CASH SHORTAGE IN ZIMBABWE: Bring some with you if visiting
6 July 2016
Wild Zambezi
There has been some concern over a current shortage of US Dollars cash in Zimbabwe. However, this should not impact negatively on the majority of visitors to the country as most mainstream tourism operations accept International Visa and Mastercard payments.
Cash payments will only really be required for personal purchases (e.g. souvenirs), ...
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Wild Zambezi News - May 2016
30 May 2016
Wild Zambezi
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MAY 2016 HEADLINES:-
- KAZA Univisa: clarity needed
- The Wild Zambezi stand at INDABA 2016
- ACE Air Ambulance internationally accredited for critical care t...
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Wild Zambezi News - April 2016
4 May 2016
Wild Zambezi
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APRIL 2016 HEADLINES:-
- See you at Indaba 2016!
- We welcome CATS (Central Air Transport Services)
- Latest Travel Reviews on WildZambezi.com
- Travel Special...
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A Guide to Ethical Wildlife Photography
1 May 2016
Adapted by Wild Zambezi from an article for Conservation India by Shekar Dattatri and Ramki Sreenivasan
Every nature photographer should willingly and happily follow this simple credo – even when no one else is watching.
This is not hard to do, and for those with a genuine love for nature, or even just a conscience, it should be second nature.
Unfortunately, thanks to the vast numbers of people who now own high-end photography eq...
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Kariba Wall and Lake Levels - April 2016
28 April 2016
Keith Ballantyne
Contrary to all the terrible stories going around about the Kariba Dam Wall collapsing and the lake drying up, I would like to give you, past, regular and future visitors to Kariba, a couple of facts.
The Zambezi River Authority based jointly in Zambia and Zimbabwe are the people that control the water in Lake Kariba. Zimbabwe Power Corpo...
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Information for self-drivers visiting Mana Pools for the first time
15 April 2016
Trevor Beckett (via Friends of Mana Pools Facebook Group)
MANA POOLS GENERAL INFO AND HINTS
Some information for those of you who are first-timers to Mana Pools. Those of you who have been before... please feel free to add comments and extra info if you want. Thank you.
TRAVEL:
When travelling from SA most will try to avoid the Beitbridge border and go through Botswana. But the last two t...
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Wild Zambezi News - March 2016
31 March 2016
Wild Zambezi
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MARCH 2016 HEADLINES:-
- Zimbabwe s new diaspora tourism rep - Conrad Mwanza
- Useful graphic for visitors travelling via South Africa with children
- A new trav...
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Water and the Wild
30 March 2016
Kimberly Krusell, Honu Travel, LLC, Hawaii
Water, one of our planet’s most essential and inspiring elements has drawn us into nature and to each other for millennia. It is, in fact, what draws many first time visitors to Zimbabwe as they arrive to gaze upon the iconic, world famous Victoria Falls.
Here, countless curtains of cascades tumble down precipitous gorges into churning po...
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Wild Zambezi News - February 2016
29 February 2016
Wild Zambezi
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FEBRUARY 2016 HEADLINES:-
- Zimbabwe relaxes its visa regime
- Low cost flights now link Johannesburg, Harare Vic Falls
- Collaborative blitz on poaching pro...
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Meandering in Magical Mana
15 February 2016
Jo Brown, VictoriaFalls24.com
Fed up with being stuck in the office, we decided to visit a few of Zimbabwe’s National Parks last month. We opted for Mana Pools as our first stop, a place we had not found time to visit for the last 3 years. Unforgiveable !
The lodges in Mana are booked through the National Parks office in Harare - (see ZimParks)
Zimparks are i...
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