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Zambezi Cruise Safaris are adding to their existing fleet of cruiseboats on Lake Kariba with the addition of no less than four new vessels in the coming year!:- The largest of these is the MV Zambezi Adventurer, due to launch in April 2019. This vessel is aptly named a “transcruiser” because it will incorporate transport, transfe...

Victoria Falls is enjoying record tourism numbers, and healthy forward bookings according to Ross Kennedy, Chief Executive of Hospitality Group Africa Albida Tourism, which operates a portfolio of properties in Victoria Falls. Addressing guests at a function held by Zimbabwe Tourism during the Africa Travel Indaba tourism show held in Durb...

Read Wild Zambezi s e-newsletter for April 2018 at this link:- WILD ZAMBEZI NEWS -April 2018 Sign up online at the bottom of this page to receive these e-newsletters directly to your inbox. FEATURING IN APRIL 2018: Kariba s best-kept secret - Hornbill Lodge Great Fishing Wildlife at Spurwing Guest Trave Blog - Rhino Safar...

Wilderness Safaris was named Overall Winner in the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards (ARTA) at a ceremony held on 18 April 2018 at World Travel Market (WTM) Africa in Cape Town. The Group was recognised for reducing its use of plastic water bottles by 75% since 2012, as well as for its transparent reporting against the United ...

Tour operators Wild Horizons have just opened their latest Victoria Falls property - Old Drift Lodge on the banks of the Zambezi River only 4.5 kms from the town of Victoria Falls. A ‘drift or ‘ford’ is a shallow place in a river or stream where it is possible to cross safely without using a boat. Around 1898, befor...

Self-driving visitors to the Zambezi River will be delighted to know that a new camping facility with 9 riverside camping sites has opened up near the border town of Chirundu where two bridges over the Zambezi River, divide Zimbabwe from Zambia. The Pumphouse Campsites are named after their location - the Chirundu Estates Pump House (pictured)...

The Victoria Falls Safari Club completed a $600,000 redevelopment at the end of March 2018. This included the addition of a swimming pool precinct and an expansion of the Club s central building to include a new restaurant. The swimming pool precinct features a plunge pool with a horizon waterfall spilling into a 15m lap pool, surrounded ...

Travel agents and tour operators can now make it easier and more affordable for couples or single travelling clients to get to destinations in the Matusadona National Park, Lake Kariba, Kariba Town, Chirundu and the Zambezi River areas of Mana Pools, Sapi and Chewore, via a new online shared platform - the Kariba Transfer Schedule. This s...

Read Wild Zambezi s e-newsletter for March-April 2018 at this link:- WILD ZAMBEZI NEWS - MARCH-APRIL 2018 Sign up online at the bottom of this page to receive these e-newsletters directly to your inbox. HEADLINES - MARCH-APRIL 2018 - Join us at Africa s Travel Indaba - Durban 8-10 May 2018 - Your Travel Reviews on WildZambezi.c...

Read Wild Zambezi s e-newsletter for February 2018 at this link:- WILD ZAMBEZI NEWS - FEBRUARY 2018 Sign up online at the bottom of this page to receive these e-newsletters directly to your inbox. HEADLINES - FEBRUARY 2018 - Optimum connecting times for safari destination flights LAKE KARIBA - Results of the Test of the B...