Discover Western Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls — known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, 'The Smoke That Thunders' — is the world's largest sheet of falling water and one of the Seven Natural Wonders. Straddling the Zimbabwe-Zambia border, this UNESCO World Heritage Site plunges 108 metres into the Batoka Gorge, creating a spectacle of mist, rainbows, and raw power that draws over a million visitors each year.

Zimbabwe's second-largest city and cultural capital, Bulawayo is a city of wide, tree-lined avenues, stunning Art Deco architecture, and deep historical significance. Gateway to the Matobo Hills and home to the Ndebele people, it offers world-class museums, vibrant arts scenes, and a warmth of welcome that has earned it the nickname 'City of Kings and Queens.'

Hwange National Park is Zimbabwe's largest wildlife sanctuary — a vast 14,651-square-kilometre wilderness that supports one of the greatest concentrations of wildlife in Africa, including the continent's largest elephant population. From teak forests to Kalahari sandveld, Hwange's diverse habitats sustain over 100 mammal and 400 bird species.

The Matobo Hills — a UNESCO World Heritage Site just 35 kilometres south of Bulawayo — is one of Southern Africa's most extraordinary landscapes. Ancient granite formations sculpted over two billion years into dramatic balancing rocks, cave shelters adorned with 13,000 years of San rock art, and a wilderness that supports the world's densest population of leopards and both species of African rhinoceros.

Livingstone is the Zambian gateway to Victoria Falls and one of Southern Africa's most charismatic small cities. Named after the explorer David Livingstone, this riverside town combines colonial heritage, vibrant markets, world-class adventure activities, and a laid-back African atmosphere that complements the more commercialised Zimbabwean side of the falls.

Kasane sits at the northeastern tip of Botswana where the Chobe River meets the Zambezi, serving as the gateway to one of Africa's greatest wildlife spectacles. Chobe National Park is famous worldwide for its massive elephant herds — estimated at over 120,000 — and the extraordinary game viewing along the Chobe River frontage, where elephants, buffalo, and hippos congregate in their thousands.