During the late dry season, when tourism is at its peak, the camps and lodges in Mana Pools are packed, and there are vehicles and people tearing about the place, on and off-road. Not for nothing has the Circular Drive been nicknamed the racetrack by older Mana hands. It s a nightmare for anyone with any sense of wilderness values. But how man...

The world is facing a plastic problem, and it is snowballing- but so is awareness and determination to halt the crisis in its tracks. Wild Horizons (who operate tours and activities in Victoria Falls) and own three lodges, several cruiseboats and the Lookout Café in the area, have several strategies in place, and all of these have seen m...

Zimbabwe-based tour operators, Zambezi Cruise Safaris have branched out into the FIT (Free Independent Tourist) market and expanded their portfolio for international travellers, to include 7 brand new guaranteed set departure circuits for 2020. The new circuits are as follows:- 2 or 3 NIGHTS VICTORIA FALLS CRUISE ADD-ON: Transfer fr...

The St John s College Spring Fair held in Harare annually in October is always a popular event and an excellent opportunity for Wild Zambezi to reach the Zimbabwean public and tell them about the wonderful, wild travel opportunities available in the Zambezi Valley areas of our beautiful country. This year was no exception. As usual, it was ...

Lake Kariba, created by the damming of the mighty Zambezi River in the 1950s, is still the largest man-made lake, by volume, in the world, extending some 280 kms in length and over 5000 km in area. This is twice the size of Wales. The Zambezi River, below Victoria Falls, is home to many species of fish, such as bream, catfish, Cornish jack, bot...

Imvelo Safari Lodges, who own Zambezi River properties - Gorges Lodge downstream from the Victoria Falls and Zambezi Sands River Camp in the Zambezi National Park upstream from the Falls, as well as safari camps in Hwange National Park, have introduced a great new Family Promotion Special for 2020. During January – April and November - D...

Wild Zambezi would like to congratulate the following partners of our online travel network who were Award Winners at the 2019 Association of Zimbabwe Travel Agents (AZTA) Awards ceremony, which annually recognises excellence in Zimbabwe s travel industry. The theme this year was Safari . Best Resort Hotel Winners: Victoria Falls Safari Lod...

Read the latest tourism news from the Zambezi s wild areas, in Wild Zambezi s e-newsletter for Aug-Sept 2019 at this link:- WILD ZAMBEZI NEWS - AUG-SEPT 2019 FEATURING IN NEWS AUG-SEPT 2019:- See you at Sanganai! #OneZimbabwe movement Wifi? (or not?) on safari Authenic adventure with self-drive Fishing the Zambezi ZimPark...

Zimbabwe s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, in conjunction with Dai Nippon Construction, has started major road rehabilitation, improvement and widening for 6.5kms in the steep Zambezi Escarpment section of the Harare-Chirundu Highway. The area affected is from the 306.5 km peg to the 313 km peg (Marongora to Hellsgate Se...

Wild Zambezi was delighted to read an excellent Blog by the team from Africa Travel Resource (ATR) which addresses the Pros and Cons of Wi-Fi in safari camps. You can find a link to the whole article at the bottom of this page, but we have summarised a few of the pertinent points below:- ATR reckons that over the last 30 years, they h...