Travel news Mozambique

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 06/01/2022 06:50

Mozambique has proclaimed the new Maputo National Park

Mozambique’s Council for Ministers issued a decree on 07 December 2021 to formally merge the terrestrial and marine ecosystems of … read more

• Flights
• 05/01/2022 04:31

EK stops accepting travelers from 8 more African Nations

Emirates has added eight more African countries to its travel ban list. The UAE-based carrier will no longer accept travelers originating from Angola, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Ethiopia. Outbound passenger flights to the aforementioned destinations will not be affected.

The flight ban will come… read more

• Flights
• 03/01/2022 05:12

U.S. lifted travel ban on eight Southern African countries

The U.S. had lifted travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year's Eve. The restrictions, imposed last month, were meant to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant.

The Nov. 29 ban barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozam… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 22/12/2021 05:44

Mozambique records largest sighting of dugongs since the 1990s

According to researchers in the park, the herd is estimated to tally 57 individuals, consisting of large groups with multiple calves.

The dugong, a species of sea c… read more

• Flights
• 22/12/2021 05:42

Africa’s International Powerhouse: 76 Years Of Ethiopian Airlines

First starting its operations with former military Douglas C-47 transports, Ethiopian Airlines has grown to become Africa’s largest airline. Founded on December 21st, 1946, the carrier now has a fleet of 130 aircraft, operating a particularly diverse fleet of widebody twinjets. Having already covered the airline’s history in previous articles, l… read more

• Cruise
• 20/12/2021 15:57

Regent Seven Seas Cruises adds Cape Town to 2023 Christmas line-up

Regent Seven Seas Cruises will sail a Christmas and New Year cruise from Cape Town in 2023, part of a line-up of newly announced 2022 and 2023 festive voyages. Regent Seven Seas is planning to celebrate the holiday season in December 2022 and 2023 with voyages ranging between 14 and 67  nights in destinations including Oceania, Afric… read more

• Beyond Africa
• 15/12/2021 04:59

UK removes South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe etc. from the travel red list

According to the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, the Government of the United Kingdom is set to remove all eleven countries from the travel red list as of 15 December 2021 at 04:00.

The list, which was reintroduced in late November 2021 as a precaution after the emergence of the Omicron variant, currentl… read more

• Flights
• 09/12/2021 19:03

African airlines’ performance updates by AFRAA

A new wave of infection of COVID19 is ongoing in Europe and Oceania. Partial lockdowns and various restrictions measures are established in countries like Austria, Netherland, Belgium, etc.

Moreover, a new and potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant first identified by South African scientists has prompted a fresh round of trave… read more

• Cruise
• 08/12/2021 05:04

MSC Cruises slashes prices on South African itinerary for December

MSC Cruises has significantly reduced the fares on an upcoming cruise in December out of Durban aboard MSC Orchestra. The four-day cruise aboard MSC Orchestra is now being offered for as low as R750 per person sharing, but currently only applies to the December 13th, 2021 sailing.

Even balcony cabins aboard the December 13th … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 07/12/2021 05:57

Mozambique: The new Xai-Xai Chongoene Airport has been officially opened

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi has officially opened the Xai-Xai Chongoene Airport in the country's southern province of … read more