Area:
390,757
km²
Population:
11,700,000
(1997)
Capital:
Harare
Languages:
English,
Fanagalo, Bantu Languages
Religions:
Christian
55%, Traditional beliefs
Currency:
1 Zimbabwe
dollar = 100 cents
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Zimbabwe is our favorite country for safaris. They train
the best professional guides and offer the most adventure in their
walking safaris.
Trip 2000 Safari
August
24 Arrive from Kenya
- Johannesburg
August
25 Johannesburg /Victoria
Falls - Kariba
August
26 Kariba - Mana Pools
August
27-29 Mana Pools -- Canoe Safari
August
30 Mana Pools - Matusadona Park
August
31 Matusadona Park
September
1 Matusadona - Victoria Falls
September
2-3 Victoria Falls
September
4 Victoria Falls - South
Africa
Trip 2001 Overland Truck
- Guerba
August
18 Arrive from London ,
Victoria Falls
August
19 Victoria Falls
August
20 Drive to Hwange National Park
August
21 Hwange Nat'l Park: watch elephant, lions,
rhinos, buffalo, giraffe, antelope
August
22 Drive to Bulawayo, a colonial town
August
23 Visit Matopos Hills: strange granite rock
formations and bushman rock paintings. Nearby is a large
white rhino population
August
24 Drive to Great Zimbabwe ruins (13th century)
Best archaelogical site south of Sahara.
August
25 Enter the Eastern Highlands, camp at Chimanimani,
a name which refers to the narrow gap where the Msapa
river flows through the range between Zimbabwe and Mozambique
August
26 Chimanimani National Park: forests, waterfalls,
pools, large baboon, eland, duiker, klipspringer, and
water buck populations.
August
27 Leave Zimbabwe at Mutare.
Enter Mozambique .
Safari
October
19 - 21 Sefofane charter from Vic Falls to Hwange
National Park. Three nights on safari in the Little
Makalolo Tented Camp
October
22 - 24 Another Sefofane charter, this time from
Hwange to the Mana Pools. Three nights canoeing with
James Varden, who is the best guide in Zimbabwe (as
we learned on the last year's trip).
October
25 Catch flight to Senegal .
Trip 2003 Safari with brother,
Kjell
August
24-28 Mana Pools, Canoe and Walking Safari
August
29-September 3 Tracking Rhino and Lion in Matusadona
September
4-5 Harare
Camping along
the Zambezi Alone
September
6-13 Mana Pools - camping solo
September
14 Hitch our way to Lusaka
