Though politically/economically still a mess, these days Zim's calm; finally rid of the Mugabe dictatorship; and holding its own touristically, with soft adventure, a wealth of wildlife, and impressive sites like the Great Zimbabwe ruins and Victoria Falls. Certainly OK for group travel.

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Top 5 things to see/do in Zimbabwe

Now rebuilding after ousting the régime of longtime strongman Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe remains a stunning African country, with lush national parks, stunning rivers and waterfalls, diverse wildlife and so much more. There are a million things you can do in Zimbabwe, but we’re going to take a look at just five of the best. If you’re planning a trip to this southern African country and you don’t know where to start, here are BookAllSafaris.com’s recommendations...read post

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Zimbabwe shout-out in 'Instagram Has Final Say On Africa's 2018 Bucket List'

There are plenty of travel lists out there with insight on where to go in 2018, but if you’re planning to come to Africa, Acacia Africa’s top 10 is one you won’t want to miss. The tour operator compiled predictions from over 20 expert sources, including bloggers, travel publications and online media, to discover the best destinations to visit in southern and east Africa, and asked Instagram to give the final word.  read post

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The smiles of Zimbabwe

For the first time in a good long while, this southern African country - one of the continent's poorest and least free, thanks to the 37-year dictatorship of Robert Mugabe - is currently making world news daily with the drama surrounding Mugabe's detention, resignation, and succession. But even despite the longtime suffering of its people, tourism to this beautiful country has held its own over the years - in the last several years averaging a bit over two million visitors annually. They're…

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  • Max Pesling August 24, 2023 at 12:07pm
    The UK Daily Mail shows how new attractions at Victoria Falls make its appeal greater than ever: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-12399683/Discovering-Afr...
    Discovering that Victoria Falls is overflowing with thrills
    Many itineraries for southern Africa only allow for a night or two in Victoria Falls. Nigel Tisdall experiences some of the activities on offer there…
  • María José January 19, 2023 at 11:41am
    The UK Independent recently ran a piece about initiatives involving local communities and wildlife preservation, focussing especially on Gonarezhou National Park in the country's south: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/campaigns/giantsclub/zimbabwe-...
    Zimbabwe turns new leaf with community projects for wildlife conservation
    A community owned tourism camp, supported by park management, generates income and increases tolerance for wildlife in the park
  • José Balido November 8, 2022 at 8:44pm
    An interesting look in the travel-industry website Skift about local communities and grassroots effects on tourism in Zimbabwe: https://skift.com/2022/11/04/zimbabwes-healthy-tourism-future-start...
    Zimbabwe's Healthy Tourism Future Starts With Healthy Local Communities
    One of the enduring lessons for tourism as the world emerges from the pandemic is that it really all starts from the ground up — with communities, he…
  • Helen Brown September 28, 2022 at 12:01pm
    An interesting piece from BBC travel about the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, and how at first archaeologists credited it to Phoenicians, Babylonians, Arabians – anyone but the Africans who actually built it: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220925-the-ancient-remains-of-...
    The ancient remains of Great Zimbabwe
    The ancient city of Great Zimbabwe was an engineering wonder. But archaeologists credited it to Phoenicians, Babylonians, Arabians – anyone but the A…
  • Paul Varmuza April 12, 2022 at 11:36am
    Several months ago The Guardian ran a piece about how climate change is hitting the tourism industry in various places around the globe, including Victoria Falls: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/02/tourism-industr...
    Can the tourism industry survive the climate crisis?
    From the Solomon Islands to Denali national park, how five communities reliant on tourism are coping as climate change upends their industry
  • Jeffrey Kunst February 16, 2022 at 11:16am
    In honor of February’s Black History Month in the USA, MSN’s Travel Noire channel put together a list of six sub-Saharan landmarks of remarkable black African achievements - and this pieces of course cites Zim's ruins of Great Zimbabwe: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/beyond-the-pyramids-of-e…
  • David Paul Appell November 15, 2017 at 5:29pm

    Wow, the news from Zimbabwe today is outstanding. Hopefully this will also mean the start of a tourism resurgence and real progress for Zim's tourism industry.

  • Tripatini November 16, 2011 at 3:01pm

    Check out our current most popular blog post of the week: Despite Hardships, Zimbabwe Still Has Plenty of Smiles to Bestow.

  • Honeybadger Tours June 12, 2011 at 9:14pm

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  • Tripatini November 10, 2010 at 11:42pm
    Zimbabwe gets a shout-out in a recent post on the Tripatini blog: Africa Safaris 101: The Game's Afoot.
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