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NOTE: To date (June/July 2016) ZimParks has not yet announced its fee structure for 2016. This is due to delays in the implementation of its new online booking system. We will publish the correct 2016 fee structure as soon as it is officially announced. However, in the meantime, the tariffs for most things remain the same as for 2015 (see below)...

The US$150m (R1.7bn) upgrades at Victoria Falls International Airport are scheduled to be completed by the end of September. The airport is 22km south of Victoria Falls town. “This airport upgrading project is set to provide the perfect backdrop for inbound tourism to the region as well as become the region’s top meetings, incentive...

First feedback from visitors to the Victoria Falls area indicates that the newly-introduced KAZA UNIVISA (which was launched in November last year and allows entry to both Zimbabwe and Zambia for a single visa payment of US$50) is working well – PROVIDED that your travel focus is the Victoria Falls/Livingstone/Kazungula area. Visitors fro...

Zimbabwe has introduced a new tourist visa covering a 30-day stay in Zimbabwe and Zambia for a single payment of US$50. The new KAZA (Kavango-Zambezi) “Uni-Visa” was launched in Victoria Falls on 28th November 2014. Citizens of 40 countries are eligible for the visa which saves time and money and enables much easier travel ...

As from 10th November 2014, all passengers travelling on AIR ZIMBABWE flights - international or domestic, are now required to pay their aiport taxes in cash at the airport prior to their departure (instead of them being included in the ticket). The taxes are for a Passenger Service Charge (PSC) and an Aviation Infrastructure Development F...

Following on from Zimbabwe s 2014 Sanganai-Hlanganani Travel Show, held at the HICC in Harare 16th - 18th October, a group of 10 influential agents and media professionals from the UK were hosted by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) and some of Wild Zambezi’s partners on a post-Sanganai familiarisation trip to Lake Kariba and Victoria Fall...

Wild Zambezi had a great day exhibiting the tourism opportunities of the Zambezi River at the St John s Spring Fair in Harare on Sunday 5th October! Thanks to everyone who visited our stand and took part in our Lucky Dip Draw by donating to the Matusadona Anti Poaching Project - MAPP. Thank you to Wild Zambezi network partners for wonderf...

Wild Zambezi is delighted to report that we were privileged to be invited on Air Zimbabwe’s inaugural “triangle” flight service linking Kariba with Victoria Falls and Harare. The airline is now flying this route every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday (for schedule details and costs see below). On Friday 1st August we joi...

Great news at last for scheduled flight access into Kariba! From 1st August 2014 Air Zimbabwe recommences the original triangle flight linking Kariba with Victoria Falls and Harare. Flights will use a 52-seater MA60 44Y which will fly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays according to the following initial schedule:- UM226 Depart...

Mana Pools and Victoria Falls are listed 17th and 14th respectively in a recent CNN travel article featuring the World s best National Parks! Here is what they have to say:- Mana Pools Lauren Haupt says the elephants at Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe have a reputation for being exceptionally relaxed around humans. She says el...