This is a leisurely tour of Zimbabwe’s main tourist attractions, offering both a cultural and a wildlife dimension. You visit the metropolitan city of Harare, home to a multicultural population of over two million; Great Zimbabwe, the ruined city from which the country takes its name; Matobo Hills National Park, known for leopard, rhino, bushmen rock paintings and other common game such as lion, crocodile and elephant; Hwange, Zimbabwe’s Big Five national park; and the Victoria Falls itself.
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$7,000 per person when 1 person travels alone
$3,755 per person when 2 persons travel together
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On arrival at Harare International Airport, you are met and transferred to your hotel. Depending on your arrival time, you may have the chance to take a city tour, visit the art galleries, or stop at the wildlife orphanages, all optional.
Distance: Airport transfer to your hotel
Activity: Arrival, optional city tour or gallery/orphanage visit
Accommodation: Hotel in Harare (5-star)
Meals: Breakfast & dinner, lunch not included
After breakfast, depart for Great Zimbabwe, arriving in this medieval city around midday in time for lunch and an afternoon guided tour of the monuments. Great Zimbabwe is a ruined city in the south-eastern hills of the country, near the town of Masvingo, and was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe during the country’s Late Iron Age, believed to have served as a royal palace for the local monarch. Construction began in the 11th century and continued until the 15th, with the stone city spanning 722 hectares and, at its peak, housing as many as 18,000 people. Great Zimbabwe has since been adopted as a national monument, and the modern state takes its name from it.
Distance: Road transfer to Great Zimbabwe, then afternoon guided tour
Activity: Guided tour of the Great Zimbabwe ruins
Accommodation: Lodge near Great Zimbabwe
Meals: All meals included, non-alcoholic drinks
Depart early for Matobo Hills National Park near Bulawayo, around 250 kilometres due west of Great Zimbabwe, with an introductory afternoon game drive on arrival. The park holds a wide diversity of fauna, including 175 bird, 88 mammal, 39 snake and 16 fish species, with white rhino, sable antelope, impala and leopard among the highlights. The park has been restocked with white and black rhino and designated an Intensive Protection Zone for both species, alongside hyena, hippo, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest and ostrich. This is one of the few parks where you have a realistic chance of encountering rhino in their natural habitat, alongside Africa’s shy and elusive leopards.
Distance: Road transfer to Matobo National Park, then afternoon game drive
Activity: Introductory game drive
Accommodation: Lodge near Matobo National Park
Meals: All meals included, non-alcoholic drinks
Matobo National Park is home to a wide range of game, including Africa’s largest concentration of leopard, a major draw alongside its intensely protected black and white rhino population. Elsewhere in the park, more commonly seen game includes bushbuck, impala, kudu, giraffe, lion, baboon and monkeys, while dassies (rock hyrax) are abundant. In the morning, visit World’s View, the highest point in the Matobo Hills, along with the area’s ancient rock art, before a further game drive in the afternoon.
Distance: Morning visit to World's View and rock art sites, afternoon game drive
Activity: Rock art tour and game drive
Accommodation: Lodge near Matobo National Park (second night)
Meals: All meals included, non-alcoholic drinks
After breakfast, depart for Hwange National Park, arriving around 1pm in time for lunch. Join a late-afternoon game drive on the private estate bordering the national park itself, separated only by a boundary fence. Late afternoons are particularly good for predator sightings, which are seldom missed on these drives.
Distance: Road transfer to Hwange, then late-afternoon game drive
Activity: Arrival game drive
Accommodation: Lodge bordering Hwange National Park
Meals: All meals included, non-alcoholic drinks
A full-day safari into Hwange National Park, with mineral water, soft drinks, a picnic lunch and plenty of refreshments provided. Lunch is taken at one of the park’s many scenic viewing platforms, with return to the lodge around 4pm. Hwange’s elephants are world famous, with the park home to one of the largest elephant populations anywhere, numbering in the tens of thousands and dominating the waterholes through the dry season afternoons. Other wildlife regularly seen includes lion, leopard, cheetah, buffalo, impala, kudu, sable, eland, waterbuck, zebra, giraffe, baboon and warthog.
Distance: Full-day game drive with picnic lunch
Activity: Full day of game viewing
Accommodation: Lodge bordering Hwange National Park (second night)
Meals: All meals included, non-alcoholic drinks
Hwange offers a safari experience to rival the great parks of East Africa, the Serengeti and the Masai Mara, without the crowds. Spend a further full day in the park searching for your favourite species, whether a particular animal or bird, with the freedom to return to the lodge earlier on a good day once you feel you’ve seen what you came for.
Distance: Full-day game drive
Activity: Further game viewing
Accommodation: Lodge bordering Hwange National Park (third night)
Meals: All meals included, non-alcoholic drinks
After breakfast, transfer to Victoria Falls in an air-conditioned van, a roughly two-hour trip. Check in to your lodge and head straight out on a guided tour of the falls, a walk along the 2-kilometre stretch lasting around two hours, taking in the area’s large baobab trees and passing the curio market for gift shopping. Raincoats, mineral water and return transfers are included. At 4pm, transfer to the jetty for a relaxing Zambezi River sunset cruise, a two-hour trip with a sundowner drink and snacks as you take in the riverbank scenery, possibly spotting hippo, crocodile and a variety of birdlife, with all drinks, snacks and return transfers included. Expect to be back at your lodge around 7pm.
Distance: Road transfer to Victoria Falls, then guided falls tour and sunset cruise
Activity: Victoria Falls guided tour and Zambezi sunset cruise
Accommodation: Lodge in Victoria Falls
Meals: All meals included, all drinks (premium wines and liquors may be excluded)
A free day for shopping and optional tours in Victoria Falls. Optional activities may include a helicopter flight over the falls, lion walks, swimming at Devil’s Pool on the Zambia side, a day trip to Chobe National Park in Botswana, white water rafting, bungee jumping off the Zambezi bridge, or a visit to a working African village around 20 kilometres outside town.
Distance: Free day, optional activities available at extra cost
Activity: Optional activities
Accommodation: Lodge in Victoria Falls (second night)
Meals: Breakfast & dinner, lunch not included
On this final day, you may have time for one more optional activity, such as a lion walk, a short morning game drive, or early-morning canoeing on the Zambezi. Departure times from the hotel depend on your flight schedule; guests are recommended to arrive at the airport at least two hours before departure.
Distance: Optional final activity, then airport transfer
Activity: Departure
Accommodation: N/A, end of trip
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner not included
Matobo National Park is one of the best places in Zimbabwe to see both white and black rhino, given its status as an Intensive Protection Zone for the species, alongside Africa's densest concentration of leopard. As with any wildlife safari, no individual sighting can be guaranteed.
Most activities are vehicle-based, including game drives and the Great Zimbabwe and Matobo Hills visits, alongside the roughly two-hour guided walking tour at Victoria Falls. It suits most fitness levels.
Beyond the included falls tour and sunset cruise, optional add-ons include a helicopter flight, lion walks, Devil's Pool swimming, a Chobe National Park day trip into Botswana, white water rafting and bungee jumping, all bookable locally at additional cost.
Hwange is home to one of the largest elephant populations in the world, with tens of thousands of individuals, and they are reliably seen around the park's waterholes, particularly in the dry season. As with any wildlife safari, no individual sighting can be guaranteed.
The price covers park fees for non-residents, all activities unless labelled as optional, all accommodation unless listed as an upgrade, a professional driver-guide, all transportation unless labelled as optional, all taxes and VAT, roundtrip airport transfers, and the meals and drinks specified in the day-by-day itinerary. International flights, some meals as specified, additional accommodation before or after the tour, optional activities, tips and personal items such as souvenirs, travel insurance and visa fees are not included.
Most nationalities can obtain a Zimbabwe tourist visa on arrival or online before travel, and a regional KAZA visa covering both Zimbabwe and Zambia is also available for travellers visiting both sides of the falls. Travel insurance covering medical evacuation is recommended for any safari trip.
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