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Zimbabwe Nature & Parks

Parks and natural wonders of Zimbabwe — the Falls themselves, the Zambezi and Hwange National Parks, Mosi-oa-Tunya, the Batoka Gorge and the Zambezi River.

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Batoka Gorge — Below the Falls. Zigzag gorges carved by the Zambezi below the falls; grade-5 rafting and raptor nesting
Bvumba Botanical Gardens — Vumba. Mist-belt gardens with lawns, streams and forest walks, and a long-running tea garden
Chamabonda Vlei & Game Drive — Zambezi National Park. Wilder grassland vlei with viewing platforms; starts ~5km south of town off Bulawayo Rd
Chimanimani National Park — Chimanimani. Quartzite peaks on the Mozambique border, walked rather than driven — a mountain wilderness with a base hut
Chinhoyi Caves — Chinhoyi Caves. A limestone sinkhole holding the Sleeping Pool — cobalt-blue water of extraordinary clarity, popular with technical…
Chizarira National Park — Chizarira. Escarpment gorges above the Zambezi valley, among the least-visited and most dramatic parks in the country
Devil's Cataract — Victoria Falls Rainforest. Lowest, most powerful cataract; Livingstone statue and Chalanga lookout nearby
Domboshava Caves — Domboshava. Rock-art shelter on a granite hill half an hour from Harare, with an easy walk to the summit
Ewanrigg Botanical Garden — Harare. Aloes and cycads on a hillside east of Harare, spectacular in the winter flowering
Fuller Forest — Near Zambezi NP. State forest of Zambezi teak near the falls; birding and game between park and Kazungula
Gonarezhou National Park — Gonarezhou National Park. The wild south-east lowveld — the red Chilojo Cliffs above the Runde, baobabs and genuinely remote country
Great Zimbabwe National Monument — Great Zimbabwe. The dry-stone city that gave the country its name — the Great Enclosure's wall is the largest ancient structure south…
Honde Valley — Honde Valley. Tea and banana country dropping towards Mozambique, with the Mutarazi falls on the escarpment above
Horseshoe Falls — Victoria Falls Rainforest. Horseshoe-shaped fall between Main and Rainbow Falls; dries first in low season
Hwange National Park — Matabeleland North. Vast Kalahari-sand park with Zim's biggest elephant herds, wild dogs and four of the Big Five
Kazuma Pan National Park — NW Zimbabwe. Remote open grassland pans NW of Hwange; dry-season elephant, buffalo and rare oribi
Khami Ruins — Khami Ruins. World Heritage stone terraces outside Bulawayo, capital of the Torwa state after Great Zimbabwe declined
Lake Chivero Recreational Park — Lake Chivero. Harare's nearest game and water park, white rhino on the southern shore and sailing on the lake
Lake Kariba — Lake Kariba. One of the world's largest man-made lakes, drowned mopane forest, tiger fishing and famous sunsets
Lake Mutirikwi Recreational Park — Lake Mutirikwi. The lake below Great Zimbabwe, with a game park on the northern shore
Main Falls — Victoria Falls Rainforest. The widest, most iconic sheet of the falls; peak flow drenches viewpoints in mist
Mana Pools National Park — Mana Pools National Park. World Heritage floodplain on the Zambezi, and the only park in Zimbabwe where you may walk unguided. Cathedral-like…
Matobo National Park — Matobo Hills. Balancing granite whalebacks, the densest concentration of rock art in southern Africa, black and white rhino, and…
Matusadona National Park — Matusadona. Between the Kariba shoreline and the Zambezi escarpment, drowned forest and lakeside plains
Mutarazi Falls National Park — Mutarazi Falls. Zimbabwe's highest waterfall at 762m, dropping off the Honde escarpment; skywalk and zipline at the lip
Ngomakurira — Domboshava. Great granite dome north of Harare with rock art and a long view; a classic Sunday walk from the city
Nyanga National Park — Nyanga National Park. Highland moor, pine and trout streams around Mount Nyangani, Zimbabwe's highest point at 2,592m
Rainbow Falls — Victoria Falls Rainforest. Tallest section of the falls; midday sun throws rainbows and lunar bows at full moon
Sinamatella & Robins Area — Northern Hwange. Rugged northern Hwange; Sinamatella's plateau camp and Robins' mopane country and predators
Upper Zambezi River — Victoria Falls. Broad, island-studded stretch above the falls; sunset cruises, canoeing and tiger fishing
Victoria Falls & Rainforest National Park — Victoria Falls. Rainforest trail with 16 viewpoints facing the 1.7km curtain of the Mosi-oa-Tunya falls
Victoria Falls Bridge & Gorge — Batoka Gorge. Spans the First Gorge on the Zim-Zambia border; bridge tour, bungee and gorge views
Zambezi National Park — Victoria Falls. Riverine woodland upstream of the falls; elephant, lion, sable, zebra and 400+ birds
Zambezi River Game Drive — Zambezi National Park. Road network along the Zambezi with 25 numbered picnic and fishing sites under shade trees