Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Customer Reviews
Zimbabwe is a newly launched family destination for Stubborn Mule, so at this stage, we don’t have extensive customer reviews. However, Stubborn Mule Travel’s Sales Manager, Charlotte Hamilton, has recently visited to do a reconnaissance trip there and loved it. See what she says below.
Eating outside near a busy waterhole at a lodge in Hwange was great fun
Randolph Family (with adult children)
Travelled Summer 2025 (Zimbabwe & Botswana)
Hi Liddy & Jess. Many thanks for organising another fantastic holiday for us. We loved your suggestion of starting with Victoria Falls rather than finishing there which many other tour companies suggest. We really liked the hotel and enjoyed lounging beside the Zambezi after our long flights.
The Falls themselves were spectacular, and the Zambezi cruise was serene and a good start to African wildlife with crocodiles and hippos. Our day white water rafting was adrenaline fuelled fun, particularly since our boat shot up vertically at the Grade 5 rapid called The Mother, tipping us all out! We however survived both the water and the steep climb up the gorge to the BBQ lunch area!
Our treehouse rooms were amazing, food and staff were great and there were some very nice touches like fleecy ponchos for the morning game drive, warm face flannels when we arrived back and your drink of choice pre ordered for the sundowners on the afternoon drives.
The tented safari was everyone’s highlight of the trip. It was so special being in the middle of the game reserve, hearing the noise of hippos and other wildlife just behind our tents at night and elephants walking through the camp during the day! The staff were all brilliant, the food was superb and our guide, Kabelo, was fantastic and very knowledgeable. He really strived to ensure that we had the best experience and his rally driving on and off road was a lot of fun (our jeep got stuck in an elephant hole while tracking a lion just ahead!). We saw some amazing wildlife including the critically endangered African dogs. Although the mobile safari option was pricey it was worth the memorable experience and we would do it again in a heartbeat!
Our last two nights at the water based camp were good. The location was idyllic and it was lovely to cruise through the papyrus lined waterways. The mokoro canoe boat trip was a very relaxing meditative experience.
Overall a truly amazing and memorable holiday. Thank you!
Charlotte Hamilton
Travelled October 2023
What an incredible time I had! Getting the chance to be so close to the huge herds of elephants and see the mothers taking care of their young amongst the jostling crowd at the waterhole. No two days are the same – from flying over Victoria Falls, shadowing the brave Cobra rangers (protecting the white rhino) and dropping off our school donations (thanks to the SMT team for their generous contributions). Kids will love all the little moments here; staying quiet in the hide, washing under bucket showers and driving the Elephant Express train! One of the most genuine and heart-warming trips I have had the pleasure of doing with Stubborn Mule.
See Charlottes’s photos and review of her trip to Victoria Falls and Hwange National Park.
Zimbabwe in pictures
