Victoria Falls Lodge
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
10 days, planned by Acacia Line
Ten days from the falls to a stone city nobody in Europe believed Africans had built.
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| Victoria Falls |
| Rainforest walk |
| Devil's Cataract |
Eighty-five percent of the falls face is on the Zimbabwean side, which is why the viewing path here is longer than the Zambian one.
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| Batoka Gorge |
| Zambezi |
| Hippo pools |
Hwange has no natural surface water in the dry season. The game concentrates at pumped pans, which is both why the viewing is good and why the pumps matter so much.
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| Hwange |
| Pumped waterholes |
| Elephant herds |
Hwange holds one of the largest surviving populations of painted dog anywhere, and the research trust here is the reason.
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| Nyamandhlovu pan |
| Elephant |
| Painted dog |
Matobo is granite weathered into balanced stacks, and it is one of very few places you can track white rhino on foot with a guide.
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| Matobo Hills |
| Balancing rocks |
| World's View |
The San paintings here are among the oldest dated rock art in southern Africa. The rhino tracking is on foot and the briefing is not a formality.
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| White rhino |
| Nswatugi cave |
| San rock art |
Dry-stone walls up to eleven metres high, built without mortar between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries.
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| Great Zimbabwe |
| Great Enclosure |
| Hill Complex |
Colonial-era authorities insisted for decades that Africans could not have built it, and archaeologists who said otherwise were censored. They were right.
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| Great Enclosure |
| Conical Tower |
| Hill Complex |
| Zimbabwe birds |
Bulawayo has the railway museum and a colonial grid laid out wide enough to turn an ox wagon in.
Bulawayo connects through Johannesburg or Harare.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
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Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
9 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 8 dinners across 10 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 10.
19 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“African safari with park fees included and full-day drives”
Conservancy and park fees are in the headline price. Full-day drives with a packed lunch rather than two short ones broken by a hotel buffet.
Sightings were thin on our dates, which is luck, but the drives felt rushed.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Zimbabwe was quieter than I expected and the camp was comfortable. Meals were good throughout and the vegetarian options weren't an afterthought. Would book with them again.
Early starts, but that's where the wildlife is. Well run. Every night's lodge was a step up from what I'd braced for. The cooking was a genuine surprise — better than most places we'd have picked ourselves. Worth every rupee.
Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area. Would send friends their way.
Sightings were thin on our dates, which is luck, but the drives felt rushed.
Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.
Zimbabwe was quieter than I expected and the camp was comfortable. Would book with them again.
Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area. Every night's lodge was a step up from what I'd braced for. Crew were professional without being stiff about it. Would book with them again.
Early starts, but that's where the wildlife is. Well run. The teahouses were warm and the beds were fine after eight hours walking. Simple food, well made, and enough of it. Would book with them again.
Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.
About eighty-five percent of the falls face is Zimbabwean and the viewing path is longer, so the Zimbabwe side gives you more of it. Zambia gives you Devil's Pool and the closer edge in low water. If you only do one, this side.
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