Matobo Hills National Park

Fly to

Livingstone (Zambia) or Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) via Johannesburg

Flying time

12 hrs 15 mins

time difference

GMT+ 2 hrs

Visas

Required for UK passport holders

Health Requirements

Yellow fever certificate required if travelling from an endemic area

Best time to travel

Apr-Jun when the water levels are at their greatest.

Weather

The best time to travel is between April and June, there is little to no rain and the Falls are at their fullest. These are the winter months therefore temperatures will only peak at around 20°C, although days are clear and bright.

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Just half an hour's drive south of Bulawayo is Matobo Hills National Park. This small, easily accessible game park contains some of the region's most arresting scenery. It is much under-rated and hence we urge you to go there.

Huge piles of red-tinged granite boulders (kopjes) litter the landscape. These hills were considered sacred by the Ndebele people and loved by Cecil Rhodes, who chose it as his last resting-place. He remains interred in the rock, his grave marked by a brass plaque at the aptly-named World's View, a vantage point high up on the rocks. The name Matobo was derived from the Matebele word for bald-headed.

Wildlife is found throughout the national park, including white rhino, leopard and Africa's largest concentration of leopard and black eagles. There are, however, no lion or elephant - meaning that you can walk freely amongst the hills and explore on your own, making it an intimate experience.

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