual citizenship (US/ZIM), and didn't want to give up his US citizenship, so he left. He says things are getting a little better, but because of the current regime in charge, he is going to wait before he goes back. From the things he has mentioned, there is a lot of corruption, and it isn't as safe. If you decide to go, I would make sure that you have someone familiar with the area with you. My friend did mention that there are some very nice parts and some very bad parts just like any country....All and all, I would say do it, it'll be an experience of a lifetime...just be carefulÂ…
Reply to this 
