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Victoria Falls and Hwange

Sleep in Victoria Falls for the falls and the river; add Hwange as a road transfer with 2–3 lodge nights, and Chobe in Botswana as a day trip.

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Key facts · Zimbabwe

Best months
Apr–Sep
Visa
Depends on your passport
Currency
US dollar in practice
Language
16 official languages
Plugs
D · G · 220–240 V
Time zone
Central Africa Time
Month by month here
Rules in force · 7Nine African countries on this site have no trip line bec…Across the subregion, plan every road leg to arrive befor…
  • Africa ↗When a route touches a yellow-fever country — even a transit of 12 hours or more — keep the original yellow card (ICVP) in your hand luggage; health desks and airlines can refuse boarding or entry without it.
  • Africa ↗Nine African countries on this site have no trip line because governments advise against travel; several others have no-go regions. Read your government's advice for every country on the route before paying deposits.
  • Southern Africa ↗A rental car may leave its home country only with the rental company's cross-border letter, the registration papers and paid road taxes at each post; driving into Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique or Angola without them ends at the border.
  • Southern Africa ↗Across the subregion, plan every road leg to arrive before sunset: livestock, wildlife, pedestrians and unlit trucks make night driving the main cause of serious visitor accidents.
  • Zimbabwe ↗Check visa and entry rules for your passport on official Zimbabwean government sources; if you will cross to Zambia, ask about the KAZA UniVisa and whether it is available to you.
  • Zimbabwe ↗Do not photograph government buildings, police, the military or border posts.
  • Zimbabwe ↗Bring enough US dollars in small, clean notes; do not rely on ATMs or foreign cards outside Victoria Falls, Harare and lodges.

The area is one base and a few excursions. Moving hotels every night between Victoria Falls, Hwange and Chobe costs the mornings; keep the Victoria Falls bed for the falls, and go to Hwange with a small bag on a prepaid transfer.

Where to sleep

3 places in this region

Sleep base

One or two nights

  • Hwange National ParkGuide: planned

    Game drives; a road transfer of about 2 hours plus.

    Page planned: listed so the region plan is complete.

Day trip

  • Chobe (Kasane, Botswana)Guide: planned

    Boat and game drive; a border crossing, so check your visa and the transfer.

    Page planned: listed so the region plan is complete.

Plan the nights

How to split the nights, day-trips and what to do with your bags

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Night sequences

3 nights
Victoria Falls 3, falls and river
6 nights
Victoria Falls 3 + Hwange 3
  • Victoria Falls, Hwange and Chobe in 3 days is mostly transfers.

Day-trips door to door

ToFromDoor-to-door p50Last returnNote
Chobe National Park (Botswana)Victoria Falls90 minunknownIncludes a border crossing; the operator sets the times.

Bags between cities

No luggage forwarding: leave the big bag at the Victoria Falls hotel and take a small bag to Hwange.

When to go

Months and weather

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Seasons at a glance

From each city's month table

Pick a month to see where to go.

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Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe (country-wide)
Go: the good monthsFair: workable, mixedPoor: heat, rain or hazeAvoid: storms, floods, closuresno data yet

Computed from each country’s own data; hover a country name for the source. Advisory countries are left out.

Eat and move on

Regional food and where to go next

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Go next

Other regions of the country

Zambezi Valley

planned

3–4 nights

Mana Pools and Lake Kariba; canoeing and walking safaris

Great Zimbabwe and Matobo

planned

3–4 nights

Great Zimbabwe ruins near Masvingo; Matobo Hills near Bulawayo

Victoria Falls and Hwange: what we know, and what is coming

1 of 3 places open

On this page

  1. 3 places with their role: where to sleep, what to do as a day trip
  2. How to split 3 or 6 nights
  3. 1 day trip with door-to-door time
  4. Seasons month by month, from the cities’ own tables
  5. What to do with the big bag between beds

Coming as the guide grows

  1. Climate strip by zone, with the storm and haze months
  2. Get in: airports and stations with door-to-door times
  3. Regional passes and cards, with a buy / skip verdict
  4. Regional food: what, where and when it works
  5. A page for Hwange National Park — Game drives; a road transfer of about 2 hours plus.
  6. A page for Chobe (Kasane, Botswana) — Boat and game drive; a border crossing, so check your visa and the transfer.

Meanwhile

Planning aids

Built from this guide's own data

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Region in numbers

Where to sleep
1 base
Day trips
1, 1 h 30
Nights suggested
3–6 nights

Trips that stop here

From the Zimbabwe guide

  • Falls and Hwange

    7 days · 3 nights here

    Victoria Falls → Hwange National Park

  • Falls, Hwange and Mana Pools

    10 days · 2 nights here

    Victoria Falls → Hwange National Park → Mana Pools

  • The full country

    14 days · 2 nights here

    Victoria Falls → Hwange National Park → Matobo (Bulawayo) → Great Zimbabwe (Masvingo) → Harare → Mana Pools

All Zimbabwe trips →

Local time

What time it is there now, compared with the clock on your device.

  • Victoria Falls

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    Checking your clock…Africa/Harare

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