Zimbabwe is one of Southern Africa’s premier safari destinations. It is famous for its guides who are some of the most qualified in Africa as well as excellent game densities in the national parks. The traditional safari season in Africa is June to the end of October when vegetation is less dense and wildlife is drawn to water sources.
Norma Jeane's Lake View Resort is set in the granite hills and Msasa woodlands overlooking Lake Mutirikwe (formerly known as Lake Kyle). The resort offers comfortable accommodation for visitors to use as a base to explore Great Zimbabwe Ruins.
Emerging from a period of uncertainty for tourists, Zimbabwe is one of the most underrated countries that Africa has to offer with a plethora of gems ready to be explored. Here we give the low down on why Zimbabwe should be where you head to next…
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Southern Zimbabwe is one of the least visited areas of Zimbabwe and offers the chance to get off-the-beaten-track with a wild and rugged safari. Gonarezhou National Park – whose literal translation is the place of many elephants – is the main park in the region. Whilst the elephant population stands out in Gonarezhou there are also leopard, lion, blue wildebeest as well as a healthy concentration of endangered wild dog. The park borders both South Africa’s Kruger National Park and Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park and since 2002 efforts have been made to create the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park which aims to re-establish wildlife corridors between the parks.
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve borders Gonarezhou and since 1990 has protected a great diversity of wildlife including healthy numbers of black and white rhino. Cheetah, leopard, lion and wild dog are the main predators in the reserve and offer exciting encounters. The landscape is dominated by sandstone outcrops and there are also a number of rock art sites in the reserve. Malilangwe is home to what is probably the most luxurious lodge in Zimbabwe – Singita Pamushana Lodge which has a strong conservation focus with all profit going into development and conservation project which benefit the community.