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Up close with elephants.

This safari offers a daring level of immersion, without the truck scrums

A hippo smacks her lips grazing three metres from my tent at 3am. At campfire breakfast, a leopard breezily strides past.

  • Steve Madgwick

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The decor of Okahirongo Elephant Lodge creatively infuses elements of the wilderness surrounds.

10 days, three lodges, three countries and nature’s wonders

While gourmet meals, luxury accommodation and passionate guides are as consistent as the sun, each lodge in this 10-day safari delivers stellar moments.

  • Kate Armstrong
Flying over Victoria Falls.

A flight over this spectacular natural wonder is heavenly

It’s worth taking to the air to view Victoria Falls and to appreciate the meaning of its traditional name, Mosi-ao-Tunya.

  • Kate Armstrong
Dining spaces flow across several rooms centred on the sleek bar and spill out onto the poolside terrace.

Hotel review: Latitude 15°, Lusaka, Zambia - modern Africa in one hotel

This hotel mirrors contemporary Africa with its warmth, ingenuity and unbridled passion.

  • Catherine Marshall
Sampa

‘As an African woman, there’s a limited view of who you are’: Sampa the Great

The multi-ARIA award winner headed back to Zambia because of the pandemic. And found inspiration.

  • Neha Kale
The Zambezi and the 1.7-kilometre-wide waterfall form a border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, often causing visitors to fret which side offers better viewing.

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe travel guide: The must-do highlights

Laying eyes on the world's widest curtain of falling water is just the start.

  • Max Anderson
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A screen grab of the bare cliff faces of the Victoria Falls, as the BBC's Stephen Sackur reports.

Victoria Falls' bare cliffs raise spectre of no water as drought bites

Some years ago, you needed a raincoat to stand in the rainforest at the lip of the Victoria Falls so as not to get soaked by the spray from the magnificent waterfalls.

  • Steve Jacobs
A man stands by a bonfire during a protest opposite a South African-owned Shoprite in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday.

'Unprecedented': African countries boycott South Africa over xenophobia claims

Attacks on foreigners have become common in South Africa. Now pop stars, businesses and sporting bodies from neighbouring countries have had enough.

  • Julie Turkewitz
An elephant, in Botswana's Okavango Delta, allows viewers a close approach.

African presidents want a return to ivory trade

Ivory sales currently require approval from the international community.

  • Antony Sguazzin
Victoria falls is the largest curtain of water in the world (1708 m wide).

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe side, travel guide and things to do: 20 to reasons to visit

From wildlife to luxury lodges and adrenaline-rush adventures; here are 20 reasons to love Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

  • Kerry van der Jagt

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