Best of Zim Zam
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive Victoria Falls
Arrive in Victoria Falls, met and transferred to your accommodation. Victoria Falls is the most connected point in the region — which makes it the natural hinge between Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana.
Victoria Falls
See the falls on foot, from the air, and on a sunset cruise on the upper Zambezi. Arrive and settle in.
To Hwange National Park
Transfer to Hwange National Park. Morning and evening game drives, with sundowners over the elephant pans. Arrive and settle in.
Hwange National Park
Morning and evening game drives, with sundowners over the elephant pans. Hwange's wildlife survives the dry months because of pumped water — a reminder that this wilderness is actively kept alive.
Hwange National Park
Morning and evening game drives, with sundowners over the elephant pans.
To South Luangwa National Park
Transfer to South Luangwa National Park. Walking safaris by day and leopard-rich night drives along the Luangwa. Arrive and settle in.
South Luangwa National Park
Walking safaris by day and leopard-rich night drives along the Luangwa. The modern walking safari was pioneered in the Luangwa — to walk here is to do the original.
South Luangwa National Park
Walking safaris by day and leopard-rich night drives along the Luangwa.
To Lower Zambezi National Park
Transfer to Lower Zambezi National Park. Canoe and boat the Zambezi channels, with floodplain game drives. Arrive and settle in.
Lower Zambezi National Park
Canoe and boat the Zambezi channels, with floodplain game drives. What Mana Pools is to Zimbabwe, the Lower Zambezi is to Zambia — the same river, a different shore.
Lower Zambezi National Park
Canoe and boat the Zambezi channels, with floodplain game drives.
To Kafue National Park
Transfer to Kafue National Park. Game drives on the Busanga Plains and along the Kafue River. Arrive and settle in.
Kafue National Park
Game drives on the Busanga Plains and along the Kafue River. Kafue's size and remoteness keep the crowds away — its reward is space and genuine wildness.
Departure
A final morning in Kafue National Park — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
Peak flow. The falls are at their most thunderous, wrapped in spray and rainbows.
Good season
Low water. Less spray, clearer views of the rock face, and Devil's Pool swims open.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Mpala Jena
An intimate private camp on the Zambezi above the falls, all river frontage and quiet luxury.
Somalisa Camp
An elegant tented camp on a Kalahari seep, with elephants drinking at the camp's own pan.
Time + Tide Mchenja
An elegant ebony-grove camp on the Luangwa, classic walking-safari country.
Lolebezi
A sleek contemporary lodge on the Zambezi, blending river, canoe and game-drive days.
Busanga Bush Camp
A tiny seasonal camp on the Busanga Plains — lion, lechwe and total solitude.
The Victoria Falls Hotel
The grand Edwardian landmark, with manicured lawns running toward the bridge and the spray.
Make it yours.
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