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Wild Zambezi has been advised that the KAZA uni-visa is no longer being issued. The issuing of the KAZA visa has been suspended effective immediately in both Zimbabwe and Zambia. Please be aware that this could change in the near future and that we will keep you abreast of any changes. All Standard visas are still being issued and detail...

Read all the latest tourism news and items of topical interest from the Zambezi Valley in Zimbabwe in Wild -Zambezi s December 2015 newsletter at this link:- Wild Zambezi News December 2015

Read all the latest tourism news and items of topical interest from the Zambezi Valley in Zimbabwe in Wild -Zambezi s November 2015 newsletter at this link:- Wild Zambezi News November 2015

Low-cost African airline, fastjet, launched the first of its Zimbabwe-based domestic operations on Wednesday 28th October, with an inaugural flight between Harare and Victoria Falls. The airline is now operating this route three times a week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with a flight of only 1 hour and 5 minutes’ duration. Fligh...

The Zambezi Society recently announced that as a result of its representations to ZimParks (The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority) on behalf of the visiting Public, the Authority has reinstated “unguided” public walking in Mana Pools National Park, with immediate effect. Here is the statement issued on 8th July...

According to a survey of 3 008 park reviews collected through the SafariBookings.com website, Mana Pools ranks fourth in a list of Africa s 50 best Parks for African Safaris! The top three Parks were the Serengeti National Park (Tanzania), MalaMala Game Reserve (South Africa) and the Okavango Delta in Botswana. In total, 138 parks from ei...

The inconsiderate behaviour of tourists has led Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park to lose its unique selling point – unescorted walking. Until now, the game sanctuary has been one of a very few in Africa that has allowed visitors to wander about unguided in big game territory. The practice has been marketed as one of the park&rsqu...

NOTE: To date (June/July 2016) ZimParks has not yet announced its fee structure for 2016. This is due to delays in the implementation of its new online booking system. We will publish the correct 2016 fee structure as soon as it is officially announced. However, in the meantime, the tariffs for most things remain the same as for 2015 (see below)...

The US$150m (R1.7bn) upgrades at Victoria Falls International Airport are scheduled to be completed by the end of September. The airport is 22km south of Victoria Falls town. “This airport upgrading project is set to provide the perfect backdrop for inbound tourism to the region as well as become the region’s top meetings, incentive...

First feedback from visitors to the Victoria Falls area indicates that the newly-introduced KAZA UNIVISA (which was launched in November last year and allows entry to both Zimbabwe and Zambia for a single visa payment of US$50) is working well – PROVIDED that your travel focus is the Victoria Falls/Livingstone/Kazungula area. Visitors fro...