Zimbabwe Travel Guide & Tourism Information

Uber does not operate in Zimbabwe, and there are no immediate signs that it plans to. That might sound like a problem if you’re used to opening one app and getting a ride anywhere in the world, but in practice, getting around Harare, Bulawayo and Victoria Falls is straightforward.
Zimbabwe has its own thriving ride-hailing scene, led by Bolt, inDrive and a homegrown newcomer called Tap & Go, alongside older local players who paved the way before the international names arrived.

The United States has confirmed its place as Zimbabwe’s most important source of overseas visitors, with new figures showing a dramatic rise in American arrivals over the past four years.

Tourist numbers from the US climbed from 18,756 in 2021 to 109,959 in 2025, according to figures released by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA).

The Victoria Falls Rainforest has reopened to the public after a brief closure prompted by elephants entering the site, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has confirmed.

ZimParks said the closure, introduced earlier as a precautionary safety measure, lasted approximately two and a half hours.

Air Zimbabwe has resumed direct flights between Harare and London, ending a 14-year absence from a route once considered the backbone of the airline’s long-haul network.

The relaunch, marked by a reception and launch ceremony at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport under the banner “Fly Direct, Experience Zimbabwe,” restores a link to a market that officials describe as central to the country’s tourism ambitions.

Access to the Victoria Falls Rainforest has been temporarily suspended after wildlife officials reported an elephant moving through the site, prompting an immediate public notice from the country’s parks authority.

The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) said on Tuesday that the restriction was introduced as a precautionary step to protect visitors, staff and the animal itself, and to lower the risk of any confrontation between people and wildlife.

Zimbabwe’s banking and hospitality sectors have come together to work out how to fund a rapid upgrade of the country’s tourism infrastructure, as the country prepares to permanently host the Intra-African Trade Fair from 2029.

The Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry and the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) took part in the inaugural, two-day Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe (HAZ) Bankers Conference, held under the theme “Connecting Capital to Capacity: Unlocking Zimbabwe’s Tourism Potential Ahead of Hosting the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2029.”