Personalised Tours

Also on our EASTERN VALLEY route, we can take you to a place where, 200million years ago, dinosaurs roamed where elephants roam today. One of Africa's finest dinosaur 'trackways' - the footprints of huge carnivorous reptiles in the mud of an ancient lake bed - lies in the heart of the Eastern Valley forests. Let your imagination run riot - picture the ancient lake, surrounded by primitive conifers, and populated by these extraordinary animals - and, perhaps, be thankful they aren't there today!

The Mavuradonha Wilderness lies on one of our EASTERN VALLEY routes to destinations such as Mana Pools. These routes take you there by the 'road less travelled', through the Zambezi Escarpment and into some of the most remote and wild parts of Zimbabwe, until we finally arrive at the Zambezi River.

On LAKE KARIBA, we can take you by sailboat or small houseboat to places you never even dreamed of - tiny bays and inlets, inaccessible by road, spectacularly lovely, and teeming with birdlife and wildlife. We can leave our vehicles in secure parking and take you to the awesome Sanyati Gorge, the Kuburi Wilderness area, or the Matusadona shoreline itself - the choice is yours. See also our Best of Both Worlds tour.

The remote and hauntingly lovely CHIZARIRA NATIONAL PARK, with scenery ranging from sheer gorges cut through the Zambezi escarpment to the Acacia floodplains of the Busi River. Wildlife isn't always easy to find, but this is a park for the true connoisseur of wilderness, with isolated and basic bush camps situated beside springs, seeps and seasonal rivers.

The MATUSADONA NATIONAL PARK - less well-known, less visited, but equally beautiful, and full of interesting features such as the Zambezi region's only surviving black rhino population, a reintroduced and growing population of cheetah, and the incredibly lovely Kariba shoreline.

The world-famous MANA POOLS NATIONAL PARK, renowned for its magnificent scenery, spectacular wildlife, and abundant variety of habitats ranging from park-like Acacia and mahogany woodlands to mopane forests, riverine floodplains, and of course the great Zambezi River itself. Mana Pools is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve.

We are licensed to operate both sailboats and powered craft on Lake Kariba, and have many years of experience in this regard. We'll teach you to sail in an afternoon, then sail with you to the Matusadona or elsewhere. Alternatively, we can offer you a 'hosted houseboat' option, during which we'll spend time with you on the Matusadona shoreline as part of your ZIM4x4 tour. See also our Best of Both Worlds tour.

Angling is another ZIM4x4 specialisation. The tigerfish is our favoured species, although bream, bottlenose, vundu and others are present. There's excellent tigerfishing on the Zamhezi and on Lake Kariba, although techniques can differ, and we can give you guidance on this. Kapirinengu Camp, on the Zambezi, can be included in our Eastern Valley route, and is a particularly good venue, but we can advise on others. Please note - we have a 'catch and release' policy, except for immediate consumption.

We are keen and knowledgeable wildlife and wilderness photographers, and you can see some examples of our work on our photo album and on http://zambezi.shutterpoint.com. During our tours we go to great lengths to provide opportunities for the experienced, and can also hold impromptu 'seminars' on camera and editing techniques for the less experienced. Equipment helps, but it's developing the 'eye' that counts!

All our tours are created individually, and the tour planning process is entirely free of charge, with no commitment on your part.

We work with you to structure an enjoyable tour that will satisfy your needs, including the places you'd like to visit, the things you'd like to do, and the routes you'd like to follow. Naturally we can give you guidance on this.

We'd also like to know how much time you have available and when, what your interests are, and a little bit of information about your vehicles, the number of participants involved, and anything else you feel would be helpful for us to know.

Remember that we have a maximum group size of three vehicles and ten people. We believe our tours are ideally suited to groups of friends with suitable vehicles and similar interests, and limiting the size of groups enables us to give you a truly personalised experience. We'll also ask you to sign up to our Code of Conduct, as one of our aims is to set an example to the irresponsible minority of 4x4 drivers who spoil things for the rest of us.

Your first step towards a ZIM4x4 tour is to think a little about the places you'd like to see, and the things you enjoy doing. We've listed some of our more popular destinations and activities below, with links to more detailed pages and information.

Then email us or telephone us on +263-772-324224 so that we can start planning your Zambezi Valley and Lake Kariba tour!