Waterfalls in Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls, Mutarazi and the Eastern Highlands
91 tours, all at Victoria Falls, typically 60 to 120 EUR. The country's tallest falls, in the Eastern Highlands, have none.
Zimbabwe has several well-known waterfalls and sells tours to one of them. All 91 tours on this site go to Victoria Falls, typically for 60 to 120 EUR, and Victoria Falls shares its water with Zambia. The country's tallest drop, Mutarazi Falls in the Eastern Highlands, is quoted at anything from 480 to 770 m depending on the source and has no tour in the catalogs we read: you drive to it and walk 600 m. This page is the country view of waterfalls in Zimbabwe: which are worth the trip, which you book and which you drive to, what each costs to reach, and when each has water. The detail on Victoria Falls is on its own page, and the numbers here come from the 91 listings read on 22 October 2026 and from public sources for the falls themselves.
Victoria Falls sits on the border with Zambia. We file it under Zimbabwe, the menu lists it under Zambia too, and the page covers both banks, with the choice between them in a paragraph below. For the place itself, with its months, gates and five tour formats, go to the Victoria Falls page. This one is about the rest of the country and about deciding where Zimbabwe fits in your plan. If you only have time for one waterfall, the answer is Victoria Falls, and the rest of this page explains what you give up by not going east.
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Waterfalls Travel Experiences in Zimbabwe
13 to 15 Minute Private Helicopter Flight over Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia Sides
Left and right orbits over the Zimbabwean and Zambian sides of the falls, a short run along the gorges, then Zambezi National Park with a chance to spot game.
15 Minute Helicopter Flight over Victoria Falls, Zimbabwean Side, Park Fees Included
Park fees, fuel levy and hotel transfers within Victoria Falls town are all included, and a booking holds up to three travelers on the Zimbabwean side.
15 Minute Victoria Falls Helicopter Flight in a Bell Long Ranger or Robinson 44, Zimbabwe
Window seats for every guest in a six-seat Bell Long Ranger or three-seat Robinson 44, with return hotel transfers and a view of the bridge and gorge.
25 Minute Victoria Falls Helicopter Flight over the Falls, Batoka Gorge and Zambezi Park
A three-in-one flight over the falls, the Batoka Gorge and Zambezi National Park wildlife, with shared hotel transfers from within Victoria Falls town.
Batoka Sky Helicopter Flights over Victoria Falls from Livingstone, 15 to 30 Minutes
Choose a 15, 22 or 30 minute flight over the falls and Batoka Gorge from the Zambian side of the river, or fly back from a rafting trip on a Gorge Liftout.
Flight of Angels Helicopter Flight over Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park and Victoria Falls
A 15 or 25 minute helicopter flight with transfers from your accommodation, a map briefing at the helipad and a chance to spot wildlife and park flora below.
Flight of Angels Helicopter Ride at Victoria Falls, Window Seats and Park Fees Included
A 15 minute Flight of Angels with a window seat for every passenger, return transfers from your pickup point and the national park fees already paid.
Flight of Angels Helicopter Ride over Victoria Falls, 12 to 13 Minutes, Bubble Windows
Bubble-window helicopter flight from a Zambezi National Park helipad, with hotel pickup in an air-conditioned vehicle and a 7 to 10 minute drive to takeoff.
Half-Day Private Victoria Falls Tour Through Zimbabwe and Zambia with Guide
Hotel pickup and a private guide for about five hours in the rainforests of Zimbabwe and Zambia. Park fees, visas and lunch are extra. Starts from two guests.
Half-Day Victoria Falls Tour from Livingstone with Hotel Pickup and Choice of Departure
Pick a morning or afternoon start for a walking tour of the cascades with hotel pickup, park fees and water included. At least 2 people are needed per booking.
Kazungula Airstrip Helicopter Flight over Victoria Falls, Batoka Gorge and Zambezi Park
Choose a 15 minute scenic or 25 minute game flight from Kazungula, with transfers within Victoria Falls covered and a hostess waiting for you at the helipad.
Livingstone and Victoria Falls 4-Day Budget Camping Tour Across Zambia and Zimbabwe
Three nights in Adventure Village tents, the falls from Zambia and Zimbabwe, a village visit, a game drive and a Zambezi cruise. Breakfast is included.
Livingstone and Victoria Falls Combo, Zambia and Zimbabwe Sides with Museum Visit
Sixteen Zimbabwe viewpoints, a Zambian walk and an hour at the Livingstone Museum, with a shared transfer from lodges on either side. Lunch and park fees extra.
One-Hour Victoria Falls Tour from Livingstone with Boiling Pot and Knife Edge Bridge
A short guided visit with an English-speaking guide to the rainforest, Boiling Pot and Knife Edge Bridge, with a transfer from Livingstone and bottled water.
Private Microlight Flight above Victoria Falls and the Zambezi Gorge, Leaving from Zambia
A private 15 minute microlight flight that departs from the Zambian side, with an air-conditioned vehicle included and a fee for guests staying in Zimbabwe.
Private Two-Hour Victoria Falls Tour of Zambian Viewpoints, Guides in Four Languages
A private guide for up to 10 travelers on the Zambian side, with the Knife-Edge Bridge, bottled water and guiding in German, English, French or Spanish.
Private Victoria Falls Guided Tour with Personal Guide, Snacks and Five Guide Languages
One personal guide for your party and nobody else joining, with snacks, bottled water and guiding in German, English, Italian, French or Spanish available.
Private Victoria Falls Tour of the Zambia and Zimbabwe Sides with Border Assistance
A four-hour private tour of both sides of the falls at your own pace, with private transport and help at the border. Government fees are paid at the entrance.
Private Victoria Falls Tour, Zimbabwe Rainforest Paths and Zambia Knife-Edge Bridge
Private tour with guiding in five languages, covering the Zimbabwe rainforest paths and Zambia's Knife-Edge Bridge. Air-conditioned vehicle and water included.
Six-Hour Victoria Falls Guided Tour Across Zimbabwe and Zambia with Hotel Transfers
Hotel transfers and a guide for six hours across Zimbabwe and Zambia, with the Big Tree baobab and the 1905 Victoria Falls Bridge. Passports and visas needed.
Slow-Paced Private Victoria Falls Day Across Zimbabwe, the Bridge and Zambia
A private guide, no fixed schedule and a hotel lobby pickup. Walk Zimbabwe's rainforest trails, cross the bridge on foot if you like, then see Zambia's falls.
Three-Hour Victoria Falls Guided Tour, Bridge and Zambian Side Viewpoints
A short guided visit with local guides who help with photos: the falls, the bridge and the Zambian side. Guide fees and an air-conditioned vehicle included.
Victoria Falls 13 Minute Helicopter Flight of Angels with Four Orbits and Hotel Transfers
Four circuits, two on each side of the falls, give every seat a view. Hotel pickup, the pilot/guide and VAT are covered, while park and aviation tax are extra.
Victoria Falls 13 Minute Helicopter Tour with Bottled Water, Hotel Pickup and Park Helipad
Hotel pickup, a 7 to 10 minute drive to a helipad inside Zambezi National Park and bottled water included for a 13 minute flight over the falls and gorge.
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Waterfalls in Zimbabwe, side by side
The table lists the five waterfalls we could place with a source. It is short on purpose: Zimbabwe's falls are poorly catalogued, and for two of them we found no height we trust. Where we found nothing, the cell says so.
| Waterfall | Where | Height | How you reach it | Tours here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya) | Zambezi, on the Zambian border | 108 m at the deepest point, 1,708 m wide (UNESCO, Zimparks); 105 m and 1,707 m in the World Waterfall Database | Victoria Falls National Park gate; the tariff changed in February 2026 | 91 |
| Mutarazi (Mtarazi) Falls | Eastern Highlands, above the Honde Valley | 480 to 770 m depending on the source; the World Waterfall Database lists 479 m as unconfirmed | A car park, then a 600 m walk to the escarpment edge; one entrance fee also covers Pungwe Falls | None |
| Pungwe Falls | Nyanga, Pungwe Gorge | 240 m | Viewpoint above the gorge; no access details we could verify | None |
| Nyangombe Falls | Nyanga National Park | No figure found | No access details we could verify | None |
| Bridal Veil Falls | Chimanimani mountains | No figure found | Remote; no access details we could verify | None |
Read the height column with care. Mutarazi is 762 m in the Zimbabwe field guide, 772 m on Wikipedia and 479 m in the World Waterfall Database, which marks its own figure unconfirmed. Until someone measures it, "somewhere between 480 and 770 m" is the honest answer. Even at the low end it is the tallest of the falls listed here.
Why Zimbabwe has two kinds of waterfall
In the west, the Zambezi runs over layered Jurassic basalt and falls into a crack in it. That is Victoria Falls: a big river over a step of about 108 m. In the east the Eastern Highlands run along the Mozambique border and rise to 2,593 m inside Nyanga National Park, where Mount Nyangani is Zimbabwe's highest point. Streams leave the plateau over granite cliffs. Mutarazi falls in two stages into the Honde Valley, and the Pungwe River drops 240 m into its gorge.
The difference matters for planning. A huge river drops a modest height and keeps some flow all year. A small stream drops a very long way and is mostly a rainy-season event, which is why the Zimbabwe field guide gives February to April as the time of the greatest flows at Mutarazi.
The one waterfall with a tour market
The aerial photo shows the falls and, at the bottom, the Victoria Falls Bridge, which opened in September 1905 and carries the border.
No other Zimbabwean waterfall turned up as a tour product in our catalog sweep. That is the practical reason the country page is a Victoria Falls page with an honest paragraph about everything else.
Zimbabwe side or Zambia side, in one paragraph
The two banks give different views, so see both if you have a whole day. The Zimbabwe bank faces the wall of falls; the Zambian bank stands near the top and holds Devil's Pool. If you have half a day, we would take the Zimbabwe side. A whole day needs the KAZA UniVisa where you qualify, which Zambia Tourism lists as valid for 30 days in both countries; check the issuing authority for the fee, then cross the bridge. The both-sides page reads the 18 listings that do it, and the Victoria Falls page sets the two banks side by side.
What waterfall tours in Zimbabwe cost
On price, Zimbabwe sits in the lower middle: typically 60 to 120 EUR, cheaper than Brazil and Costa Rica, in the same band as Canada, Bosnia and Portugal, and dearer than Morocco, which sits under 30 EUR. The chart's bar runs from roughly 30 to 500 EUR, the middle half of the 91 tours, and it hides two things. The low end is not cheap safaris but a wall of guided walks under 30 EUR that exclude the park gate. The top quarter is nearly all safari packages: all 20 of them cost more than 250 EUR, and the dearest is above 1,000 EUR.
Reviews are lopsided too. The 14 helicopter and microlight listings hold 4,254 of the 6,159 reviews, 69%, and one operator, Chikopokopo Helicopters, accounts for 65% of the lot. The 4.86 average is largely a helicopter rating. The walking tours' ratings are on their own pages. Private tours are priced per person here; none of the 31 quotes a group price.
Which waterfall for whom
A first-timer with one day should book Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe side and spend the spare hours on the bridge. A traveler with a car and a spare day in the east can pair Mutarazi with Pungwe Falls, since one entrance fee covers both.
How far apart the waterfalls are
Zimbabwe is not a country you tour for its waterfalls in a week. The two ends are far apart, and nothing on this site links them.
| From | To | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria Falls | Livingstone, Zambia | 9 km |
| Victoria Falls | Harare | 553 km |
| Harare | Mutarazi Falls | 196 km |
| Victoria Falls | Mutarazi Falls | 738 km |
| Mutarazi Falls | Bridal Veil Falls | 146 km |
The picture it gives is plain enough: Victoria Falls and Livingstone are a short transfer apart, while the Eastern Highlands are a separate trip from Harare, 196 km from Mutarazi on the map.
Victoria Falls is a tour. The eastern waterfalls are a drive, a fee and a walk.
Beyond the falls: Hwange and the safari packages
Hwange National Park, shown in the photo, is about 170 km south-east of Victoria Falls by road. It is a safari and not a waterfall, and the packages on this site that combine the falls with Chobe or Hwange sit on their own safari packages page.
There are 20 of them, typically priced above 1,000 EUR, and 85% last more than a day; the median is 4 days and the range 2 to 6. Reviews are thin: 149 across all 20 listings, against 4,254 for the helicopter flights.
When to go
When the eastern falls run
Victoria Falls has no row because the sources we read disagree on its months.
| Month | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutarazi and Nyanga The greatest flows come after the rains, February to April, and the spray turns to mist before it reaches the bottom. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Mutarazi from the Zimbabwe field guide, which gives no flow data for the dry months.
For Victoria Falls, the sources we read disagree on which months are best, so ask the operator about the water on your dates. For the eastern falls, aim for the weeks after the rains; nobody we found publishes flow data for Mutarazi, so for the dry months we do not know.
Questions about waterfalls in Zimbabwe
What are the best waterfalls in Zimbabwe?
Victoria Falls is the only one with a tour market: 91 listings, typically 60 to 120 EUR, 4.86 on 6,159 reviews. For height, Mutarazi Falls in the Eastern Highlands is quoted at 480 to 770 m depending on the source, and Pungwe Falls drops 240 m into its gorge nearby. Plan Victoria Falls as a tour and the eastern falls as a drive.
Is Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe or Zambia?
Both. The Zambezi forms the border and the falls straddle it, with Victoria Falls National Park on the Zimbabwe bank and Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park on the Zambian one. We file the page under Zimbabwe and the menu also lists it under Zambia. A day on both banks needs a border crossing on the bridge and, for many travelers, the KAZA UniVisa.
What is the tallest waterfall in Zimbabwe?
Mutarazi Falls, in the Eastern Highlands, is given as 762 m in the Zimbabwe field guide, 772 m on Wikipedia and 479 m in the World Waterfall Database, which marks its figure unconfirmed. Even at the low end it is the tallest in the country. Victoria Falls is much lower, 108 m at its deepest point according to UNESCO, but 1,708 m wide.
Can you visit Mutarazi Falls on a tour?
Not on this site: no Mutarazi tour turned up in the catalogs we searched. The Zimbabwe field guide describes a car park, a 600 m walk to the escarpment edge and an entrance fee that also covers Pungwe Falls. Check the road and the fee with ZPWMA before you drive.
When is Victoria Falls dry?
It never stops. Wikipedia says that from September to January up to half of the rocky face may become dry, and that in 2019, after unusually low rain, the falls ran at their lowest in a century.
Planning the falls themselves?
The Victoria Falls page sets the two banks, the months and the five tour formats side by side.
Data verified on . Prices and reviews: 91 listings read on 22 Oct 2026. Heights, geology and parks: Wikipedia and the Zimbabwe field guide.