Kariba Town.

Perched above the shores of Lake Kariba — the world's largest reservoir by volume — Kariba Town is Zimbabwe's original lakeside retreat, built alongside the dam that tamed the Zambezi in the 1950s. Houseboats drift past elephant and buffalo that come down to drink at the water's edge, while anglers cast for the legendary tiger fish that give the lake its sporting reputation. Sundowner cruises beneath the Kariba Dam wall and game viewing along the Matusadona shoreline make it a relaxed, waterborne counterpoint to Zimbabwe's bush safaris.