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How to plan the ideal holiday to Zimbabwe
Why should you visit this revitalised southern African country and how can you make the most of your trip? Shelley Cox tells you everything you need to know: how long to go for; how many days to spend in...
Good times in Harare
If you like art, food, shopping and nature, you’ll find the buzzing Zimbabwean capital to be a great starting point for your trip or a destination in its own right. Words and photographs by Christopher Scott Business is low...
Zimbabwe unwrapped
An insider’s overview, from the experts at Steppes Travel Why visit? Following the recent political changes in the country, there has been a noticeable revival in Zimbabwe. Reinvestment and positive changes are taking place, new lodges are being built...
Going wild for painted dogs
Pursuing a long-held dream to get up close and personal with painted dogs, Alison Dewar visited Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park — where she spent three days with Painted Dog Conservation and discovered the brilliant work they do for our...
Hide and seek: the evolution of a lodge
The Hide, in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, has recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. One of Travel Africa’s original advertisers, it is a prime example of how a lodge has evolved over the years to reflect the changing needs of...
Why you should visit Zimbabwe now!
Our publisher, Craig Rix, urges readers to visit his homeland sooner rather than later, to capture the atmosphere and help boost the country’s development. Image copyright Christopher Cragg, Far and Wide Zimbabwe. Sitting in a cold Oxfordshire office, it...
Senses and sensibility
The new Super Sensory Safari in Mana Pools National Park demonstrates how innovative ideas and specialist guiding are enriching the experience of the modern-day safari. Words and photographs by Mike Unwin "How would nature build a city?” The question...
The 12 best wilderness areas in Zimbabwe
When you think there are some wonderful places we had to ignore in order to keep this list to just a dozen, you realise quite how diverse the country is. Gonarezhou National Park Located deep within Zimbabwe’s southeast corner,...
The place that gave its name
The ancient city of Great Zimbabwe continues to inspire feelings of awe and grandeur. With so much on offer in Zimbabwe, a journey to view an ancient ruin – the ‘lost’ city of Great Zimbabwe – might seem hardly...
In the swing of things
Golf may not be the first thing you consider playing in Zimbabwe, but, as Iain Wallace explains, the country is home to a course like no other. Every golfer has his or her favourite course – it may be...
The wheels deal
Mike Unwin takes his family on a road trip in Zimbabwe. Starting at Victoria Falls, he travels south through Hwange National Park to Bulawayo, explores the otherworldly Matobo Hills, then continues east to the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, and...
Walking in the wild
Rose Gamble relays her experience of walking in the remote Gonarezhou National Park, one of southern Africa’s great untramelled reserves It was our first dusk. We’d parked by an enormous baobab tree, decanted G&Ts into glasses and walked 200m...
Zimbabwe, month by month
Here's our quick guide to what to expect of Zimbabwe's weather throughout the year, giving you your best chance of seeing of animals and birds, knowledge of the temperature highs and lows, plus when best to visit the majestic...
From ground level
Emma Gregg travels to Mana Pools, Zimbabwe’s northernmost national park, to experience this magnificent Natural World Heritage Site on foot My bed for the night is 24 steps up in the crown of an ancient tree. Before I climb,...
On the right track
It’s great to hear of a national park that is thriving, and whose challenges are the result of its successes. So we sent Geoffrey Dean to Hwange for an enviable visit to see what kind of experience is on...
50 Shades of blue
It’s Africa’s largest inland body of water — and the world’s largest man-made reservoir. Lake Kariba is immense, scenically outstanding and incredibly rich in wildlife, and what better way to explore it than on a houseboat, waking to a...
Hwange’s new pride
Sue Watt takes a trip to Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, the home of Cecil the lion, to find out more about life there, and what has changed in the past year since his death. All photographs by Will Whitford....
Pride of place
A year after the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, Shelley Cox reports on what his death taught us The earliest recorded depictions of lions were painted on the walls of caves some 32,000 years...
A land before time
Otherworldly Gonarezhou National Park is one of the wildest, most beautiful parks in Zimbabwe, with its rich landscape of sandy terrain, woodland and sandstone cliffs stretching seemingly forever. What’s more, its lodges do some truly inspirational work for the...
Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe
Few places speak to my soul as deeply as the Matobo Hills, just south of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. This rambunctious landscape is full of secrets, calling you to explore, to discover its hidden treasures. To climb up Imadzi hill, near...
