Zimbabwe Safaris

Most of our Zimbabwean based canoeing safaris are of a semi-participatory nature where guides prepare meals and guests assist in setting up camps while all provisions on water based safaris are carried in your canoes. River Horse Safaris also operates a Mana shoreline safari out of a static camp situated in Mana main camp offering a range of activities to choose from.

As a shared water course between Zimbabwe and Zambia we use both National Parks to the North (Lower Zambezi) and to the South (Mana Pools) so as to enjoy the best of what the river has to offer. All our safaris as led by professional canoe guides whilst offering a superb, quiet way of approaching wildlife along this magnificent water course.

Each of these canoeing safaris presents the incredible diversity of scenery and wildlife on this unique African river for an experience which should be remembered long after it is over.

Mana Island Trail

Duration:

4 Days / 3 Nights

Area:

Chirundu to Mana Pools

Activities:

Canoeing, Game Drive

This river experience primarily in the Mana Pools National Park offers the best value for the time spent on the river in terms of both scenery and amazing wildlife.

Mana Canoe Combo

Duration:

5 Days / 4 Nights

Area:

Chirundu to Mana Pools

Activities:

Canoeing, Game Drive / Walks

This combo trip runs through the same area as the Island Trail but ensures we spend additional time on the ground in Mana Pools area, exploring the various water holes and back roads in the park on the final day of the safari.

Mana Trio

Duration:

4 Days / 3 Nights

Area:

Mana Pools

Activities:

Canoeing, Game Drive / Walks

These trips start and finish in Mana Pools. This safari operates out of a static fly camp in Mana Main Camp where 3 activities Mana is most well known for are conducted. These being Day one - canoeing along the Mana shore line targeting the multitude of channels off main stream, Day two - game drives, Day three - walks. The order of these activities may be changed to suite weather conditions or game sightings in the area.

We had a totally terrific time - real once-in-a-lifetime stuff.

Alison Nichol-Smith
This trip provides the unbeatable joy of getting right into nature coupled with happy exhaustion to get you to sleep at night.

Andrew Smith
An absolute gem of a holiday - if you're looking for something completely different, relaxing but exhilarating, with a really up close experience of wildlife and Africa outdoors, I couldn't recommend it highly enough.

Jenna McCowan
A superb trip, full of wildlife and wilderness adventure. And, almost as scary, a classroom full of 6 year olds.

Zambezi Canoeing by Richard Maxey
The unhindered exposure to the Zambezi River and its wildlife made this an excellent trip. The guides made an otherwise impossible trip possible.

Melinda Wieneke

Zimbabwe Safaris

Zambia Safaris

Zimbabwe Safaris

River Horse Safaris