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I like it to learn something about the culture of a country by reading books of its authors, to visit cultural museums or galleries or to attend performances.In Victoria Falls we saw a very good performance of spectacular Makeshi dances with intriguing masks. Every mask represented a specific character.
In Zimbabwe are a lot of museums and reconstructed villages to visit, to taste and learn something of about the rich history and local customs of the countrySo we visited the Karanga village in Great Zimbabwe and Falls Craft Village in Victoria Falls. In Great Zimbabwe we visited also the museum.
I didn't visit a country, if I didn't meet its people.Our stay in the village Rukweza was very special, to see the daily life in the village. The people were very friendly. When I left my camera at a stone in the centre of the village, children brought it back to the house were we slept that night.But everywhere, in towns, in parks, at markets, along the road I met very friendly people.
Our first attention during our visit to Zimbabwe went to the wildlife and elephants, but everywhere we walked, we saw also a lot of beautiful flora, like flowering trees. I don't know much about the flora at the African continent, so I bought a guide the last week to learn more.The aloe plants all around Great Zimbabwe looked very special.
This was the most impressive baobab we saw during our trip to Zimbabwe, Malawi and Botswana.So we stopped the bus and everybody went out to make the same picture of this wonderful tree.Baobabs live for a long time, often for millennia. They grow fast for the first 270 years and then slow down. Trees with a circumference of over 30 M can be 4000 years old.
The baobabs are the most intriguing trees in Africa for me. I like their forms with their thick trunks and roots-like branches.There are a lot of myths about the baobabs.One story tells how the creator, angry with the baobab, pulled it out and flung it back in the earth headfirst. The baobab is one of the great symbols of Africa. When I see baobabs I'm back in Africa.
If you like to go to the mountains it is nice to visit the Eastern Highlands with heights between the 1200 and 1500 MThe Chimanimani NP in the southern part of the eastern Highlands near the border with Mozambique has peaks of more than 2.000 M and is a paradise for hiking. You can make a day trip or even 5 days wilderness treks.
One of the things you have to do, when you are in Zimbabwe, is visiting the National Parks.Some are good for game viewing like the Hwange NP and parts of the Matobo National NP.Others are worth to visit because of the natural beauty of the landscape, like Chimanimani NP for the mountains and Victoria Falls NP for the falls.
Final destination of our Namibia-Botswana crossing: the majestic view of the Victoria Falls. Elicopter trip over the landscape and afternoon thea in the Victoria Hotel, the preferred of Queen Elisabeth.Exciting rafting in the river Zambesi with 21 terrific rapids and most of them 5° degree. Try the rapid Three hugly sisters and the mother and never you'll forget it!
Chizarira Park, as empty as can be. No a soul for 50miles here. We did have a hard time finding WILDLIFE here. That will changelater. It was a great hike.Those are Weaver Birds Nest there. Being able to track & hike through the BUSH.Never know what will POP-OUT at you!Chizarira Park 10/1999
Ilala Lodge Victoria Falls
3 Reviews and 176 Opinions The hotel is really super, with very friendly staff. We are shown to room no. 26 on the same level...
Holiday Inn Harare Harare
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Holiday Inn Bulawayo (Milnerton Avenue ) Bulawayo
1 Review and 14 Opinions service was allright rooms are very basic, clean but a little used the restaurant was a posivtive...
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Q: What would you recommend for this forthcoming trip? I aim to spend a clubbing and fun period between Harare (28 to 30 Dec) and...
A: I haven't been to Harare but I have by accident ("The Blue Train" derailed there) stayed overnight in Bulawayo. It isn't a place I would go back to. As for the Victoria...
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