Botswana, South Africa & Zimbabwe Luxury Family Vacation Review: Victoria Falls, Safari, 2-Week Trip

Entering Zimbabwe was an extremely long and inefficient process. It took two hours of standing in line under blazing sun, with our double entry visa already stamped and all the documents in hand, to get back into Zimbabwe across the Botswana border (and the airport experience upon flying into Victoria Falls was only minimally better). There was a line of about 50 tourists and one passport control clerk entering everyone’s information by hand. No computers! If I were to do this again, I would minimize the number of times crossing the border to enter Zimbabwe. And we would have rushed off the plane in Victoria Falls to get to the front of the line as soon as possible. We probably lost a total of four hours, with our three kids in tow, dealing with Zimbabwe bureaucracy (this was not our experience in Botswana, or South Africa at all, things were smooth and efficient there). Having said that, Victoria Falls is a must visit destination, and we wouldn’t have wanted to miss it.