By Marianne Betts Victoria Falls restaurants have a new edge, with something different cooking at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge! New lunch and dinner menus have been introduced at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge’s MaKuwa-Kuwa Restaurant and Buffalo Bar which break ground by firmly featuring African, and particularly Zimbabwean, cuisine for the first time. Victoria Falls Safari…
By Marianne Betts Victoria Falls Safari Spa, the largest and first purpose-built spa in Zimbabwe’s leading travel destination, has been open for 100 days, but what is it like? I popped in to try it out and see what all the fuss is about. I’m booked in for a 30-minute muscle ease massage – a…
By Marianne Betts Rising Victoria Falls artist Tich Ncube has come full circle – through his art he is giving back to the wildlife which he has drawn on for inspiration as far back as he can remember. While Tich has already donated to wildlife and conservation internationally through UK-based organisations the David Shepherd Wildlife…
By Marianne Betts It is well known that the world’s largest waterfall is a bucket list travel destination, but less is known of the events in Victoria Falls, with a world class music festival as well as a range of sporting challenges staged annually in this spectacular setting. In coming months, the Zimbabwean tourist attraction…
Joseph Bunga, the founder of Area 46, a Harare-based video production company, has returned to his home in Harare after a three month long stay in Victoria Falls at Lokuthula Lodges where he lived and worked, along with his children, Jared, 18, and Rebecca, 15. Africa Albida Tourism caught up with the producer of reality…
Photos: Charles Brightman; Words: Marianne Betts One of the best places to spot wildlife in Victoria Falls is at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge which overlooks the Zambezi National Park and a waterhole that attracts many of the 103 species of mammals and 700 species of birds found in Zimbabwe. Elephant, buffalo, kudu, impala, warthog and…
Travelers to southern Africa often ask when the best time of year to do a safari is, and Victoria Falls in the green season can be as good a time as any. The “green season” is the low season in Southern Africa, typically between January and June, with much of it falling in the warm rainy months
A road trip to Victoria falls with kids was such fun. During Zimbabwe’s current lockdown hotels, national parks and tourism attractions have
Photos: Sarah Kerr Words: Marianne Betts Victoria Falls has a hidden treasure, so hidden the wildlife doesn’t even really know it’s there – it is a unique hide on the edge of Victoria Falls Safari Lodge’s well-known waterhole. Siduli Hide was designed to look like a termite mound, concealing onlookers inside it, as they watch…
By Marianne Betts The water levels at the Victoria Falls fluctuate dramatically throughout the year, and like any of Mother Nature’s greatest works of art, it is ever changing, and, still splendid now, despite experiencing its lowest water levels in nearly 25 years. The world’s largest waterfall, which straddles Zimbabwe and Zambia, is formed…