Seventy-six hectares of gardens and a further 150 of forest reserve, a few kilometres from the hotel. The estate tour's proceeds go to the gardens.
On the hotel's northern boundary: indigenous montane forest with samango monkeys, blue duiker and the birds the Bvumba is known for.
The birding cottages and forest walks of the Vumba, with local guides who know the robins, trogons and Swynnerton's robin by call.
Cakes and coffee served with theatre, on the road to Mutare. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
A nursery, gardens and horse riding on the Vumba road, a few minutes from the hotel gate. Riding is booked directly with HIVU.
The high points of the range at 1,911 metres, and the classic viewpoint over the Burma Valley into Mozambique.
The Courtaulds' 1951 house and botanical garden at Penhalonga, a National Trust property. The gardens are open daily to visitors; the roses and orchids peak in late September and October.
Natural history, ethnography and the region's transport collection, in the town centre.
On the edge of town, with a viewing hide at the dam in the late afternoon.
The view over the city and the Kingsley Fairbridge memorial, where the royal party stopped on 8 July 1953.
The war memorial above Mutare, and a short walk for the view.
Mozambique begins twenty minutes from the hotel; Chimoio is a morning's drive.
| Place | Distance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nyanga and Mutarazi Falls | 100 km | Zimbabwe's highest mountains and its highest waterfall; a day trip or an overnight. |
| Beira, Mozambique | 300 km | The coast, through Forbes Border. |
| Great Zimbabwe | 350 km | The stone city; a night away. |
| Matobo Hills | 330 km | Rock art, rhino and the granite domes. |
| Mana Pools | 640 km | The Zambezi floodplain. |
| Kariba | 650 km | The lake. |
| Hwange | 590 km | The elephant country. |
| Victoria Falls | 1,031 km | Air Zimbabwe's Mutare flights continue to the Falls. |
