Category: Zimbabwe

After settling into the campsite at the Kuimba Shiri bird sanctuary we wandered up to the centre to visit the birds. The whole place was beautiful with lovely gardens surrounding Lake Chivero We met the owners and chatted about the birds and the challenges of keeping the land safe from farm invasions as well as…

Harare had been a city of two halves – the surburbs being full of wide avenues lined with the stunning Flame trees and colonial houses, the city centre being a chaotic scrum of dangerous driving and run down industrial streets. We were congratulating ourselves on escaping after only six days. We were heading west for…

Saddened by the unexpected loss of my diamond we drove quietly towards our campsite for the evening – a dairy farm owned by a lady called Debbie who welcomed overlanders to stay in her home without charging anything. As soon as we arrived she made us feel better. Her warm, smiling face and unquestioning welcome…

We were enjoying the Matopos Hills but the campsite and the roads were very run down so we decided not to hang around too long. The morning after our soggy dinner we started to make our way out and found ourselves crossing a dam over the river The roads were quite difficult and we bumped…

We were pleased to be leaving the noise and mosquitoes of the busy tourist town of Victoria Falls behind us and headed a few hours down the road to Hwange National Park hoping for some peace and quiet. Hwange is one of Zimbabwe´s premium national parks with a reputation for being packed full of animals,…