Destinations in Africa's Eden

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, also known as Africa’s Adventure Capital, is a town you do not want to miss when visiting Africas Eden. This small, yet wildly buzzing town is perfectly positioned on the Zambezi River, directly opposite Livingstone Town in Zambia. This town was built around the magnificent Victoria Falls Waterfall, which it is most famous for.

Livingstone town in Zambia is named after the first European to set eyes on The Victoria Falls and its surrounding area – David Livingstone. The actual town is about 10 kilometres from the Victoria Falls Waterfall and the Victoria Falls Bridge that connects Zambia to Zimbabwe. Livingstone is a tourism hub as many travellers come to Livingstone to see the Victoria Falls and to experience the many activities that it has to offer.

Initially founded in 1928, and later established as a national park in 1949, Hwange National Park is the largest nature reserve in Zimbabwe and one of the larger parks in Africa's Eden. The park contains a large number of wilderness lodge and camp options, providing access to numerous archaeological and cultural sites, and an abundant wildlife population.

Located in northeastern Botswana, focused around the Chobe River and it's extensive floodplains, Chobe National Park contains some of the most significant concentrations of game on the African continent. Bounded to the north by the Chobe River, the park includes floodplains, swamps and woodlands.

Founded in 1924, and formally established in the 1950s, Kafue National Park stretches along a substantial portion of the Kafue River in western Zambia and is the oldest and largest park in the country. The flooded Zambezian grasslands of the Kafue National Park contain enormous herds of antelopes, which also attracts a corresponding population of predators.

This remote and wild park is characterised by lush grasslands, with abundant wildlife and birdlife. Those willing to travel a little further to visit Liuwa Plain will be rewarded with a pristine wilderness experience.

Centred around the world-famous Makgadikgadi Pans and nearby Nxai Pan, this National Park provides a truly unique wilderness experience, with its famous meerkats, and opportunities for unparalleled stargazing, and viewing the renowned flamingo migration.

Mana Pools National Park is a World Heritage Site, providing the ideal location for a pristine wilderness experience. Situated on the Zambezi River, with the Zambezi Escarpment as a spectacular backdrop, Mana Pools offers a cross-section of landscapes for your safari or bird watching expedition, also offering excellent fishing on the Zambezi River itself.

The oldest national park in Zimbabwe, Matobo National Park is 50 km to the south of Bulawayo, surrounding the dramatic Matopos Hills granite outcrop or kopjes.

Matusadona National Park is a remote and beautiful wilderness area containing dense thickets, mopane woodland and grasslands along the southern shore of Lake Kariba. Offering excellent game viewing and birdwatching, the park offers excellent opportunities to view the Big Five, and access to vast birdlife diversity.

Straddling the eastern and central portions of the Okavango region of Botswana, Moremi Game Reserve includes the Moremi Tongue and Chief's Island areas; widely recognised as some of the most spectacular and scenically beautiful wilderness areas in Africa.

Directly adjacent to The Victoria Falls on the Zambian side of the Zambezi River, at 66 sq km Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is the smallest national park in Zambia and Africa's Eden. Stretching from Batoka Gorge the park runs for about 12 km above The Victoria Falls, along the Zambezi River.

Without any fences, Mudumu forms a crucial transboundary link for wildlife migration and seasonal dispersal between Angola, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia and for seasonal migrations to and from the rivers.

The Bwabwata National Park is very special in that it supports a large wildlife population and a large human population. The lion does not lie down with the lamb, and there is inevitably conflict between people and animals (particularly elephants).

Wilderness is indeed the Khaudum’s comparative advantage. The park, situated in north-eastern Namibia bordering Botswana, has less than 3 000 visitors annually and there are few tracks through the deep Kalahari sand.

Nkasa Rupara National Park formally known as Mamili National Park was officially proclaimed on 1 March 1990, just days before Namibia gained Independence.