Eastern Africa
Zimbabwe
The top 5 natural landmarks of Zimbabwe — real photos, locations and fascinating facts for every wonder.
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WaterfallsVictoria Falls
Matabeleland North
Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi River, located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is one of the world's largest waterfalls, with a width of 1,708 m (5,604 ft).
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The largest sheet of falling water on Earth, locally called 'the smoke that thunders'.
GrasslandsHwange National Park
Matabeleland North
Hwange National Park is the largest natural reserve in Zimbabwe. It measures around 14,600 km2 (5,600 sq mi) in area.
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Zimbabwe's largest park, famed for huge elephant herds.
WetlandsMana Pools
Mashonaland West
Mana Pools National Park is a 2,196-square-kilometre (848 sq mi) wildlife conservation area and national park in northern Zimbabwe. It is a region of the lower Zambezi in Zimbabwe where the floodplain turns into a broad expanse of lakes after each rainy season.
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Floodplain pools of the Zambezi teeming with wildlife.
RocksMatobo Hills
Matabeleland South
The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe. The hills were formed over 2 billion years ago with granite being forced to the surface; it has eroded to produce smooth "whaleback dwalas" and broken kopjes, strewn with boulders and interspersed with thickets of vegetation.
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A landscape of balancing granite boulders sacred to local culture.
LakesLake Kariba
Northern Zimbabwe
Lake Kariba is the world's largest artificial lake and reservoir by volume. It lies 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Zambezi river on the Indian Ocean, bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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One of the world's largest artificial lakes, framed by drowned forests.