Travel Blog

It’s November - the end of the safari season in Mana Pools. The tented safari camps along the Zambezi River are being dismantled, packed up and put away for the next 6 months, and hardworking staff and guides are heading home for a much-needed break. Grazing animals, after the long, harsh deprivations of October’s heat and dust, w...

There has been much hoopla recently concerning the “dry” Zambezi River at the Victoria Falls. Videos of people walking across a waterless and desolate landscape with the dry gaping chasm that is Victoria Falls pictured in the background, have been setting social media alight once again. Purposefully dramatic and misleading, the imag...

Experiencing new cultures is one of life’s great joys! In this Blog, we explore responsible ways to enjoy Victoria Falls so that you can get the most out of your trip. What does it mean to be a conscientious traveller in today’s terms? We are fortunate to live in a time when travelling from one side of the globe to the other is r...

At Kavinga Safari Camp in Mana Pools, we’re fortunate to have two stunning underground hides – both easily accessible from your room and the main dining and lounge area. Our hides offer fantastic up close and personal game viewing experiences. They also provide photographers the opportunity to potentially get that perfect ...

When in Africa, you’ll often hear passing references to Zimbabwe’s famed hospitality, and there’s nowhere that you’d appreciate it more than at the iconic World Heritage Site of Victoria Falls. Everyone smiles warmly and greets you like an old friend, they’re all genuinely delightful. How could they not be, living in s...

We seldom think much about the many men and women whose lives are intricately woven with the protection of wildlife and wildernesses we all so enjoy. This is particularly true of the vast wild places that straddle the Zambezi along most of its almost 3000km course. These areas are vast – millions of square kilometres kind of vast, and no sing...

Travelling with young children can be a rewarding adventure filled with unforgettable memories, especially when exploring a destination as vibrant and diverse as Victoria Falls. Parents will tell you that travelling as an independent adult is worlds away from travelling as a parent (particularly a new parent) and the truth is, it can be a little...

The fragrance of straw-dry grass, damp from the early morning dew, wafted to mingle with the tendrils of mist rising from the river. High in the dead mopani tree above me, the first rays of sunlight caught the rufus coat of a weary, cold male baboon as he stared slow-blinking down at me and my camera. The night of horrors for the troop was finally ...

We all love being out in the wild but it’s got to be said… the Tsetse fly can certainly affect our enjoyment, particularly in the hotter months when they’re more abundant. Tsetse flies look a bit like a horse fly and, with their serrated two-part mouths, can deliver a nasty bite that tends to leave an itchy welt. However, the...

The Zambezi is, and has always been a special place for me. Some of my earliest childhood memories are woven into the ancient river as it meanders its way through Africa. Pondering the Zambezi’s inexorable draw in my life, I once wrote “I cannot conjure enough superlatives to describe it, or the influence this mighty river has had throu...