Article and images – Cath Conradie After years of covetously watching over-landers on YouTube, in November 2022 we suddenly found ourselves between jobs and with a couple of weeks spare to do some travelling of our own. It was the perfect chance to show our children, aged 8, 6 and 2, around our beautiful country […]
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Article and Images Eryn Taylor-Freeme “I have been bewitched by it.”- Colin Saunders in his book, ‘Gonarezhou’. The low whir of a hesitant zip causes a momentarily lull in the gentle chirp and coo of nature’s alarm. Percolated coffee bubbles atop the dying embers of last night’s fire. The sun yawns in a distorted yellow
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Article and Images by Shannon Wilson Yellow flip flops, an orange comb, a blue comb, a photograph of marmite and bovril are framed and colourful woven baskets decorate the bar. On arrival, Simba offers me a blended cool fruit juice, its brightness contrasting with the iridescent blue pool outside. Having opened on 1st August 2018,
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Article compiled by RIFA Committee and Management Team Rifa Conservation Education Camp (RCEC) commenced in 1982 and has been providing Conservation Education at its current location since 1988. In 1987, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority allocated RCEC a permanent home, approximately 4km upstream of Chirundu town, which is situated on the western boundary of
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Article by Bryony Rheam Images by Andre van Rooyen, Adam Herscovitz, Veronique Attala It would be wrong to describe the My Beautiful Home competition as a celebration of traditional Ndebele hut decoration for there is little that is traditional about it. When the AmaNdebele arrived in the area now known as Matabeleland in 1840, they
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Article and Images by Debbie Swales Having left Harare at 7am, we embarked on a journey that would be good for the mind, body and soul. It would take us through parts of Zimbabwe so rarely seen and shamefully, some had never ever seen before. Our first port of call, just two hours South of
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HI All It is common practice worldwide for those in the travel industry to be invited, by the hospitality sector, to go on a joint “Familiarisation”trip (“Famil”) staying over in a variety of destinations during the green / off season. Bayete Lodge in Vic Falls organised one such tripthis week starting immediately after the completion
Hi All Thoughts of a trip to Nyanga have always brought back images of cooler weather and of sitting around a blazing fireplace with the sound of pine cones crackling in the background. Those of you that have travelled to our wonderful Eastern Highlands will know, all too well, how many cottages are located up
By Nerine Worsley Photography by Kelly Landrey Misty mornings and sunny days with views of continual mountains… nestled in the Vumba region of the eastern highlands in Zimbabwe lies this gem. Pristine mountain forest fills the property and provides a relaxing environment to explore the surroundings or sit back and relax, taking in the views
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By Lydia Smith Having only lived in Zimbabwe for two years Kariba didn’t conjure up the same excitement as it does for my Zimbabwean husband. A man-made lake with a lot of stumps and some game didn’t really excite me as much as the wild Zambezi or the wondrous wildlife sanc- tuaries in the Savé
