How to get to Victoria Falls.
Most travellers fly into Victoria Falls International Airport in Zimbabwe or Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport in Livingstone, Zambia, usually connecting through Johannesburg. Which airport suits you depends on your hotel, onward safari routing and how many border crossings you want in the itinerary.
Most travellers fly into Victoria Falls International Airport in Zimbabwe or Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport in Livingstone, Zambia, usually connecting through Johannesburg. Which airport suits you depends on your hotel, onward safari routing and how many border crossings you want in the itinerary.
Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA), Zimbabwe
The busiest gateway for the destination, a short drive from Victoria Falls town and the rainforest entrance. It carries regional connections from Johannesburg, Cape Town, Nairobi, Windhoek and Harare, plus light-aircraft links to Hwange, Kariba and Botswana.
Choose VFA if your stay is Zimbabwe-based, if you want to walk to the Falls or if you are adding Hwange or Chobe by road.
Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI), Livingstone
Livingstone's airport serves the Zambian side and suits guests staying on the upstream Zambezi, at Falls-adjacent Zambian resorts or on a Zambia-led safari route into Kafue or the Lower Zambezi.
Connecting through Johannesburg or Cape Town
Johannesburg is the most common connection point from Europe, the Americas and Asia, with several daily options to Victoria Falls. If you are combining Cape Town or Kruger with the Falls, Wanderer sequences the flights so that transfer times, luggage rules and park arrival cut-offs all work together.
Transfers, road routes and border crossings
Private transfers are arranged for every arrival and departure, including cross-border movements between Victoria Falls town and Livingstone. Road access to Chobe in Botswana runs through the Kazungula crossing and Hwange is reached by road or light aircraft.
Border processing times vary daily and cannot be guaranteed. We build realistic buffers into transfer schedules rather than optimistic ones.
Where to go next
Conditions, fees, immigration rules and operator licensing change. Wanderer re-verifies the current position with the operator or official source before your itinerary is confirmed.
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