Shopping in Zimbabwe

With so many attraction in Zimbabwe, you’ll surely need a souvenir from each trip. One of the major shopping destinations in Harare is the ‘Mbare Musika’ market. It is located at a distance of 3 kilometers from the city center, next to the main bus station. There are shops selling variety of fruits and vegetables. Besides, this shopping center of Harare also sells beautiful crafts, hand made clothes and herbal medicines.

Feredays’, Borrowdale sells fishing equipment, camping equipment, safari clothes and other things that one needs on a safari. It also sells books written by local authors. It is open from Monday to Friday from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm. On weekends, it is open from 8.30 am to 12.30 pm.

For beautiful pieces of candles, metal bird sculptures, fabric products and wine glasses, one must pay a visit to the ‘Inside Out’. It is open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm and from 9 am to 1 pm on Saturday.

Another Harare shopping center is the ‘Doon Estate’. Located in the industrial area of Msasa, it sells potteries, crafts, jewelries and artworks. It operates from 9 am to 4.30 pm from Monday to Friday. On Saturdays, it remains open from 9 am to 1:30 pm.

The galleries of the city sell beautiful Shona sculptures. The tourists can have pleasurable time shopping in the numerous shopping centers of the city of Harare.