FLY DRIVE GOLF SAFARI - 12 NIGHTS/13 DAYS

BULAWAYO, MATOBO, GREAT ZIMBABWE, EASTERN HIGHLANDS
& CHAMPIONSHIP COURSES IN HARARE

Depart London on overnight flight to Zimbabwe.
Day   1:  Arrive Harare early morning and connect with 50 min flight to Bulawayo. Met by our representative, welcomed and handed hire car. Check in for 3 nights to the Nesbitt Castle (5*) or theChurchill Hotel (3*) and relax prior to your first round of golf in the afternoon at Bulawayo Country Club; a championship course in a pleasant country setting approx 5 miles from the city centre.
Day   2: 

AM: Tee off at Bulawayo Golf Club, the oldest golf course in Zimbabwe founded in 1985; a championship course, fairly flat & well wooded. PM: At leisure or sightseeing, e.g. Chipangali wildlife Orphanage, Natural History or Railway Museum.

 
Nesbitt Castle
Day   3:  Drive into the Matobo Hills National Park and maybe picnic by Maleme Dam. You will see dramatic countryside, ancient rock paintings and the final resting place of Cecil John Rhodes at the 'View of the World'. The park is also a haven to a variety of wildlife including leopard and the rare white rhino.
Day   4: 

Head for Masvingo today stopping off en route at Greta Park Golf Club in Mashava; a little 9-holer set in the shadow of the surrounding hills featuring elevated tees and greens and an abundance of water hazards.
PM: Drive to Masvingo for 2 nights at the Lodge of the Ancient City (5*) or the Great Zimbabwe Hotel (3*) situated close to the famous ruins.

 
Churchill Hotel
Day   5: 

Full day to explore the ruined city including the Hill Complex, the Great Enclosure and the on-site museum (guided tours available). Take a drive over the dam wall around Lake Mutirikwe and explore Kyle National Park.

 

Great Zimbabwe Hotel
Day   6: 

Head east today driving over the famous Birchenough Bridge, via Chimanimani National Park to Mutare. Take the road up the mountain and spend the next 4 nights at Leopard Rock Hotel (5*) or the Inn on the Vumba (3*), a charming country inn with breathtaking views.

 
Day   7: 

Tee off today at nearby Leopard Rock Country Club; a superbly challenging & exquisitely beautiful championship golf course with spectacular view across the Burma Valley to Mozambique.

 
Day   8:  Day at leisure or sightseeing/golf in Nyanga. Places of interest include the Connemara Lakes, 'Worlds View' near Troutbeck Sun Hotel & Golf Club, the Nyangombe, Mtarazi & Pungwe Falls and Honde Valley.
Day   9: 

Another round of golf at Leopard Rock Country Club. PM: At leisure.

 
Inn on the Vumba
Day  10: 

Tee off at Hillside Club, a friendly club in an attractive parkland setting amid the foothills of Mutare. drive back to Harare during the afternoon and check in for 3 nights at Imba Matombo Luxury Lodge (5*) in the leafy suburbs or Wild geese Lodge (5*) in open country, or Meikles Hotel (5*) in the city centre, or Cresta Lodge (3/4*) on the outskirts of the city.

 
Day  11: 

Tee off at Chapman Golf Club, a long gently undulating course with a number of testing water hazards.

 
Day  12: 

Tee off at Royal Harare Golf Club; a beautifully manicured, well wooded, parkland course with an abundance of birdlife and the occasional grazing deer. (Royal Harare & Chapman alternately co-host the Zimbabwe Open.)

 
Cresta Lodge
Day  13:  Day at leisure or a final round at Borrowdale Brook, the newest of Harare's courses, designed by Nick Price. Return hire car at the airport prior to checking in with the evening departure flight to London, arriving early next morning.

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