Guys what are the visa fees payable upon entry into Zim? Is there any additional fee with respect to importing firearms or ammo into Zim?

Visa fee is $30US, paid in cash, when you clear immigration. No fees for importing rifles or ammo unless you are asked for a bribe. I have been eight or nine times and never been approached about a bribe.

Just make sure you have exactly $30 in US to give them when you enter Zim. I've seen the Zim folks try to scam people by saying they can't make change for two $20 dollar bills. They tried to do that to the person in front of me the last time I was in Zim. That person was about to give up and let them keep the extra $10 when I told them I could give them two tens for their twenty. It didn't make the Zim official happy, but I was glad to stop them from scamming the extra $10 from a fellow American.

Thanks Guys. Much appreciated. Another question is there a form to fill in for obtaining the visa once you land?

There are two forms you need. One is the gun permit form. You can get that on line in various places, Gracy Travel may have it on line. You need to fill this form out in triplicate. The other is the visa form. The airline should pass those out before you land. If not, you can fill it out before you go through immigration. Both are relative simple one page forms.

Thanks Mike. Much appreciated.

If they're still in the old "Temporary International Terminal".

When you're standing in line to get your Visa, don't stand in the line for the desk, that's the line for after you get your visa. You want to stand in line for the doorway (visa office) behind the desk and to the left.

I have had four different experiences. Vic Falls was a cluster because a plane load of Japanese tourists landed just behind the flight I was on. The terminal was a madhouse and the delay was so long my PH arranged for an extra $20 for somebody to get my rifles and me through the line.

Two time through Bulawayo and all was pretty much routine and not much time to get through.

Last time I arrived in Harare and took 2 1/2 hours to get through the visa process. Every time I got near the front of a line they moved me to the rear of another line. When I finally got two people away from the Visa counter that person went on break and I started all over again once more.

Finally the driver waiting to pick me up came in with my name written on a piece of cardboard because she thought I must have missed the flight. Of all the people on the 737 aircraft to arrive that day I was the very last person to get through and I arrived in camp after midnight. This year I fly to Bulawayo and charter from there. I will never go through Harare again if their is any other alternative.

I meant to say if there is any other alternative. I had all of my paper work (triplicate) and all complete. The delay was not due to anything I had forgotten to do. It wasn't my first trip. Others have had a very different experience. It goes to the old saying that I.A. It's Africa. Maybe the staff was just having a bad day but I was glad to get it over with to begin the long drive ahead.

Still, I will forever avoid Harare if I possibly can.