Zambezi River & National Park

Zambezi is Africa’s fourth largest River system, after the Nile, Zaire and Niger Rivers. It runs through six countries on it’s journey from central Africa to the Indian Ocean. Its unique value is that it is less developed than others in terms of human settlement and many areas along it’s banks enjoy protected status.

It's power has carved the spectacular Victoria Falls and the zigzagging Batoka Gorge (see at Victoria Falls).

Hotels & Lodges in Zambezi Region:-

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Baobab Tree

Kariba

Kariba Dam

The people who suffered most by the dam’s construction are the Batonga tribe. They were forcibly moved from their ancestral riverside lands into the harsh interior, but they were convinced that the wrathful river god Nyaminyami would come to their rescue.

Kariba Dam was constructed between 1955 and 1959, Completed in 1960, it is the second largest man-made dam ever built. Situated in the NW of the country on the Zambian Border, Lake Kariba covers 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles). Game can be viewed fro the comfort of various Safari Camps and cruises are available. In 1958 when the dam was finished, the water began to rise at a rate a couple of metres (several feet) a day and many animals became stranded on rapidly shrinking islands and without help they were doomed to drown.

But a local group of dedicated volunteers set up the Zambian safari rescue initiative called Operation Noah. Many of the animals rescued during Operation Noah were released in the Mutusadona National Park.

Hotels and Lodges in Kariba:-
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Caribbea Bay (One of the best holiday resorts in Kariba, Zimbabwe)

Nyaminyami {River god}

Hwange National Park

The park is situated on the main road between Bulawayo and Vic Falls in Zimbabwe and is home to vast herds of elephant, buffalo, zebra, giraffe, many predators and endangered species.

Hotels & Lodges in Hwange:-

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Hwange

Hwange Colliery Company Limited Formerly known as Wankie Colliery Company Limited. The Company's principal activity is extracting, processing and distributing coal in Southern Africa. The Company has opencast and underground mining operations confined mainly to the Dragline South Pit in the region of Hwange. The Coal products include fines, duff, peas, nuts, small cobbles, large cobbles, rounds and nut pea duff.

Mana Pools

Mana Pools on the southern bank of the Zambezi River is one of southern Africa's top walking safari destinations, in addition however, there isn't a river in the world that offers the big game, wilderness location and adventure that you'll find here on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. The best time of the year to visit this park is May to early October during the dry season. Insects are respectfully less active and the foliage is sparse enabling easy viewing. Mana means ‘four’, in reference to the four large permanent pools formed by the meanderings of the middle Zambezi. These 2,500 square kilometres of river frontage, islands, sandbanks and pools, flanked by forests of mahogany, wild figs, ebonies and baobabs, are one of the least developed National Parks in Southern Africa. Mana Pools has also the largest amount of Black Rhinoceros.