Zimbabwe Itineraries
Fly-In Safaris
The best known parks in Zimbabwe are Victoria Falls National Park, Hwange National Park and Mana Pools National Park. Mana Pools in particular is remote and the parks are best connected by small aircraft. On the way to the north, a stop at Lake Kariba is also recommended. At 223 kilometres long and 40 kilometres wide, Lake Kariba is still the largest artificial lake by volume to date.
Cross Border
From Victoria Falls, the borders to Botswana, Zambia and Namibia can be reached in short time. Zimbabwe shares the landmark of Victoria Falls with Zambia, Namibia is connected to the Victoria Falls area via the Caprivi and Kasane, the gateway to the Okavango Delta, is only an hour's drive from Victoria Falls.
Victoria Falls
The falls are called ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ or ‘The Smoke that Thunders’ and are Zimbabwes best known attraction. The Zambezi River originates in the northwest of Zambia and flows 2,700 km to the Pacific Ocean. It also flows past Livingstone before tumbling 100 m into the Batoka Gorge, which marks the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
