Essence Of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe was once one of Africa’s most popular destinations. With Zambia, South Africa and Botswana among its neighbours, landlocked Zimbabwe occupies a prime position in southern Africa’s safari zone, and travellers flocked to this former British colony to see its big game, even bigger landscapes and cultural history.

Sadly, at the turn of the 21st century, Zimbabwe’s fortunes changed: Robert Mugabe’s policy of land invasions triggered a decade of violence, mass unemployment and hyperinflation.

But times are changing again in Zimbabwe. Political stability is returning and Zimbabwe is returning to the travel map.

Its parks are still full of elephants, rhinos, lions and heaps of other game; its rocky hills and deep ravines are still some of the continent’s most stunning; its ancient stone city ruins, unique in Africa, are open to visitors; and the timeless plunge of Victoria Falls is still roaring.