Read the latest tourism news from the Zambezi s wild areas, in Wild Zambezi s e-newsletter for April 2019 at this link:- WILD ZAMBEZI NEWS - APRIL 2019 FEATURING IN NEWS APRIL 2019:- Indaba here we come! New luggage rules at JNB Declare cash on entry Taking kids on safari YOUR TRAVEL REVIEWS LAKE KARIBA Try Changa for r...

Taking the kids on safari can be daunting for some parents, but it really doesn’t have to be! At Off2Africa, we’ve come up with a few pointers to keep in mind when travelling with kids of all ages, as we wouldn’t want you to travel all the way over only to feel unequipped and overwhelmed in the bush. What to think about? ...

If you’re visiting Victoria Falls with family or close friends, and, like me, you prefer the flexibility of private accommodation to a hotel environment, then here’s a place that you won’t be able to resist. The Vic Falls Villa is well… possibly more of a large house than a villa – but here’s the thing&hell...

Read the latest tourism news from the Zambezi s wild areas, in Wild Zambezi s e-newsletter for March-April 2019 at this link:- WILD ZAMBEZI NEWS - MARCH-APRIL 2019 FEATURING IN NEWS MARCH-APRIL 2019:- Meet us at Indaba 2019 Botswana to join Uni-Visa Air links streamlined Self drive in Zim: fallacies truths Mobile safari o...

I had previously visited the lovely Imbabala Lodge briefly in February 2013 (without overnighting) and had VERY favourable impressions. I was therefore delighted to find this delightful safari lodge little changed in the intervening 6 years, apart from some soft-furnishing modernisation of the interiors, and the addition of the spa and the more ex...

In March 2019, a team of engineers, representatives from the World Bank, EU, Embassy of Sweden, African Development Bank and journalists, met on site to discuss work on the Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project (KDHP) which is taking place over the next 10 years. The Kariba Dam, built in the 1950s, captures the waters of Africa s 4th longest r...

As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a National Park, Mana Pools is rightly famed for its wildlife populations. The photographability of its wildlife is subject to a number of factors. Some you can control to some degree or other. Others you are stuck with and have to make the most of, or circumvent, as the case may be. A lone Elephant bul...

To use a sinker or a float, to wear sunscreen or not, to dhoba dhoba ( the colloquial Shona term for “drop shotting” or fishing basically straight down under the boat) or not – these are just a few of the many questions’ fishermen asks themselves when fishing on Lake Kariba. When it comes to fishing types, there ar...

Read the latest tourism news from the Zambezi s wild areas, in Wild Zambezi s e-newsletter for February 2019 at this link:- WILD ZAMBEZI NEWS - FEBRUARY 2019 FEATURING IN NEWS FEBRUARY 2019:- Zimbabwe at ITB Berlin Top Travel Suppliers Zimbabwe Guides are Top Secrets for Africa TRAVEL REVIEWS VICTORIA FALLS Chundu Islan...

Picture the scene: you are relaxing on the deck of one of Lake Kariba s sleep-aboard safari cruiseboats with a drink in hand and not a care in the world. A golden sun sinks below the horizon of silken water, the massive sky grows crimson, cormorants settle in the black silhouettes of the trees. The air is warm. A fish-eagle s haunting cry pierc...