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...

The Victoria Falls is a Natural Wonder of the World, not just because of its unique geology and location within the wildlife-rich Zambezi Valley. The “Smoke that Thunders” provides a unique environment for plants. There are nearly 150 tree/tall shrub species occurring in the area, plus over 50 shrub and 150 field/herb species. Toget...

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...

News blog from Goliath Safaris, who operate a luxury tented camp on the banks of the Zambezi River. As the sun set swiftly in early August, the see-saw of astrology flung the full moon up over the opposite horizon with nearly a third more illusory size and luminance than is normal. Beaming through the boughs it didn’t disappoint and inde...

Any trip on the lower Zambezi and house-boating on Kariba is full of wonderful wildlife and adventure highlights. Generations of Shearwater canoe and rafting guides have plied their trade down the Zambezi River and its tributaries. Sometimes mysterious, always magnificent and occasionally menacing we believed over 32 years the river had shared with...

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...

A delegation of high ranking members of a European Council on Tourism and Trade, led by their president, Professor Anthon Caragea, visited Zimbabwe to present the country with two major awards:- WORLD BEST TOURIST DESTINATION FOR 2014 and FAVORITE CULTURAL DESTINATION FOR 2014 Previous winners of the destination awards were Turke...