Victoria Falls, March 18, 2018 - Judith Sibanda - A Victoria Falls police officer almost chocked to death on Thursday afternoon when he tried to swallow a $10 note after he was allegedly caught soliciting for bribes from motorists at a roadblock.
The drama happened when the police officer only identified as Constable Mabiwa was allegedly approached by one of his bosses at a roadblock in the Masuwe area.
“Chief Superintendent Commanding Fairbridge, Masiya who was in the resort town to carry out routine anti-corruption work arrived at the roadblock unexpectedly and asked to see Constable Mabiwa’s declaration book together with money paid by motorists as fines,” said Nonceba Dube who witnessed the incident.
“As Masiya was going through the book and counting the money, he noticed that the money for fines was over by $5. He questioned Mabiwa about the anomaly but the Constable insisted that his boss had failed to count the money properly. As Masiya was talking to other two police officers who were at the roadblock, Mabiwa snatched the money from his boss and ran into the bush.”
Dube said other police officers tried to give chase but failed to catch up prompting them to fire warning shots. “As he was running, he tried to swallow the money but unfortunately, it choked him and he collapsed,” Dube said. “Officers had to punch him hard on the chest until he spit the money and regained consciousness," she said. Mabiwa was handcuffed and taken to Victoria Falls police station.
A video of the embarrassed police officer taking a few punches from his colleagues in a bid to induce vomiting of the exhibit also went viral on social media.
Zimbabwe Republic Police deputy officer commanding Victoria Falls Chief Superintendent Dominic Sibanda confirmed the incident, but said investigations were still to be done. “I cannot give much information as of now because details are still sketchy and it seems there is lot of corruption that has been taking place and it was not him only who was involved,” he said. “We will give you full details maybe on Monday.”
Meanwhile, another Victoria Falls police officer was arrested on Wednesday as he tried to smuggle second hand clothes from Zambia. Police said the police officer only identified as Constable Chinyuku was on arrested on the Zambian side of the border in the afternoon.
“He had crossed to Zambia (Livingstone) the same afternoon and at around 2PM he came back in the company of Beauty Lungu, Violet Matau and Cleopatra Ncube who are also in custody charged with smuggling,” Sibanda said.
“Chinyuku dropped the three ladies, all from Hwange before driving towards the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority security check point and they found him in possession of two containers of second hand clothes, two packets of onions and potatoes, four boxes of biscuits and jiggies.”
Source: Cornered Cop Collapses While Trying To Swallow Bribe Money (18/03/16)
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Saturday, 19 March 2016
Aggressive Curio Vending Riles Vic' Falls Council
Victoria Falls, March 11, 2016 – COUNCIL has accused vendors selling curios in the resort town of harassing tourists and stealing from the visitors, a practice the local authority says is a threat to the tourism industry. Victoria Falls has dozens of vendors who sell artefacts such as curios to foreign tourists on the streets especially in the central business district.
The competition on the streets has forced the vendors to be aggressive in their marketing but Victoria Falls town clerk Christopher Dube said some of the vendors were now over doing it. “We are having a big problem with curio vendors along the Ephant’s Walk and around the town centre,” Dube told RadioVOP. “Tourists come to report almost every day saying they are being harassed by these people. “The vendors follow the tourists in large numbers and they make a visitor’s stay end up not worth it.”
Dube said tourism police, a group of residents meant to protect tourists in the resort town, had failed to deal with the vendors’ menace. He said it was likely that the marauding vendors were also involved in criminal activities targeting the police. “Tourism police are not doing anything and it ends up our duty to protect these tourists and that gives us more job yet they are paid for free,” Dube complained. “We suspect they (police) are also the ones who steal from our tourists because, they are dotted all over the town. They are also found at the rainforest but you find different tourists per day coming to report stolen goods or complaining about harassment.”
Anne Valley, an American tourist said she had a nightmarish experience at the hands of the curio vendors. “This is so wrong,” Valley said. “There is no point of visiting if this is how people of Zimbabwe live. I came alone because I wanted to have a peaceful holiday but I am being harassed on the streets. “The traders are so irritating and abusive, I doubt it can make me want to visit again.”
Hotel Association of Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls chapter chairman John Gwese blamed the police for the lawlessness. “The initiative (tourism police) was introduced to safeguard and add comfort to our tourists but at the end, many reports come to us saying visitors are harassed on the streets,” he said. “As hotels, we contribute some money to pay the hired police but due to unending complaints, we ended up surrendering them to the local police and they are the ones who give them their salaries on our behalf together with allocation of shifts among other duties.” Zimbabwe Republic Police’s officer commanding Victoria Falls Superintendent Jairos Chiwona said they were aware of complaints against the traders and tourism police.
“This has become a big problem in town,” he said. “We have arrested quite a lot of people on allegations of victimising and stealing from our tourists. These vendors have become a nuisance in town and they never stop harassing our visitors. They do all sorts of embarrassing things just to get money from them.” He said tourism police were not doing their job to protect tourists properly.
“Tourism police are not doing their jobs as well because many tourism have stopped contributing to the salary and as a result they no longer perform their job so well or report for duty daily,” Chiwona said. The tourism police are drawn from the local community to protect visitors from criminals but the initiative has been crumbling because the over 20 members of the voluntary force say they are not being remunerated properly. Council wants curio dealers to operate from designated areas that are safer and licensed but a number of vendors refuse to comply arguing that is no business at such places and prefer to approach tourists directly.
Source: Aggressive Curio Vending Riles Vic' Falls Council (11/03/16)
The competition on the streets has forced the vendors to be aggressive in their marketing but Victoria Falls town clerk Christopher Dube said some of the vendors were now over doing it. “We are having a big problem with curio vendors along the Ephant’s Walk and around the town centre,” Dube told RadioVOP. “Tourists come to report almost every day saying they are being harassed by these people. “The vendors follow the tourists in large numbers and they make a visitor’s stay end up not worth it.”
Dube said tourism police, a group of residents meant to protect tourists in the resort town, had failed to deal with the vendors’ menace. He said it was likely that the marauding vendors were also involved in criminal activities targeting the police. “Tourism police are not doing anything and it ends up our duty to protect these tourists and that gives us more job yet they are paid for free,” Dube complained. “We suspect they (police) are also the ones who steal from our tourists because, they are dotted all over the town. They are also found at the rainforest but you find different tourists per day coming to report stolen goods or complaining about harassment.”
Anne Valley, an American tourist said she had a nightmarish experience at the hands of the curio vendors. “This is so wrong,” Valley said. “There is no point of visiting if this is how people of Zimbabwe live. I came alone because I wanted to have a peaceful holiday but I am being harassed on the streets. “The traders are so irritating and abusive, I doubt it can make me want to visit again.”
Hotel Association of Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls chapter chairman John Gwese blamed the police for the lawlessness. “The initiative (tourism police) was introduced to safeguard and add comfort to our tourists but at the end, many reports come to us saying visitors are harassed on the streets,” he said. “As hotels, we contribute some money to pay the hired police but due to unending complaints, we ended up surrendering them to the local police and they are the ones who give them their salaries on our behalf together with allocation of shifts among other duties.” Zimbabwe Republic Police’s officer commanding Victoria Falls Superintendent Jairos Chiwona said they were aware of complaints against the traders and tourism police.
“This has become a big problem in town,” he said. “We have arrested quite a lot of people on allegations of victimising and stealing from our tourists. These vendors have become a nuisance in town and they never stop harassing our visitors. They do all sorts of embarrassing things just to get money from them.” He said tourism police were not doing their job to protect tourists properly.
“Tourism police are not doing their jobs as well because many tourism have stopped contributing to the salary and as a result they no longer perform their job so well or report for duty daily,” Chiwona said. The tourism police are drawn from the local community to protect visitors from criminals but the initiative has been crumbling because the over 20 members of the voluntary force say they are not being remunerated properly. Council wants curio dealers to operate from designated areas that are safer and licensed but a number of vendors refuse to comply arguing that is no business at such places and prefer to approach tourists directly.
Source: Aggressive Curio Vending Riles Vic' Falls Council (11/03/16)
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
At least 8 elephants dead from consuming plastic from dump - Victoria Falls
Eight elephants have died so far this year from eating too much plastic waste at the Victoria Falls dumpsite, according to Environment Africa.
THE Victoria Falls receives over one million visitors each year, but the large quantity of waste left behind is beginning to kill the wildlife they come to see.
Eight elephants have died so far this year from eating too much plastic waste at the Victoria Falls dumpsite, according to Environment Africa, a local environment charity organisation.
Worried that the open dump could lead to more deaths, Environment Africa are now leading a campaign to raise $50 000 to help build a solar-powered fence around the site.
“The fence will surround the dumpsite and will not be harmful to the animals,” said Charlene Hewit, chief executive Environment Africa, by email.
“The electric fence will give them a shock.” It is not known how much distance the fence will cover.
But an electric fence of this nature will likely run on a potential energy of 5 000 volts, using heavy aluminium wire, says Trevor Shumbamhini, an electronics engineer.
It can work on two fronts, he says, — a solar-powered fence energiser with in-built battery, or one with a separate external battery, depending on circumstances. Both can supply power for extended periods when the sun is not shining. The energiser is an electric device that controls the amount of electrical shock sent through the fence from the power source, in this case, the battery.
With that much energy, the electric fence is built not so much as to harm the animal but to send a little warning shock.
Shocked once, the animal begins to recognise the danger around a specific area to avoid a second dance.
By using solar, Environment Africa have circumvented Zimbabwe’s existing sharp power shortages. But there is still one more problem of which to be wary.
“One of the issues with the fence that has to be taken care of is that people do not come and steel the wire and use that for snares for poaching,” warned Mrs Hewit.
“We have linked up with the Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (VAPU), who are going to assist with the anti-poaching around the area and protection of the fence.”
Waste nightmare
Like much of urban Zimbabwe, the Victoria Falls has experienced rapid development and population growth.
Its population has risen three-fold in the past two decades to 33 000 in 2012, according to Government data.
And again like everyone else, the town has struggled to manage the 3 300 tonnes of solid waste generated each year by its residents, businesses and the millions of tourists that flock to see the world famous waterfall, Victoria Falls, and to see the abundant wildlife. Across Zimbabwe, towns and cities produce over 614 000 tonnes of solid waste annually, a quarter of it plastic, says the Environmental Management Agency.
Only 52 percent of the waste is ever collected and properly disposed by municipalities. The rest is either burnt, buried underground or dumped anywhere. In Victoria Falls, the dumping congregates at an open vast space on the edge of town. And with its diversity of waste — food left overs, metal cans, plastic packaging etc — the dump has become an animal’s paradise, conservationists say.
Food comes easy at this garbage rendezvous, like manna from heaven. Several animal species — from baboons to elephants — forage there.
“There are resident elephants who have been patrolling around Victoria Falls for some time now,” said Mrs Hewit.
“They find it easier to come and eat at the dumpsite. They come during the evenings mostly.”
The Victoria Falls municipality has dismissed the claims as false.
“We are not aware of elephants that have died in the Victoria Falls from eating plastic from the town’s dumpsite,” charged Lot Syatimbula, the town’s director for housing and community services, by telephone.
“Does an elephant eat plastic at all? Where exactly did these deaths occur, when? Victoria Falls is a small town we would know even when one elephant dies. Some of these non-governmental organisation tend to be sensational.”
Death within days
It is not easy to put down a 6-tonne adult elephant, but plastic does that within days if consumed to excess, according to veterinary experts.
From fruit to tree leaves to tree bark, the elephant diet is diverse — and so is the strength of its digestive system — but plastic isn’t just an option, they say.
“I have yet to actually do a post-mortem on any of the elephants . . . but if the plastic consumed is very huge, death could occur within a few days, possibly a week,” explained Dr Chris Foggin, a veterinary surgeon with the Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust.
“If it is accumulation of large numbers of small pieces of plastic that somehow got together to make a big piece of obstruction in the intestines, it (death) could take months.”
Caroline Washaya Moyo, spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority, did not respond to questions emailed to her.
There are more than 80 000 elephants in Zimbabwe — one of the world’s biggest herd— with over 50 percent of the endangered animal concentrated in the Hwange-Victoria Falls area, authorities say.
As Environment Africa presses on with its electric fence plan, with a website to mobilise funding already running, the Victoria Falls municipality has also begun to look at better ways of managing its waste.
According to Mr Syatimbula, the town is finalising tenders for the construction of an 8-cell landfill.
The mandatory Environmental Impact Assessments — evaluations of a project’s potential ecological impact — have been completed, he said.
Dumpsites are open areas where waste is disposed randomly, but the landfill is designed and monitored with care. With the landfill, the ground is usually opened up on a huge area and filled up with trash.
But until this happens, the Victoria Falls, one of the world’s seven natural wonders, will likely run the risk of killing its own.
Source: Electric fence for Vic Falls dumpsite. . . 8 elephants dead from consuming plastics (14/03/16)
THE Victoria Falls receives over one million visitors each year, but the large quantity of waste left behind is beginning to kill the wildlife they come to see.
Eight elephants have died so far this year from eating too much plastic waste at the Victoria Falls dumpsite, according to Environment Africa, a local environment charity organisation.
Worried that the open dump could lead to more deaths, Environment Africa are now leading a campaign to raise $50 000 to help build a solar-powered fence around the site.
“The fence will surround the dumpsite and will not be harmful to the animals,” said Charlene Hewit, chief executive Environment Africa, by email.
“The electric fence will give them a shock.” It is not known how much distance the fence will cover.
But an electric fence of this nature will likely run on a potential energy of 5 000 volts, using heavy aluminium wire, says Trevor Shumbamhini, an electronics engineer.
It can work on two fronts, he says, — a solar-powered fence energiser with in-built battery, or one with a separate external battery, depending on circumstances. Both can supply power for extended periods when the sun is not shining. The energiser is an electric device that controls the amount of electrical shock sent through the fence from the power source, in this case, the battery.
With that much energy, the electric fence is built not so much as to harm the animal but to send a little warning shock.
Shocked once, the animal begins to recognise the danger around a specific area to avoid a second dance.
By using solar, Environment Africa have circumvented Zimbabwe’s existing sharp power shortages. But there is still one more problem of which to be wary.
“One of the issues with the fence that has to be taken care of is that people do not come and steel the wire and use that for snares for poaching,” warned Mrs Hewit.
“We have linked up with the Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (VAPU), who are going to assist with the anti-poaching around the area and protection of the fence.”
Waste nightmare
Like much of urban Zimbabwe, the Victoria Falls has experienced rapid development and population growth.
Its population has risen three-fold in the past two decades to 33 000 in 2012, according to Government data.
And again like everyone else, the town has struggled to manage the 3 300 tonnes of solid waste generated each year by its residents, businesses and the millions of tourists that flock to see the world famous waterfall, Victoria Falls, and to see the abundant wildlife. Across Zimbabwe, towns and cities produce over 614 000 tonnes of solid waste annually, a quarter of it plastic, says the Environmental Management Agency.
Only 52 percent of the waste is ever collected and properly disposed by municipalities. The rest is either burnt, buried underground or dumped anywhere. In Victoria Falls, the dumping congregates at an open vast space on the edge of town. And with its diversity of waste — food left overs, metal cans, plastic packaging etc — the dump has become an animal’s paradise, conservationists say.
Food comes easy at this garbage rendezvous, like manna from heaven. Several animal species — from baboons to elephants — forage there.
“There are resident elephants who have been patrolling around Victoria Falls for some time now,” said Mrs Hewit.
“They find it easier to come and eat at the dumpsite. They come during the evenings mostly.”
The Victoria Falls municipality has dismissed the claims as false.
“We are not aware of elephants that have died in the Victoria Falls from eating plastic from the town’s dumpsite,” charged Lot Syatimbula, the town’s director for housing and community services, by telephone.
“Does an elephant eat plastic at all? Where exactly did these deaths occur, when? Victoria Falls is a small town we would know even when one elephant dies. Some of these non-governmental organisation tend to be sensational.”
Death within days
It is not easy to put down a 6-tonne adult elephant, but plastic does that within days if consumed to excess, according to veterinary experts.
From fruit to tree leaves to tree bark, the elephant diet is diverse — and so is the strength of its digestive system — but plastic isn’t just an option, they say.
“I have yet to actually do a post-mortem on any of the elephants . . . but if the plastic consumed is very huge, death could occur within a few days, possibly a week,” explained Dr Chris Foggin, a veterinary surgeon with the Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust.
“If it is accumulation of large numbers of small pieces of plastic that somehow got together to make a big piece of obstruction in the intestines, it (death) could take months.”
Caroline Washaya Moyo, spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority, did not respond to questions emailed to her.
There are more than 80 000 elephants in Zimbabwe — one of the world’s biggest herd— with over 50 percent of the endangered animal concentrated in the Hwange-Victoria Falls area, authorities say.
As Environment Africa presses on with its electric fence plan, with a website to mobilise funding already running, the Victoria Falls municipality has also begun to look at better ways of managing its waste.
According to Mr Syatimbula, the town is finalising tenders for the construction of an 8-cell landfill.
The mandatory Environmental Impact Assessments — evaluations of a project’s potential ecological impact — have been completed, he said.
Dumpsites are open areas where waste is disposed randomly, but the landfill is designed and monitored with care. With the landfill, the ground is usually opened up on a huge area and filled up with trash.
But until this happens, the Victoria Falls, one of the world’s seven natural wonders, will likely run the risk of killing its own.
Source: Electric fence for Vic Falls dumpsite. . . 8 elephants dead from consuming plastics (14/03/16)
Monday, 14 March 2016
6 elephants die from eating plastic bags in Vic Falls
(14th March 2016)
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe – At least 6 elephants have died in the last 18 months in Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls National Park after swallowing plastic bags found on a dump site, a local conservationist says.
Trevor Lane of the Bhejane Trust, which operates in Victoria Falls and Hwange National Park, said elephants frequently forage in the municipal dump at Victoria Falls. The animals eat "highly-scented" plastic bags (like bread bags) and then (hopefully) pass them out when they defecate.
"The whole park is littered with plastic [from elephant dung]," Lane told News24.
But not every plastic-eating elephant survives. The six known to have died in the last year to 18 months "ingested too much plastic. It actually killed them", he said.
"It must be a terribly agonising death," he added.
Lane is one of the brains behind the Victoria Falls Elefence project. Fundraisers hope to raise US$50 000 to build a solar-powered electric fence round the municipal dump to keep the elephants out.
A video has been uploaded to YouTube by the Elefence community showing the mountains of plastic at the dump and the elephants that forage there.
The Victoria Falls Wildlife Fund, which is part of the project, said in a post to Facebook last week, "Wildlife are often found eating out of the dump site and this has led to illness and death in different species including elephant."
Baboons scavenge in Victoria Falls municipal dump too but they are "far too clever" to swallow plastic, Lane said. "They just pick away at the rubbish," he said.
Source: 6 elephants die from eating plastic bags in Vic Falls (11/03/16)
Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit Snares Ivory Dealers and over 300 Poachers
Anti-poaching teams in Victoria Falls have had a bumper year in the field, having captured three prominent ivory dealers and more than 300 poachers in 2015.
The Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (VFAPU), founded by conservationist Charles Brightman and hospitality group Africa Albida Tourism’s flagship property Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, were responsible for the busts.
The unit, which employs 17 scouts, works closely with National Parks and Wildlife Management and the Zimbabwe Republic Police to conserve Zimbabwe’s valuable wildlife resources.
The ivory dealers, all Victoria Falls residents, were caught in January last year with nearly 10kg of elephant tusks during undercover operations, and each was sentenced to nine years in prison.
“VFAPU assists and funds a number of these types of operations each year, said Charles Brightman, VFAPU head of operations. “We helped in several cases where poachers were arrested for possession of cyanide, weapons and tusks.
“Recently a pangolin was rescued from two men attempting to sell it, and VFAPU assisted in this success,” Mr Brightman said.
Of the more than 300 poachers caught by VFAPU last year, 12 were mammal poachers, with the illegal bush meat trade – which results in 3.5 million tons of wildlife being consumed in central and southern Africa each year – an area of great concern, he said.
Four warthogs, three impala, two baboons, a zebra, a buffalo and a kudu were found poached within VFAPU’s operational area, a 50km radius of Victoria Falls.
“In one incident, VFAPU scouts located a poached buffalo which had been butchered in the Chamabonda area and were then able to track the spoor to a house in one of the Victoria Falls suburbs,” he said.
“A trap was set and two men were apprehended with fresh meat from the buffalo. They were recently sentenced to six months in jail.
Fortunately, VFAPU scouts were able to save three kudu and a warthog injured in poachers’ snares by darting, treating and releasing them back to the wild. Since VFAPU began operating in 1999, 183 mammals have been saved from a slow, painful death in this manner.
In addition, four people were caught selling game meat without correct permits, he said.
So far, VFAPU has removed more than 22,000 wire snares from its operational area, including 181 last year.
VFAPU scouts also put their tracking skills to use to locate five thieves who were tormenting Victoria Falls town residents. They were charged with housebreaking offences, and later sentenced.
Three fish poachers, as well as 14 people who illegally entered National Park’s land, were also apprehended by VFAPU last year.
“VFAPU’s successes wouldn’t be possible without joining forces with government authorities and working together, as well as public support – every donation, no matter how small helps,” Mr Brightman said. “I urge everyone to support anti-poaching efforts in any way can and wherever they can.”
Africa Albida Tourism chief executive Ross Kennedy said the contribution that VFAPU made to Victoria Falls community, tourism industry and surrounding area was immeasurable.
“No one should take for granted the dedication and commitment, hard work and passion displayed 365 days a year by Charles and the scouts,” said Kennedy.
VFAPU needs more, and regular, funding commitments from the Victoria Falls tourism industry,” he continued. “And, indeed, all who care for our wildlife and conservation, as VFAPU’s work and success is a beacon of positive change.”
Source: Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit Snares Ivory Dealers and over 300 Poachers (10/03/16)
Innscor proposes to dispose of Shearwater
Innscor, one of Zimbabwe’s largest conglomerates, recently disposed of its Spar Retail franchise to improve focus on its core businesses.It has also proposed to sell-off its SPAR Zambia franchise and Shearwater, its tourism unit with operations in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana.
Innscor Africa Limited registered a 23 percent increase in profits to $15,9 million in the six months to December 31, 2015 up from $12,9 recorded in the comparable period.
The company attributed the significant increase in profits to volume growth, efficient cost of sales and operating cost management.
Chairman Addington Chinake said revenue went up by two percent to $300,615 million, while operating profit surged by eight percent to $27,437 million over the comparative period.
“The group’s results were characterised by growth in volumes in all light manufacturing businesses, which however, were partially offset by the reduction in the average revenues per unit as the group made a decision to reduce prices to assist the customer in the difficult economic environment,” he said.
Innscor’s profit before tax grew by 18 percent in the period under review to $20,580 million and attributable profit grew by 65 percent to $9,651 million.
The group’s headline earnings per share (HEPS) on continuing operations grew 62 percent over the comparative period from 1,12 cents to 1,81 cents.
Chinake noted that Innscor’s capital expenditure on all businesses was reduced from $17,411 million in the 2014 financial year to $16,394 million during the period under review.
“Net borrowings have increased by $13,049 million to support capital expenditure, working capital investment in strategic inventory and the acquisition of Transerv resulting in net gearing of 17,21 percent,” he said.
The company, which recently unbundled and subsequently listed its quick service restaurant business, is also working on unbundling TV Sales & Home and Transerv.
Innscor declare an interim dividend of 0,30 cents.
Source: Innscor proposes to dispose of Shearwater (11/03/16)
Friday, 11 March 2016
Steam Train Trips Are Back in Victoria Falls
Taking off from the Victoria Falls Station in Zimbabwe, the Bushtracks Express has brought back the elegant and exciting trip to the Victoria Falls Bridge by Steam Train. The trips were launched on March 1st of this year and are run on a regular schedule every Tuesday and Friday.
The train's journey starts off at the station in the late afternoon, and makes its way into the Victoria Falls Park, where one might spot some game (depending on the season). From there, guests are taken to the Victoria Falls Bridge where they can disembark for some sight-seeing, or stay in the air-conditioned train and enjoy the drinks and the view. The variety of canapés and beverages are provided by the Victoria Falls Hotel, along with premium beverages which are not included on the ticket, but can be purchased on the train.
After sunset, the train slowly makes its way back through the park to the Victoria Falls Station.
"The train offers discerning guests the ultimate pre-dinner experience going back in time to the age of Steam train travel" - Bushtracks Africa
Bushtracks Africa also offer dinner runs from the Zambian side of the border, in the Royal Livingstone Express.
Source: Steam Train Trips Are Back in Victoria Falls (08/03/16)
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