Bvumba Mountains
The Bvumba Mountains or Vumba Mountains are located in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, about 10 km southeast of Mutare.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]It is easier to have your own vehicle to reach the various short hikes.
Shared taxis from Mutare can drop you anywhere up to the Leopard Rock hotel (US$5, 30-45 min).
You can hitchhike on the way back.
Get around
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Map of Bvumba Mountains
By car
[edit]By boat
[edit]By public transit
[edit]See and do
[edit]- 1 Castle Baecon / Mvumba Heights. Main summit in the area. 30-min hike from the Police Training Center building on a very steep staircase dug in the mountain.
- 2 Vumba Botanical Gardens. Beautiful gardens with streams and ponds. If you walk from Leopard Rock Hotel, there is a direct shortcut at the 3 junction with the main road. US$10 for internationals.
- 4 Chinamata Falls.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Tony's Coffee Shop, 24 km Bvumba road, ☏ +263 712 349 356, tony@zol.co.zw. Cake lovers paradise.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]Lodging
[edit]- 1 Leopard Rock Hotel, ☏ +263 08677100700. 4-star hotel with a golf and a castle uphill. You can enter on the grounds for free. Deluxe King $US130-180, Presidential Suite $US350-500, breakfast included.
Camping
[edit]- 2 Hivu Nursery Cottages and Camping, 27km Peg, Main Road.