Rhodes Matopos National Park Things to Do

In this park you can see incredible rock formations and the grave of Cecil Rhodes. It's worth a visit.

It's located outside of Bulawayo. You can ride in their with your own car or do a tour with a local company.

More information and photos you can find on my travelogue A visit to the grave of Cecil Rhodes.

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We finally found the Rhino's again!
This time though he was accompanied by his wife and baby!
These Rhino were white Rhino which are the most common, white Rhino are in general friendly animals - black rhino are aggresive and so you would never be able to walk with them!

Rhino dont have the best eyesight and it took them ages to spot us, we were ever so quiet and kneeled down in the grass watching them for ages......such a magnificent experience.

Finally just when in the African rain we had all given up any hope of spotting a rhino - who walks along the side the road??!!

Amazing. He soon moved on leaving us with just a glimpse of him and even more determination to find him again!

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The walk we took through the national park was an easy and interesting walk.
We enjoyed marvelling at the scenery and looking for wildlife!

The walk was relativley flat, I remember there being one steep section but it wasnt difficult.

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Maopos National Park offers some superb scenery and brilliant landscapes.
Our first stop for the day was here at this lake, we stretched our legs and jumped out of the jeep, enjoying a nice little walk by the lake spotting Hippo - of which there were numerous bobbing up and down in the Lake!

There are two crocodiles in this lake! Difficult to spot in the picture, but I know they are there, cause I wrote it in my diary. The first time we saw crocs irl and not in a zoo, though we had seen alligators in Everglades before :-)

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I don't know whether these rhinos are black or white. In fact, there is no color difference. We were told that the name white origins from wide, that the difference between the two kinds of rhinos basically is the width of their mouths!

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Drifters, the company we were travelling with, use local experts as guides in all the national parks on the tour. This time we went with an open jeep with 16 passanger seats and one seat on the hood :-)

I strongly advise everyone to go with a local tour operator. You learn and see so much more than if you go alone. Our guide was very knowledgeable, both about animals and plants, and not least important: about safety!

It is difficult to find websites for local gude companies, seems like the best idea is to go through one of the bigger operators. Linked below is the "Safari" page of the "Destination Zimbabwe" website.