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The 14 Best Game Drives near Victoria Falls

14 tours  ·  ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 average  ·  from $45

Open vehicle, first light or last, and no tarmac. These 14 drives run in Zambezi National Park, over the border in Chobe and out towards Hwange, priced and timed, with a note on which ones realistically produce big game.

Zambezi National Park Game Drive in a Small Group - Choosing between the 0600 morning drive and 1500 afternoon drive
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Zambezi National Park Game Drive in a Small Group

2.Zambezi National Park Game Drive in a Small Group

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 51 reviews · 3 hours · from $100

Review of Zambezi National Park’s small-group game drive from Victoria Falls, with wildlife, guide tips, timing, costs, and honest advice.

“We had a great trip. Our guide was awesome ( sorry I can't remember his name ). Explained all the wildlife characteristics and was very knowledgeable. Highly recommend.”

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Unique Safari Game Drives in Zambezi National Park, 4 Options - Entering Zambezi National Park in an open game viewer
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Unique Safari Game Drives in Zambezi National Park, 4 Options

3.Unique Safari Game Drives in Zambezi National Park, 4 Options

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 39 reviews · from $125Top rated

Review of four Zambezi National Park game drives near Victoria Falls, with wildlife, breakfast, braai, high tea, pricing, and practical tips.

“Had an exeptional Safari Game Drive with Savannah Adventures. Excellent guide and the quality of food we had much much better then on other Game Drives we had in the past in Victoria Falls. We also had a choice of either High Tea, Lunch or BBq Braii afican style to chooRead more”

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Matobo Rhino Encounter - Reading the bush with Mzingeli, the Hunter
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Matobo Rhino Encounter

4.Matobo Rhino Encounter

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · from $120

Track white rhinos in Matobo National Park, study ancient rock art, walk with rangers, and enjoy lunch, transfers, and sunset drinks.

“Blessing and Bongani who organized the trip were very friendly and efficient. To discover this beautiful area with them was a pleasure. We saw rhinoceros of course. Because i was nice, I had a bonus... highly recommandable trip !”

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Victoria Falls: Night Game Drive and 3-Course Bush Dinner - Leaving town at 4:00 PM
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Victoria Falls: Night Game Drive and 3-Course Bush Dinner

5.Night Game Drive and 3-Course Bush Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 27 reviews · 6 hours · from $200

Explore Victoria Falls after dark on a six-hour night game drive with sunset wildlife, a campfire, and a three-course bush dinner.

“I expected the activity to be at 3:30 am which was not true. It starts at 3:30 pm causing me stress and anxiety since I have to be back to Zambia today, which means it would have been in the afternoon today. I wrote the organisier and there was no response so I had to find someone to call them for me. Luckily they had places for 3:30pm yesterday so I could participate which was a nice experience but it didn’t surprise me that we didn’t see the cats, bc most pf the safari was with daylight and they endend it 30min early when it was actually dark and we…”

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Matobo Hills Day Trip with Rhino Tracking - The open safari truck ride from Bulawayo
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Matobo Hills Day Trip with Rhino Tracking

6.Matobo Hills Day Trip with Rhino Tracking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · 8 hours · from $140

Track rhinos on foot, see Matobo’s rock art and Rhodes’ grave, and enjoy lunch on an 8-hour day trip from Bulawayo.

“one of the most impressive tours i’ve had. My guide was Blessing and he was very punctual, knowledgeable, patient, responsible and paid close attention to what my fellow and i were interested in and expected about the tour. we explored a few spots according to Blessing’s own experience and we found it a worthy unexpected discovery. it was impressive to track the rhinos and it was also enjoyable to learn a lot about the history of Matabo National Park. Strongly recommended.”

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Guided Tour of the Falls (ZIM side) Wildlife Safari, by Savannah - The main event: Victoria Falls from the Zimbabwean side
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Guided Tour of the Falls (ZIM side) Wildlife Safari, by Savannah

7.Guided Tour of the Falls (ZIM side) Wildlife Safari, by Savannah

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · from $45Best value

Walk through Zimbabwean bush before Victoria Falls, with local guidance, possible wildlife sightings, rainforest views, and practical park tips.

“Unfortunately our guide struggled to gain entrance to the park for half an hour whilst we just stood there not knowing what was happening. When we finally did get in, he just walked along with us so we were very disappointed with this as we could have just done that ourselves.”

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Zambezi National Park Game Drive AM /PM - Choosing between the morning and afternoon drive
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Zambezi National Park Game Drive AM /PM

8.Zambezi National Park Game Drive AM /PM

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · from $90

Review of the Zambezi National Park game drive near Victoria Falls, with morning or afternoon departures, wildlife sightings, transfers, and value tips.

“Bel après-midi au Parc national du Zambeze. Magnifiques points de vue sur le bush et la rivière. Beaucoup d’animaux vus ce jour-là : girafes, éléphants, impalas, oiseaux colorés, zèbres… entourés par 2 guides chauffeurs nous avons beaucoup appris sur les animaux ce jour-là.”

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Safari Game Drive in Zambezi National Park with Hotel Pickup - Morning drive: cooler hours and breakfast
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Safari Game Drive in Zambezi National Park with Hotel Pickup

9.Safari Game Drive in Zambezi National Park with Hotel Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 18 reviews · from $100

Explore Zambezi National Park on a three-hour game drive from Victoria Falls, with hotel pickup, drinks, snacks, and morning or afternoon departures.

“The driver and guide Alex is a reservoir of local knowledge and is very professional. The whole experience was very worthwhile, even though we didn't see any elephants, we saw plenty of other animals. The tea by the banks of the Zambezi was quite phenomenal.”

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Small Group: Zambezi National Park Guided Game Drive - What the open 4x4 adds to the safari
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Small Group: Zambezi National Park Guided Game Drive

10.Small Group: Zambezi National Park Guided Game Drive

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · from $120

Review of the Zambezi National Park game drive from Victoria Falls, with animal sightings, timing, cost, guides, meals, and booking advice.

“Excellent morning with Richard our guide, we saw baboons, impalas, warthog, mongoose, water buffalo, kudu’s , river buck and fantastic elephant encounter approx 20 heading to the water right past us , tea and coffee at the side of the Zambezi 🇿🇼🤣”

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Safari Game Drive in the Savannah with Hotel pickup 3 times daily - Searching Chamabondo Park for wildlife
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Safari Game Drive in the Savannah with Hotel pickup 3 times daily

11.Safari Game Drive in the Savannah with Hotel pickup 3 times daily

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 11 reviews · from $115

Review of Victoria Falls’ 3-hour Savannah Adventures safari, with hotel pickup, open-park wildlife viewing, snacks, costs, and booking advice.

“Le guide est ok Sinon c’est trop cher pour ne rien voir !!!!! simple aller retour dans le parc le temps passé à l’extérieur pour récupérer des billets et le trajet font la moitié du safari !!! A ne pas faire Ça vaut pas la peine”

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Chobe National Park: Game Drive, Boat Tour, and Lunch - The 7:00 AM pickup and road to Kazungula
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Chobe National Park: Game Drive, Boat Tour, and Lunch

12.Chobe National Park: Game Drive, Boat Tour, and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · 510 minutes - 9 hours · from $165

Review of a Chobe National Park day trip from Victoria Falls with Botswana game drive, river cruise, lunch, border tips, and value advice.

“We are very happy with the experience we had. The safari and the river cruise were both really enjoyable. It offers a good range of perspective. The pickup and drop off went very smoothly.”

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Hwange National Park Full Day Game Drive Safari - Big 5 hopes, with realistic expectations
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Hwange National Park Full Day Game Drive Safari

13.Hwange National Park Full Day Game Drive Safari

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · from $350

Review of Hwange National Park’s full-day safari from Victoria Falls, with Big 5 viewing, lunch, hotel transfers, timing, value, and tips.

“I was a female solo traveler and l enjoyed it very very much! i was picked up from my hotel at 6:30 am in Victoria Falls and was back at the hotel in 7:00 pm. The trip to Hwange camp took around 2 hours. So in total we stayed in the park around Read more”

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Safari Game Drive in Zambezi National Park - Choosing between the morning and afternoon departure
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Safari Game Drive in Zambezi National Park

14.Safari Game Drive in Zambezi National Park

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · from $150

Review of the Zambezi National Park safari from Victoria Falls, with wildlife, breakfast, transport, pricing, timing, and practical booking advice.

“I’ll start off with the positive. Our driver Mr. Cohen was a great guide and was very accommodating. He is a veteran in his field and very very knowledgeable, having most of the answers to questions about the wildlife. He is always cool, calm, anRead more”

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