Money, Budget, and Shopping in Zimbabwe
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Money

Currency

  • Currency: Zimbabwean dollar (reintroduced since mid-2019).
  • Banknotes:
  • Coins:
  • Exchange:

For a decade (2009–2019), the Zimbabwean dollar was abandoned by local authorities in favor of the US dollar (officially), along with other strong currencies like the euro, British pound, or South African rand (less officially). It was reintroduced in mid-2019. Note that while this new currency exists in physical form, it also has an electronic version.

Exchange

Which currency to bring

Payment methods

Returning home

Budget

What can be expensive

What can be inexpensive

Price range

  • Budget double room:
  • Mid-range double room:
  • Snacks, local restaurant meal:
  • Tourist restaurant meal:
  • Budget car rental:
  • 100 km by bus:
  • 100 km by train:
  • Urban taxi:
  • Urban bus:

Bargaining and tipping

Shopping and souvenirs

What to bring back