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KoMpisi Cultural Village

Explore the world | Arts and Culture | Zimbabwe

Guests are able to gain an insight into Zimbabwean rural life. This enables visitors to understand the cultural aspect of this life style and allows them to interact with different cultures, often for the first time. This is a good experience for children.

KoMpisi Cultural Village is a well-known attraction for tourists who want to have a feel of rural life, sleep in huts whose floors are surfaced with cow dung, work in the fields and eat traditional food. It was founded by Jaheliduna Ndlovu – more popularly known as Mpisi – who established KoMpisi Cultural Village at his homestead outside Victoria Falls. According to him, there are clients who come for meet-the-people tours or village tours as they want to see the way of life, food, livestock and sleep in traditional huts. Some book to eat traditional meals while others enjoy staying in the traditional huts to experience rural village life rather than staying in hotels.

If you would like more information on visiting KoMpisi Cultural Village, please call Zimbabwe Tourism Authority at +263 779 212 289 or email info@ztazim.co.zw

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