Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls, the Zambezi and Hwange National Park
Angus draws on his first visit to Zimbabwe, as a schoolboy with family in 1977, when he became pen-pals with a young Zimbabwean named Zwanai. He returned as a journalist many years later, as a travel writer sharing the best of Zimbabwe while exposing poaching and other shenanigans.
Angus lost track of Zwanai, but for the past 30 years has been returning to Zimbabwe as a journalist and travel writer sharing the best (while exposing poaching and other shenanigans during the Robert Mugabe dictatorship) of this remarkable country. He has repeatedly visited Victoria Falls and Hwange in recent years, crafting stories and designing itineraries around what he believes are amongst southern Africa’s finest safari experiences.
Zimbabwe is a year-round destination, however, the best time of the year to visit will depend on what you are interested in seeing or doing. Game viewing is outstanding during the dry winter months of May to October, especially from June/July to October, with wildlife gathering en masse around waterholes and rivers. The rainy season that typically starts from November through to March/April turns the wilderness emerald green within days. Bird watching during the summer is spectacular after a large variety of migrant birds return south to soak up the sun. It is also the breeding season with animals dropping their young.