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Victoria Falls is one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At its peak flow around June, a mile-wide chasm 100m straight down is filled with the roar of water falling at a rate of 3,000 tonnes per second. Visit the Victoria Falls section on our website.

Still no Cholera in Vic Falls!

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  While most of Zimbabwe continues to be ravaged by the scourge of cholera, the district of Victoria Falls is still clean, with no cases reported to date. Furthermore, preventative measures have been put in place and the district is well-equipped to deal with any cases should they occur. As such, the Zimbabwean side of [...]

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Cholera no where near Victoria Falls!

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  The truth about the Cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe, despite what madman Mugabe claims, is that it is very real. Dramatic changes in the quality of fresh water, lack of food, housing shortages and an economy in freefall, all contributed to the outbreak and without significant outside help Zimbabweans are in serious trouble. That’s as [...]

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Kruger in the morning, Vic Falls in the afternoon!

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  Imagine a Kruger National Park game drive in the early morning, the air still crisp the grass still dew laden, your khaki clad ranger motions for silence as he negotiates the open topped four wheel drive vehicle through a tight gap between acacia tree and granite boulder. Beyond the rock, there is movement in [...]

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A Pachyderm Safari

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  Forget four wheel drive vehicles, diff lock and off-road tyres, what you really need to travel through the African bush is two pairs of hard as nails feet, a massive great grey bulk, toughened hide, bush clearing tusks and a dexterous trunk. The current model elephant hasn’t changed much in a few thousand years, [...]

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Worlds apart: Vic Falls & Zimbabwe

The focus of the world has recently been on Zimbabwe and the Elections which took place on June the 27th. Of course the negative fall-out from Zimbabwe’s political situation is something we in the travel industry are concerned about and confronted with on a daily basis. With the safety and security of our travellors always [...]

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Another G & T Harold?

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As if there wasn’t already a dirge of activities to choose from when visiting the Victoria Falls, now there is an entirely different way of viewing their glory. What better way to view the magnificent falls than standing on the historic Victoria Falls bridge, which spans the gap between Zambia and Zimbabwe? And what better [...]

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Livingstone Island and the Devils Pool – Vic Falls

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  Photo: Myself, Gareth and Jono in the Devil’s Pool People sometimes think I am crazy when I tell them I have a pretty defined set of goals and objectives I would like to achieve during my lifetime, so you can imagine the looks I get when I rattle off my list of the top [...]

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Victoria Falls – Zimbabwe update October 2007

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In an effort to keep our valued clients updated on the situation in Victoria Falls, here is an e-mail received from Ross Kennedy in Victoria Falls, giving us an update of the situation on the ground.  Rhino Africa continues to support this magical destination, and as re-iterated by Ross’s comments; your tourism dollar in Vic [...]

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Victoria Falls – Zimbabwe update

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Supporting tourism and the people of Victoria Falls, by continuing to send both local and international guests to this incredibly destination, carries a huge amount of responsibility  for Tour Operator such as ourselves.  The world is well aware of the current deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe, and while not to make light of current events in [...]

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Vic Falls – Zimbabwe

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Since the 11th of March beating of Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangarari and the subsequent beating of his chief spokesperson this weekend, Zimbabwe and the antics of Robert Mugabe in particular have been splashed across newspapers and television screens the world over. As one of Africa’s leading web-based Tour Operators, Rhino Africa sends hundreds of [...]

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From Chobe to Kwa-Zulu Natal

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Having just returned from a whirl wind tour of Victoria Falls, Chobe, Caprivi Strip and Livingstone, I am about to head off to Kwa-Zulu Natal in the North East of South Africa. A brief note on Chobe…this being my first water-based safari experience, I have returned a “twitcher” (avid birder) as the birldlife is prolific. [...]

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