Tete
Tete
A hot Zambezi crossing town of baobabs, bridges and river trade, at the heart of the interior corridor.
Tete has been a river crossing for centuries, first as a Swahili and then a Portuguese trading post far up the Zambezi. The Samora Machel suspension bridge, opened in 1973, is still the landmark and the artery: trucks bound for Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe queue across it daily.
The city is hot — genuinely, memorably hot — and the surrounding country is baobab land, red earth studded with enormous trees. The old church of São Tiago Maior stands near the river as a reminder of how long this crossing has mattered.
Things to do
- Samora Machel suspension bridge
- Zambezi riverfront
- São Tiago Maior church
- Baobab landscapes
- Gateway to Cahora Bassa
