Zimbabwe’s first global biodiversity prize
The Save Valley Conservancy joins the Amazon and the Serengeti on the list of places the planet cannot lose by BERNARD CHIKETO ZIMBABWE has its first globally recognised Key Biodiversity Area.
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The Falls and the Mercedes-Benz
A German brand gives Zimbabwe’s premier attraction a global polish. by BERNARD CHIKETO THE Victoria Falls Bridge has witnessed plenty of crossings—colonial surveyors, railway magnates, bungee-jumping thrill-seekers. But a 21-strong convoy of Mercedes-Benz SUVs, snaking across the gorge with the spray rising behind them, is a rather different sort of spectacle. The occasion was the…
A $67m infrastructure bet in Victoria Falls
by BERNARD CHIKETO ZIMBABWE’S tourism ministry has inked a $66.9m commercial joint venture with a private consortium to install bulk water, power and telecoms at the Masuwe Special Economic Zone, a 271-hectare tract near the Victoria Falls rainforest.
No Worries, Zimbabwe Says
by BERNARD CHIKETO ZIMBABWE has turned its tourism sales pitch towards Australia, betting that one of the world’s most travelled populations can be persuaded to look beyond the familiar safari circuit and linger a little longer in southern Africa.
Paul Connolly, river pioneer, died on February 1st, aged 72
STAFF WRITER IT WAS a fitting end, though it came too soon for those who loved him. On February 1st, Paul Connolly, the founder of Shearwater Adventures, suffered a suspected heart attack.
Zimbabwe Tops Global Tourism Ranking for 2025, Signaling a National Rebirth
The thunder of Victoria Falls now echoes a nation’s return to the world stage, as a former pariah becomes a premier destination. by BERNARD CHIKETO FOR decades, Zimbabwe was a byword for political and economic turmoil, its world-class tourist attractions overshadowed by international isolation and internal strife. That chapter may be closing.