After spending a decade off the tourist map, Zimbabwe is slowly making a comeback as the political situation improves. It is a country of remarkable diversity and easily explored as each of the many highlights are often not more than a couple of hours drive from another, making it both a self drive and guided touring destination.
Victoria Falls, with the iconic Victoria Falls Hotel, has always been the centrepiece of the Zimbabwean tourism industry and it provides an ideal springboard to explore other parts of the country, including Hwange National Park, famous for its elephant herds and lion prides, and the expansive Lake Kariba.
Further afield lies Mana Pools, on the Lower Zambezi, renowned for canoe trails, Bulawayo (Zimbabwe’s second city) and the Matobo Hills, the Great Zimbabwe Ruins and the remarkable Eastern Highlands, with deeply forested and mountainous scenery.
