Safari Guide to the Zambezi River, Victoria Falls & Kariba - WildZambezi.com

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Matusadona
National Park on the southern shores of Lake Kariba, offering wildlife and water-based activities. Fabulous birdlife and great tigerfishing. This is a favourite destination for houseboat holidays.

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Chirundu
Border town where two major road bridges cross the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia. Popular tigerfishing and boating location. Embarkation point for boat transfers to Mana Pools.

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Victoria Falls
The Zambezi River's most famous tourism attraction and a World Heritage Site. Famous for adrenalin activities, but there are also wonderful wild experiences to be enjoyed.

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Mana Pools
World Heritage Site, Core Area of the Middle-Zambezi Biosphere Reserve, Important Bird Area, and one of the wildest of Zimbabwe's National Parks, situated in the extreme north of the country.

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Kariba Town
The town of Kariba, built at the site of the hydro-electric dam across the Zambezi River, is a focus for tourism, and provides a starting point for access to the vast inland sea of Lake Kariba.

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A Wilderness World

Wild Zambezi introduces you to the magic wilderness and wildlife of Africa's Zambezi River. Here is a world of nature where the pace is slow, the sun is warm, the sky is huge and the people are friendly............... Stand in the thundering spray of the Victoria Falls; pump adrenalin in the white-water of the Batoka Gorges; witness huge herds of elephant and buffalo drinking at the water pans in Hwange National Park; soak up a crimson sunset from the deck of your cruiseboat on Lake Kariba; catch (and release) a magnificent Zambezi tigerfish; canoe silently downstream past crocodiles, hippos and herons to Mana Pools; walk with a guide where elephants roam, and, if you are lucky, witness the chase of a lion or wild dog kill. Take the best photographs of your life….......... Wild Zambezi will help you explore this wilderness paradise. WE OFFER INDEPENDENT KNOWLEDGE AND LOCAL ADVICE ON HOW TO GET THERE, WHERE TO STAY, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO KEEP SAFE. Putting a trip together? You can do it yourself by contacting our listed products directly, or we can put you in touch with an expert travel planning consultant.

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Off 2 Africa Travel

Experienced Destination Management Company offering a complete travel planning service for trips within Zimbabwe and Southern Africa

Chundu Island

Exclusive 20-bed lodge set into riverine woodland on an island in the Zambezi River 21kms upstream of Victoria Falls in the Zambezi National Park.

Verneys Camp (Machaba Safaris)

Luxury tented safari camp with 8 double/twin rooms & 2 family rooms set in teak woodland overlooking a waterhole in Hwange National Park

Goliath Camp - Stretch Ferreira Safaris

Classic, luxury 16-bed tented camp on the Zambezi River Mana Pools, owned and operated by Stretch Ferreira, one of Africa's top professional guides.

Matusadona National Park

National Park on Lake Kariba offering a range of self-catering & all-inclusive tourism options, including camping and land & water-based activities.

Cutty Sark Lodge - accommodation, bistro, bar

Comfortable self catering lodge, flats, apartments & catered rooms, a bistro and a bar set in shady gardens in Kariba Town overlooking the lake.

Kariba Ferries (Kariba Ferry)

Kariba-Mlibizi vehicle & passenger ferry linking the Eastern end of lake (Kariba town) with the Western end of the lake (Mlibizi/Vic Falls/Hwange).

Caribbea Bay Resort

83-bedroom, child-friendly, Mediterranean-style lakeside resort with conference facilities overlooking the lake in Kariba Town.

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