Harare
More attractive than most other South African capitals, Harare gets a bad rap and unjustly so.
More attractive than most other South African capitals, Harare gets a bad rap and unjustly so.
With three of the country’s major attractions – Victoria Falls, Hwange National Park and Matobo National Park – western Zimbabwe is a place worth allocating a good portion of your travel time.
Wide tree-lined avenues, parks and charming colonial architecture make Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second city, an attractive one.
Adventurers describe canoe trips down this awesome wilderness route as one of the best things they’ve ever done.
Little known to visitors, Mavuradonha is home to some of Zimbabwe's most pristine wilderness, a rugged blend of grey granite with the red serpentine soils of Zimbabwe’s Great Dyke Complex.
Situated on the southern shore of Lake Kariba, the beautiful Matusadona National Park is home to the Big Five, including the endangered black rhino.
This magnificent 2200-sq-km national park is a Unesco World Heritage–listed site, and its magic stems from its remoteness and pervading sense of the wild and natural.
The small, sprawling lakeside settlement of Kariba is spread out along the steep lakeshore.
The 47,000-hectare Nyanga National Park is a geographically and scenically distinct enclave in the Eastern Highlands.
With its pristine wilderness, Chimanimani National Park is a hiker's paradise.
Chimanimani village, 150km south of Mutare, is enclosed by green hills on three sides, and opens on the fourth side to the dramatic wall of the Chimanimani Mountains.
Just 28km southeast of Mutare, the Bvumba (pronounced Vumba) Mountains are characterised by cool, forested highlands and deep, misty valleys.
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