Lake Kariba

Northern Zimbabwe / Zambia border · Zimbabwe

Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe
Photo: ISS Expedition 4 Crew, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to October for dry weather and shoreline game
Budget
$$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

One of the world's largest artificial lakes by volume, created by damming the Zambezi, with drowned forests where skeletal trees rise from the water against fiery sunsets. Houseboat safaris are the classic way to experience it, drifting past elephants and buffalo grazing the shoreline.

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