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Zimbabwe International Carnival 2013

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The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority hosted the Zimbabwe International Carnival that was supposed to run from the May 21-26 2013 but ended up being Harare's biggest ever street procession. For a first time event I think the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) was rather rash in organising what was supposed to be one of Zimbabwe's mega-events hosted to increase tourism arrivals to the "World of Wonders." Coordination of the many proposed events that were supposed to make the carnival week fell apart towards the dates of the Carnival resulting in so many advertised participants not attending. This development left ZTA with no choice but to ride on existing Harare activities resulting in a landslide decrease in the number of attends. Events such as the Mbira Night were hosted at the Book Cafe, which is a considerably small venue hosting less that 200 people comfortably. Reggae night was moved to Red Fox Hotel, one venue that has asserted itself strongly in the reggae ...

Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls Safari Lodge makes Conde Nast Gold List 2013

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Victoria Falls Safari Lodge in Zimbabwe has been listed among the worlds 510 most beautiful hotels scoring an impressive 92.5 out of 100 total score on the Conde Nast Gold List 2013 The rating is derived from the assessment of rooms (90.2); service (90.2); food (92.7); location (97.6); design (92;7) and finally activities (91.4).  Every entry is rigorously tested and screened by about 47 000 Conde Nast Traveler readers who produce an independent final selection of the very best by participating in their annual Readers' Choice Survey.  "The GOLD LIST is a representation of  real quality no matter how far flung." - Conde Nast Traveler.     Victoria Falls Safari Lodge is home to the famous Boma Restaurant that serves Zimbabwean cuisine accompanied by traditional dancing and drumming. The Makuwa-kuwa Restaurant, which faces a waterhole in the unfenced Zambezi National Park is one the best to have breakfast while sighting animals such as elephants, kudu,...