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Find cheap flights to Zimbabwe from $732

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Harare
Harare3 stops$1,249
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls2 stops$1,328
Bulawayo
Bulawayo1 stop$1,048

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Flight from Washington, D.C. to Victoria Falls

FAQs - booking Zimbabwe flights

  • Which city should I fly into to access Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe?

    If you are visiting the magnificent Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, consider booking your flight to Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA). This airport serves Victoria Falls town, about 11 miles from the city. You can easily take a shuttle downtown from VFA, and the Zimbabwe Ministry of Tourism has a desk at the airport to assist travelers visiting Victoria Falls. A shuttle from the airport to the falls will cost you around $24.

  • What are my best options for flights to Zimbabwe from Southeast U.S.?

    The best departure airports for flights to Zimbabwe from the South Easter region of the U.S. are Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Miami International Airport (MIA). Different airlines offer flight connections to HRE with two or more stops. Popular providers on this route include Ethiopian Airlines, Qatar Airways, and South African Airways.

  • What documents do I need to fly to Zimbabwe?

    All US citizens visiting Zimbabwe need a valid passport and visa before they are allowed entry into Zimbabwe. Your passport needs at least six months of validity beyond the date you plan to fly back to the US. Your passport should also have at least two blank pages for the entry and exit stamps. If you are visiting for tourism, you will need a tourist visa which you can obtain at any entry point. Currently, Zimbabwe isn’t offering any visas through their embassies, and you will only obtain a visa to Zimbabwe on arrival at the airport.

  • Which airport is closest to the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe?

    If you plan to visit the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, the best airport to fly to is Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport (BUQ), approximately 14 miles from the museum. You’ll find domestic flights to BUQ from HRE or other hubs in Africa with direct flights to BUQ like Johannesburg OR Tambo International Airport (JNB).

  • What is the best airport to fly into in Zimbabwe?

    The Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE) is the best airport to fly to if you plan to visit Zimbabwe. The country’s biggest airport serves most regional and international flights to Zimbabwe. It is in the capital Harare, meaning you will have easy transportation connections to many towns in Zimbabwe. Moreover, most flights from the US to Zimbabwe head into Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and always include at least one layover en route, with the city depending on your airline of choice.

  • How do I get to Zimbabwe from Boston?

    Since there are no direct flights to Zimbabwe from Boston, the best option is to use a connecting flight to HRE. At Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), you’ll find different connecting flights to HRE with two or more stops. Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, and Kenya Airways are the major airline providers on this route.

  • What are the most common layover cities when flying to Zimbabwe?

    There are no nonstop flights from the US to Zimbabwe. All flights plying this route will include at least one layover en route, and if you’re looking to see more while spending less, you can opt for the double layover flights. The layover cities for these flights from the US to Zimbabwe depend on the airline you choose, and if you’re flying on Kenya Airways, expect your layover in Nairobi, their hub airport. If you’re flying on Emirates Airways, your stopover will be in Dubai, while those flying with Ethiopian Airlines will have their layover in Addis Ababa.

  • What is the best airport to fly to if I plan to visit the Zambezi River?

    If a visit to the Zimbabwean side of the Zambezi River is part of your itinerary, the best airport to fly to is Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA), approximately 2.5 miles from some of the best sections of the river. You can find direct flights to VFA from HRE and other major hubs in Africa, like JNB.

  • Which airline offers regular and convenient flights to Zimbabwe?

    If you are looking for the most comfortable flight from the US to Zimbabwe, consider booking your flight with Kenya Airways. Kenya Airways offers single-layover flights to Zimbabwe from New York Airport (JFK). The fastest flight from New York to Zimbabwe takes just over 28 hours, but Kenya Airways will make the trip worthwhile. Kenya Airways has the Dreamliner flying on this route, with several entertainment features available on the journey, including kids’ entertainment. Meals are also provided on board, and the wide-body jet provides much-needed comfort for the ultra-long-haul flight.

  • Which airlines fly Business Class to Zimbabwe?

    Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, and South African Airways offer Business Class flights to Zimbabwe through their connecting flights from various departure airports in the U.S.

  • Which airport in Zimbabwe is the best alternative to Harare International Airport (HRE)?

    Of the two other international airports in Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls Airport is the best alternative to HRE. the airport serves the city of Victoria Falls and operates many domestic and regional flights. it is a base for Air Zimbabwe and Fastjet Zimbabwe, two carriers offering flights to Harare, Bulawayo, and Johannesburg.

  • What transportation options are available from The Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport to Harare city center?

    Once you arrive at HRE, you’ll find flat-rate transportation taxis in the ground transportation area. Shared-ride taxis also offer a great transportation alternative to Harare city center, which is approximately 9.3 miles from the airport. Different car rental providers, including Europcar, Avis, LED Car Rentals, and Image, have an on-site counter at the airport.

  • How long is the flight to Zimbabwe?

    An average nonstop flight from the United States to Zimbabwe takes 31h 46m, covering a distance of 8732 miles. The most popular route is Dallas - Harare with an average flight time of 29h 00m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Zimbabwe?

    The cheapest ticket to Zimbabwe from the United States found in the last 72 hours was $1,048. The most popular route is Dallas/Fort Worth to Harare and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,197.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Zimbabwe?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Harare (72% of total searches to Zimbabwe). The next most popular destinations are Victoria Falls (20%) and Bulawayo (8%).

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    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Zimbabwe

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Zimbabwe flight deals.
  • Zimbabwe has three major international airports serving flights from the US. The Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE), which serves the country’s capital Harare, Victoria Falls Airport (VFA), which serves the city of Victoria Falls, and Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport (BUQ), serving Bulawayo.
  • If you’re visiting Zimbabwe from Midwest U.S., the best departure airport is Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). One-stop flights operated by Ethiopian Airlines offer connections from ORD to The Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE) with a stop at Addis Ababa (ADD). John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) is another option for travelers from the Midwest, though with limited flights.
  • If you are traveling across Zimbabwe, consider flying into HRE over the other two international airports. HRE serves as the base for Air Zimbabwe, and you can easily get cheap national and regional flights on this carrier from HRE.
  • Different travel agencies have offices at HRE for arriving travelers who need assistance planning local travel or their trip within Zimbabwe. Tours and Traverze Travel and LED Travel are travel agencies with offices at the airport.
  • If you are flying from the west coast, consider booking your flight to Zimbabwe from Los Angeles (LAX) over San Francisco (SFO). You will have many flight options from LAX to Zimbabwe, including single layover flights on Emirates Airways.
  • Travelers from Southwest U.S. can find flights departing to Zimbabwe from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). Several airlines offer flights with two or more stops on this route. You'll find connections to The Robert Mugabe International Airport and Victoria Falls Airport (VFA).
  • The best airport on the east coast for flights to Zimbabwe is New York Airport (JFK). Some carriers offer regular single-layover flights from JFK to Zimbabwe, including Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Air, and Emirates Airways.
  • If you are flying from the central US, the airport of choice for flights to Zimbabwe is Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). the airport offers regular single-layover flights to Harare, and the carrier Emirates Airways facilitates these flights.
  • If you are looking to explore the southern region of Zimbabwe, book your flight to Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport (BUQ). The airport is around 16 miles from downtown Bulawayo and is the main airport serving Bulawayo. It serves as a base for Air Zimbabwe, offering regular flights to Victoria Falls (VFA), Johannesburg (JNB), and Harare (HRE).
  • An alternative airport for travelers heading to Victoria Falls is Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI) in Zambia, just across the border. The airport is about three miles from the border, and you can take a taxi to the falls.
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Top 5 airlines flying to Zimbabwe

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to Zimbabwe? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.7
RwandAirOverall score based on 48 reviews
7.3Food
8.0Crew
7.8Boarding
7.7Comfort
6.7Entertainment
Airline reviews

Flight delayed by 3 hours 45 mins and no explanation given or apology. Rebooked on a flight departing to final destination 48 hrs later and baggage not delivered.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jan 2024EBB - KGL
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Flight delayed by 3 hours 45 mins and no explanation given or apology. Rebooked on a flight departing to final destination 48 hrs later and baggage not delivered.

My outbound flight was grounded in Lusaka so we never made it to Paris. DO NOT fly this airline you will be stranded and your plans will be completely disrupted

Inflight entertainment with electronic charging stations can help during a long flight.

The flight was delayed with no notice. No inflight entertainment. Communication is vital in any business.

Poor communication: Flight come directly to kigali , didn’t come via mumbasa. Favouring to Rwandan passenger to move from economic to bussiness class after flight depart. Where they don’t asked other older passenger who need more comfort. Rude staff : chekin airport at Mumbai. Talking in local language (marathi) while serving and no sorry no thank you attitude.

Pros: "Seat reclining was good. Fleece blankets were warm"
Cons: "Blankets had a really bad smell Food options were very limited - even bread was eggless"
Pros: "Helpful friendly crew, reasonable ticket prices."
Cons: "Luggage was delayed by 24 hours, customer service desk in Johannesburg EXTREMELY helpful, in Kigali they were clueless. Transit area very crowded, humid and stuffy."

Besides the flight cancellation, everything else was prefect. Kudos to Malaysian Airlines.

Operated by American Airlines. Very chaotic and the crew was bit rough responding any enquiries. Restricted leg space.. Qatar would have been better

Qatar airways from Doha to guangzhau was excellent big bird Boeing 777 more room and smoothly flight, I Love it

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

The made us waiting and held our passports and boarding pass making us miss our flights

Not impressed. Only allowed one carry on on such a long flight.

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

Bad experience with the delay n long wait time for connecting flight after missing the connection flight from Doha.

Wore experience due to delay and took me 3 days to reach my destination.

All over with Qatar airlines my experience was really bad due to delays and then putting me on different airlines and after 8 hours of wait I had to listen to their is no plane to fly for another 24 hours. Wore experience ever.

Bathrooms were absolutely atrocious. Absolutely third world. Unusable. From non-flushing toilets to poor maintenance - missing toilet paper, dirty with mess, etc. Horrifying. Does Ethiopian Airways expect customers to clean the bathroom before use. For sure inconsiderate passengers don't do anything to clear/clean after use.

The food could be better, the beef was quite tough. The crew were friendly and helpful on this flight, which has not being my experience on other Ethiopian flights.

The crew were extremely unfriendly. The plane was dirty and the entertainment system did not work, so they did not even give out earphones to anyone.

It is just ok, the sits are very uncomfortable, the temperature too low and there weren’t blankets. The food is mediocre and there are no screens to watch movies.

Same but worse than international. The inter African flights are worse.

The entertainment (movies) blockbuster and classics never change. I am a frequent Ethiopian flyer and this should be addressed. Not much changed from my summer flight and my December flight. It is annoying - surely you can update the selections more often. Same with food options. It becomes extremely boring to be offered the same exact meals from Washington to Addis to Maputo every trip, each time. AS

Entertainment was very poor. Couldn’t watch anything. Ear pieces were the wrong type .

Food was horrible. Our flight was not comfortable due to turbulence, seats was not comfortable, Very tight barely can not move anywhere.

The check in staff was amazing. Best customer service! The plane was old! My entertainment on the first flight didn't work at all, in my seat or in the seat next to me. The bathroom doors were old and troublesome. One of the bathrooms, the whole sink panel was broken. Everything felt old and falling apart. The airline stewardesses were amazing and quite hospitable. When there were delays, they kept us well informed. Transit was GREAT! I wasn't sure how I would make it to my next flight in 1 1/2 hours but the security lines were short and efficient. The C gates in Addis Ababa were CROWDED! That whole space downstairs was too crowded and challenging to manuever. I usually fly Ethiopian within Africa and was interested to see how the experience would be intercontinental. Overall, I would choose it again if it was cheaper than Delta/Air France or Lufthansa/KLM. I wouldn't make it a first choice if the prices were the same because the planes are so old! The food and entertainment also weren't as good. Good selection of movies but as I mentioned, on the first flight they didn't work at all (I slept so it was okay) and the 2nd flight it was glitchy. All in all, I didn't hate it but it would be a first choice only if it's cheaper.

The wifi service was really poor I try to use it the service was extremely poor if that could be improved that will go a long way

Paid for premium economy had no tv the whole time the crew tried to reset/reboot but would not work they said they would put a trouble ticket in for it. We had 3 seats my tv was the only one that didn't work. They cancelled our flight re worked us on another that left us at airport over night on the floor I have a ten year old and a 78 diabetic mother which also had shingles and suffers from nerve pain in legs and back. Requested wheelchair service at all airports after the re route NO wheelchair service was there to help. WORST experience we have ever had. Went to American airlines assistance it was closed. I AM FURIOUS!!! I expect some sort of compensation from this traumatic experience and no need for flying points we don't plan on using American airlines again!!!!

This is by far the worst experience I have had with American Airlines. The start of this trip was a complete disaster. I purposely planned my trip so that I would weather any delays so that I could make very important meeting at the Pentagon. My flight was cancelled because of maintenance and I was put on the first flight the next day but I was late to the meeting. After a long week at the Pentagon I just wanted to go home and my flight home which was early in the day was delayed. Eventually the flight was delayed until the next day. I was not authorized a hotel room because DCA was my point of origin. So I paid for a hotel out of pocket. The flight this morning was boarded then deplaned because the aircraft was hot. The flow of information was not happening in DCA and made it worse when the news was bad. I am going to take a break from American for my next few military flights. Hopefully whatever has been going on with American Airlines will be resolved.

We had a 2 hour delay. The seats were smaller than most other airlines. The person in front of us wanted to lay back and we had to stop her because she was pressing against my girlfriend’s legs. We had to ask her to sit up and not lay back due to the lack of room.

Information when booking said the flight would be with American Airlines but the flight was actualy with British Airways. Check in from Orlando was nice and quick. I agreed to put my cabin case in the checked luggage as it was a full flight. Case came back damaged (unable to put the handle down) so will have to dispose of it. Seats were quite cramped with very little leg room, even for economy. This was the experience of both the outgoing and return flight. Cabin crew were ok and flight time was punctual.

Everything was fine once we actually got on our flight. It was more then annoying they canceled (delayed) our flight. We lost out on a day of our trip along with money on our stay. Plus we had to book another hotel. So expensive.

This flight was canceled and delayed several times without explanation. The plane was freezing cold and no wifi for messaging. Getting off the plane was terribly unorganized and felt like it took forever….

The flight was delayed several times without explanation. The seats were terribly uncomfortable and wifi isn’t included. All these make for a less than ideal flight.

The flights was delayed by hours and it was the firmest landing I have experienced in my life. My back is still sore.

Internet service was erratic. Crew service was poor and slow. My luggage on this non-stop flight was lost and not recovered

Terrible. I didn’t fly and I had an important meeting the next day.

Seriously one of the most disappoint experiences I have ever had when flying. My flight got delayed FIVE hours. Nobody wanted to help at the airport (“this is Kenyan booking, we cannot do anything”). I got on the phone with someone from Kenyan for one hour until he finally moved my ticket to a Delta ticket. Then the painful journey restarted - the Delta crew in land kept saying there was no other flight and ai had to wait. An agent called Gerard Robert was being so sarcastic I felt humiliated. He would say things like “you say you understand what I am saying but you are not understanding what so am saying”. I asked him to please speak in a less sarcastic tone and he said “I am not going to speak with you anymore, go find someone else”. These were his words. Tired, after 14 hours in a plane, I just wanted to cry. I looked for another agent, who was an angel and rebooked me to another flights. Thanks to her, I made it to my meeting in Washington-DC. I am going to send a formal complaint to Delta about agent Gerard Robert. It is not fair to speak with customers in that cynical, sarcastic tone. If one works in customer service, it ia important to mind that tones can make people feel humiliated. And turning the back to a customer by saying “Go find someone else” can’t be part of his training.

I almost missed my flight because my previous flight (Mombasa- Nairobi, also Kenyan airways) landed in a different terminal. There was no signs whatsoever, no information shared. It felt messy. If the flights are purchased together, like mine, there has to be indications on how to board to the following one.

The cabin is due for a refresh - the seats are very thin and not very comfortable. The AVOD system also did not work on one of the seats and the touch screen were very glitchy. The overall cleanliness of the aircraft could be improved

Food was great. They never to add more current entertainment like movies and shows

Paid an extra USD 100 for so-called Comfort seats. All of these (the bulkhead seats) had parents with babies and infants who were screaming much of the time. One mother even decided to change nappies on the seat. This was anything but comfort!

Front section of economy cabin is better than rear. Paid for seats selected.

Good flight. Paid for seats sat the frront section of the economy. Better than rear cabin.

Flight was delayed for 9 hours. We finally arrived ved at 0435hrs instead of 1950hrs the previous day. No compensation was provided.

Apart from delay of 3 hrs in Nairobi for onward flight to Dar all fine. Looked like operational issues caused it.

Excellent. They canceled our flight & put us up for the night. Then upgraded us. We are impressed

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