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Browse more guides: Zimbabwe travel | Africa destinations Zimbabwe Travel Guide 2026: Victoria Falls, Hwange, Mana Pools, Great Zimbabwe and Matobo Hills I went to Zimbabwe expecting a single postcard waterfall and left with a country that surprised me at every turn. Five UNESCO sites sit inside one passport stamp: Mosi-oa-Tunya (1989), Mana Pools (1984), Great Zimbabwe (1986), Khami (1986) and Matobo Hills (2003). Hwange National Park holds roughly 45,000 elephants across 14,651 km², the second largest population on the continent. Great Zimbabwe is the biggest stone ruin south of the Egyptian pyramids. The eVisa costs USD 30 (about INR 2,520) for a 30-day single entry, the country runs on US dollars alongside the new Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency launched 8 April 2024, and the dry winter months of July to October are the sweet spot. This guide is what I wish someone had handed me before I booked the flight. Why Zimbabwe in 2026 Three things made me move the trip from "someda...

Browse more guides: Uganda travel | Africa destinations Uganda Travel Guide 2026: Bwindi Mountain Gorillas, Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth NP, Rwenzori and the Pearl of Africa TL;DR Uganda packs more raw wildlife and landscape variety into a single country than almost anywhere else I have travelled. In one trip I tracked mountain gorillas through dripping bamboo on the slopes of Bwindi, watched the Victoria Nile force itself through a seven metre rock chasm at Murchison Falls, photographed tree climbing lions in Ishasha, and stared up at the snowfields of Margherita Peak at 5,109 metres in the Rwenzori range. The country covers 241,038 square kilometres, holds roughly 46 million people, and protects three UNESCO sites including Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (inscribed 1994, 321 square kilometres, around 459 mountain gorillas which is roughly half of the global population of 1,063 counted in the 2018 census). A single gorilla permit costs USD 800 per person per day. I planned...