The Honde Valley extends from the eastern border of Zimbabwe into Mozambique. The valley is part of the Eastern Highlands. The valley is about 130 kilometres (81 miles) from Mutare, or 110 kilometres (68 miles) from Nyanga. The Nyanga Mountains and the Nyanga National Park form the western boundary of the valley.

Approaching from Mutare, the turn-off is about 50 km along the road towards Nyanga. The road into the valley is tarred and twists and turns steeply as it drops 800 meters in about 20 km. Off the tarred road, there are good dust roads which service most parts of the Valley.

The climate of Honde Valley falls is mostly temperate. From late October to around the end of April it is summer, the weather is hot and humid. Temperatures may rise to 28 ˚C when most of the rainfall is received. From May to the beginning of July, the winter season, the temperatures are Low and they may hover around minimums of 2 ˚C while From September to October during spring, it is hot with maximum temperatures averaging around 25 to 30 ˚C. Most of the rain experienced is convective. Orographic rain falls at various times of the year, in addition to the normal convective rain. This area of the country receives some of the highest rainfall in Zimbabwe due to its location in Region 1 of the country's 5 regions. Region 1 receives the largest amount of rain. As the area is in the highlands, winters tend to be cold but overall, the region has a pleasant climate.

The average altitude of Honde Valley is around 900 m above sea-level compared to its immediate surroundings which rise above 1800 m. This abrupt drop in topography creates the spectacular Mtarazi and adjacent Muchururu Falls.

The 500 square kilometres of the Honde Valley in Zimbabwe are extensively cultivated, often with gravity fed irrigation channels. Extensive use is made of the many smaller tributaries feeding into the Pungwe River in this portion of the Honde Valley.

The Honde Valley is one of the premier birding destinations in Zimbabwe, offers a wide range of species difficult to find in most other parts of the region, other than in neighbouring Mozambique. This fertile valley lies 850 m above sea level and is one of the major tea producing areas of Zimbabwe.

Specials: Anchieta's tchagra, moustached grass-warbler, red-winged warbler, black-winged bishop, red-faced crimsonwing, lesser seedcracker, singing cisticola, twinspot indigobird which parasitizes the red-throated twinspot, scarce swift, pallid honeyguide, green-backed woodpecker, stripe-cheeked greenbul, yellow-streaked greenbul, silvery-cheeked hornbill, white-eared barbet, pale batis, black-throated wattle-eye, variable sunbird, bronzy sunbird, olive sunbird, yellow-bellied waxbill, grey waxbill, blue-spotted wood-dove, black-fronted bush-shrike.

Habitats: Lowland and riverine forest, marsh, miombo woodland, tea estate, maize lands.