ZT Journal · Issue No. 02 · MAY 2026
Harare, Zimbabwe: What to Do in the Capital Before Your Safari
Most travellers fly through Harare on the way to Victoria Falls. Those who stop for 24–48 hours find a city that rewards curiosity: Africa's finest public art collection, an unmatched craft market, and restaurants that will surprise you.
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Issue No. 02 · May 2026
Welcome to the May issue. The dust has settled, the bush is opening up, and Zimbabwe is moving into its strongest months. Inside this issue: a longer piece on Mana Pools as the river drops; a Q2 update on the Presidential Elephants count; a practical brief on the May–October open-season window; and a short piece from Suku on why Matobo’s rock art still holds up at thirteen thousand years.
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Destination Guides
Gonarezhou National Park: Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Wilderness
Gonarezhou means 'place of elephants'. It is Zimbabwe's second-largest national park, shares a border with South Africa and Mozambique, and receives a fraction of the visitors it deserves.
Destination Guides
Hwange National Park: The Complete Safari Guide
Hwange is Africa's elephant capital. With over 40,000 elephants and one of the continent's last great ungulate migrations, it is Zimbabwe's premier wildlife destination — and almost nobody talks about it.
Destination Guides
Victoria Falls Beyond the Falls: 10 Experiences Most Visitors Miss
Most visitors to Victoria Falls spend two hours at the Falls, get comprehensively wet, and leave. They miss almost everything. Victoria Falls town and the surrounding Zambezi corridor is one of the richest adventure destinations in Africa. The Falls themselves — Mosi-oa-Tunya, the Smoke that Thunders — deserve every superlative they receive. But they are […]
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Destination Guides
Matobo Hills: Zimbabwe’s Best-Kept Secret
Less than five per cent of visitors to Zimbabwe make it to Matobo Hills. That statistic should embarrass us all. Because Matobo Hills — a UNESCO World Heritage landscape of ancient granite boulders, Bushman rock paintings, and white rhino moving through the silence — may be the finest day you spend on an African safari. […]
Destination Guides
Mana Pools: Where Walking Safaris Change You Forever
Mana Pools is the only park in Africa where you can walk unguided alongside lion and elephant. A UNESCO World Heritage Site that earns that designation every sunrise.
Destination Guides
Great Zimbabwe: The Ancient Kingdom Most Travellers Never See
Larger than any medieval European structure when it was built. Great Zimbabwe was a city of 18,000 people at the height of a trading empire that reached China. Almost no one visits.
Destination Guides
Lake Kariba: The World’s Largest Man-Made Lake — and How to Experience It Properly
Sunsets that turn the Zambezi escarpment purple. Elephants swimming between islands. Houseboat safaris on Lake Kariba are one of Africa's most singular travel experiences.
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