Visa for Zimbabwe
I understand that a visa for Zimbabwe can be obtained when arriving at the airport. Is this easy to do? Do most people on Elegant Adventure do it this way or do they get the visa in advance?
Thank you!
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I understand that a visa for Zimbabwe can be obtained when arriving at the airport. Is this easy to do? Do most people on Elegant Adventure do it this way or do they get the visa in advance?
Thank you!
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Took this trip in October. Now you can get the visa in advance, which is highly recommended.
Tauck TD obtained a Zimbabwe Visa for our entire group on Elegant Adventure - South Africa - in May 2024. Sounds like Tauck has changed things up quite a bit on their African tours.
not a Tauck change - Zimbabwe change - the TD still paid the fee; we did the paperwork at one of the lodges with all kinds of instruction. I would hope Tauck has it figured out by now so people can do it ahead of time.
Took this tour last August when getting a visa in advance was not an option. We had no problem at the airport. Our TD gave us the cash for the visa, we waited in line, paid the fee, answered some questions, and were through well before our luggage came out. This was the case for all but one member of our group, who for some reason took a really long time to be approved for entry and only came through as we were ready to leave. Applying in advance would be a good idea.
I tried doing the eVisa process, prior to my upcoming April tour. All of the required information (like Zimbabwe arriving flight number) isn’t available.
I’ve reached out to Tauck but haven’t gotten a response yet.
Seems like the only way to do the eVisa would be after arrival in South Africa, prior to arrival in Zimbabwe on Day 10.
Perhaps Tauck will come forth with the required information when final documentation comes out.
Follow up - I received an email from the Journey Preparation Team containing a draft version of a step-by-step document for the eVisa process for Zimbabwe.
The document had one inconsistency in it - calling out both a Single Entry Visa and a Double Entry Visa. I called Tauck to straighten this out. It should be a Single Entry Visa (they will correct Step 16 of their document).
At this point I had all the information to complete the eVisa process. I got to the last step which would be the paying step, when a warning popped up saying the eVisa was good for 90 days from date of issuance, not date of entry. Not knowing how long it would take for approval I aborted the process at this point because if the approval happened quickly it would expire before I reached and exited Zimbabwe.
I let Tauck know that their communications should make this clear that for my tour an eVisa shouldn't be applied for before January 22nd to ensure that your eVisa doesn't expire before you leave Zimbabwe.
So in about 1.5 weeks I will try for the third time to complete the eVisa process. Hopefully that attempt will be successful.
I guess someone had to be their beta tester for their eVisa process step-by-step documentation. Would have been nice if it had been someone from Tauck as opposed to me though. 😂
Not surprised, had that problem with inaccurate Visa info from them before.