Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands: Africa’s Forgotten Mountains

The Vumba, Nyanga, and Chimanimani mountain ranges in Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands are unlike anywhere else in southern Africa. Misty forests, waterfalls, trout streams, and botanical richness. This is the Zimbabwe that almost nobody visits.

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.

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.

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 […]

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. […]

The Complete Guide to Planning a Zimbabwe Safari in 2026

There is a version of Zimbabwe that most travellers never see. Not because it is difficult to reach. Not because it is expensive. But because almost no one tells you it exists. They come for Victoria Falls — and Victoria Falls is extraordinary. They spend two days, tick the box, and move on to South […]

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.

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.

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.

Zimbabwe’s Big Five: Where to Find Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Buffalo, and Rhino

Zimbabwe is one of the last countries in Africa where you can see all five of the classic megafauna in a single trip — often in a single day. Here’s where to go for each.