In the Elephant Walk Shopping and Artist’s Village, this delightful little café churns out fresh, simple and positively tasty dishes for breakfast and lunch and also makes some of the best coffee you’ll taste in Victoria Falls – it’s actually grown in Zimbabwe. Look for the restaurant at the very back of the atrium, beyond the vendors selling Shona sculpture. The ambiance is super- casual – you order from the counter, and then the food is served at metal patio style tables in the courtyard surrounded by shops, which makes for some great people watching (and also gives you a chance to think about how much you need another colorful woven wire bowl or bar of African made soap).

The menu is quite varied, and changes with the seasons but always focuses on using organic, local ingredients when possible — most of the vegetable ingredients, for instance, are plucked daily from the garden behind the restaurant. Best of all, everything tastes delicious. Besides a range of breakfast entrees and pastries, the Africa Café does a mix of salads and sandwiches at lunch with many dishes inspired by traditional Zimbabwean fare but given an international twist – warthog ciabatta anyone? For the less adventurous there are buffalo burgers, toasted cheese sandwiches, vegetarian dishes and a few larger plates like the delicious grilled Zambezi bream fish.