Tough question! The Gonarezhou National Park is part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park that links Gonarezhou with Kruger National Park in South Africa and the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique.

All my sources inform me that solo travel to this area is very rare but hey - that has never stopped us before. :)

I think your best bet would be to get hold of the folks who could give you all the info such as the Zimbabwe Dept of National Parks and Wildlife Management

Good luck!

Unfortunately that is a tough question as the situation can change on a daily basis for better or worse.

If your trip is only traveling through Vic Falls (as opposed to the rest of Zimbabwe), personally I would go. Vic Falls is quite isolated, is solely based around tourism and I have never heard of any problems there during previous elections or ‘troubles’ so far.

However, a couple of things to consider…
- Your travel insurance coverage will depend on current Foreign Office warnings so if the F/O insist that you should not travel to Zim, you may find you no longer have insurance cover.
- You may not receive a refund from your tour operator should you cancel.
- Should the tour operator cancel the trip you should receive a refund but they are more likely to divert the trip than cancel, (so you would still take part in all your activities but from Livingstone, Zambia as opposed to Vic Falls).

Firstly, I would contact your tour operator directly and discuss the alternatives they will have already organised - Plan B if you like. Once you have all the options you will be better placed to decide if you would still like to go.

Happy trails!