Airlines currently flying into Victoria Falls are fastjet, Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, British Airways (operated by Comair, operating from South Africa), Airlink, Air Zimbabwe and Mack Air, as well as charter airlines, while Emirates has resumed flights to Harare.

The Lufthansa Group’s new leisure airline, Eurowings Discover, will start flying to Victoria Falls from 30 March 2022, increasing its Frankfurt-Windhoek flights to a daily service, with a Windhoek-Victoria Falls-Windhoek flight three times a week.

On 30 June 2022, fastjet is due to introduce four flights a week between Victoria Falls and Maun, gateway to Botswana’s Okavango Delta (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sunday).

Fastjet has announced the introduction of direct flights from Victoria Falls, to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport in Nelspruit (South Africa), from 16 March 2022. This service will commence with three flights a week until July 2022 when it will increase to a daily service.

Some updates regarding entry into Zimbabwe (Specifically Victoria Falls) in relation to Covid-19 protocols:

•    All passengers arriving at the Victoria Falls Airport must present a negative PCR COVID-19 Clearance Certificate obtained within 48 hours before departure from their home country. If officials believe a traveller to be symptomatic, they may be required to undergo a further PCR test on arrival, regardless of the negative certificate.

•    All passengers are required to complete a COVID-19 contact-tracing document on arrival.

•    An Airport Official will take passengers' temperatures. Anyone recording a temperature equal to or higher than 38°C will be tested for COVID-19. If a traveller tests positive, they will then need to go into local isolation for ten days. Isolation is at the traveller's own expense. After quarantine, travellers will need to be retested before they are permitted to travel home or on to their next destination.

•    Travellers who arrive from or transit through India on their way to Zimbabwe will be required to quarantine for 10 days at their own expense

•    Travellers are to adhere to WHO COVID-19 standard practices at all times, such as maintaining social distancing, wearing a mask and practising personal hygiene.

•    PCR tests are available at all International Airports, at the Lancet Laboratory and the Health Bridge Clinic in Victoria Falls. The PCR Test is US$60 cash per person on weekdays and $70 per person on weekends, payable direct to the Laboratory. Results take between 2 to 3 hours; however, we strongly suggest that travellers allow 24 hours and get tested the day before departure.

•    Should a guest test positive, they are required to go into an isolation centre for ten days. Travellers will be retested after five days. Isolation will be at the traveller's expense. They can isolate at a Government facility, or if the property they are staying at has an isolation room, they can opt to stay there.

•    Most Hotels/ Lodges will make the reservation for COVID Testing at the Laboratory.  They will then transfer guests to the lab for testing and wait to transfer them back to their hotel in Victoria Falls Town. Once the test results are available, Wild Horizons will collect the results and deliver them to the guests at their hotels.

•    Please note that testing times are subject to availability. Activities and touring will be scheduled to accommodate testing times.

Important Operational Changes in Zimbabwe:

 Airports:

Departing guests must show their negative PCR test upon entering the airport, and they are not permitted to enter without this.

 Land borders:
 Zimbabwean Land Borders remain partially closed (i.e restrictions on International travellers).

Travellers flying into Zimbabwe can overnight for up to 30 days before a road transfer or a flight out of the country.
Travellers arriving in Zimbabwe by road cannot overnight in the country. They have to be in transit and produce a printed version of their departure flight for the same day.
Travellers can fly into Zimbabwe from Kasane or Livingstone and overnight for up to 30 days.

Zimbabwe opened Harare and Victoria Falls Airports to International visitors on 1 October.

Please Note:

All travellers will be required to present a PCR COVID-19 clearance certificate issued by a recognised facility within 48 hours of departure for Zimbabwe.

 All travellers will undergo health screening and temperature testing.

  Social distancing, hand sanitisation and the wearing of masks are mandatory.

At present the land borders remain closed, although are expected to open on 01 December.

We have the following information (although the flight schedules are subject to change):

International Flights to Victoria Falls
•    Ethiopian Airlines – Addis Ababa to Victoria Falls via Ndola on Wednesdays and Saturdays
•    Kenya Airways – Nairobi to Victoria Falls return on Mondays and Thursdays – effective from the 14th of December.

Domestic Flights to Victoria Falls
•    Air Zimbabwe – Harare to Victoria Falls return every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
•    FastJet – Harare to Victoria Falls return every Thursday and Sunday
•    FastJet –Harare to Bulawayo return every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
 
International Flights to Harare
•    Emirates – Dubai to Harare return twice a week
•    Ethiopian Airlines – Addis to Harare return daily
•    Airlink – Johannesburg to Harare return daily
•    Airlink – return flights between Johannesburg and Bulawayo on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays

•    All passengers are required to complete a COVID-19 contact-tracing document on arrival.
•    All passengers are required to present a negative PCR COVID-19 Clearance Certificate obtained within 48 hours before departure, in line with WHO Guidelines. If officials believe a traveller to be symptomatic, they may be required to undergo a further PCR test on arrival, regardless of the negative certificate. Symptoms include, but are not limited to, a fever and a dry cough.

•    An Airport Official will take passengers’ temperatures. Anyone recording a temperature equal to or higher than 38°C will be tested for COVID-19.

•    Travellers that test positive will then be required to go into local isolation for 10 days if they have no symptoms, or 13 days if they are symptomatic. Isolation is at the traveller's own expense.

•    After quarantine, travellers will need to be retested before they are permitted to travel home or on to their next destination.

•    Travellers are to adhere to WHO COVID-19 standard practices at all times, such as maintaining social distancing, wearing a mask and practicing personal hygiene.