From our island in the salt pan, we drove the shortest route to the Khama Rhino Sanctuary. We took a suggested shortcut over a gravel road following a cattle fence, which was a good option saving us many kilometres. Just on the first part from Kukonje Island south we had a couple of riverbed crossings, …
From Nata, we drove into the Bird Sanctuary at the Sua Pan. We knew, that there is no water at this time of the year and therefor there wouldn’t be many birds, but the entrance fee was not very high and we enjoyed the animals we could spot. After our visit to the bird sanctuary …
From Robins Camp in Hwange NP we took the gravel road to the border with Botswana, where we had the easiest border crossing so far at Pandamatenga. You are not allowed to bring meat into Botswana, but we had nothing with us. We only had to put all our shoes, or most of them, into …
As we need to rely on our camper, it needs a lot of maintenance to provide a 100 percent function. This time I did a change of the air filter which is a very easy task. I do carry always spare because the roads are extremely dusty. Changing filter needs not more than 15 minutes, …
Border:We entered Zimbabwe via the Kariba Dam, which was not only interesting, but a very relaxed border, much better than going directly from Chirundu, as we had heard from other travellers. We left to Botswana at a very small border north of Hwange NP at Pandamatenga, which was the quickest border crossing in all of …
Hwange is not only known for its coal mines, which we had to cross on our way, but especially for the biggest national park in Zimbabwe, as big as half of Belgium. We took the Sinamatella Gate, where we could book the Shumba Pan for camping. We spotted many fascinating birds in Hwange, including the …
We wanted to spend some time at the Zambezi NP, just above the Victoria Falls, using one of the campsites there. But when we were told it would be 100 US$ for the night, for a place at the river with no toilet, no water, no infrastructure at all, we declined and did 2 separate …
We found a great spot at the N1 Hotel, with pool and sushi bar, in walking distance from the Victoria Falls. We visited the falls (50.- US$ pp) and the Lookout Café, the historic Victoria Falls Hotel and the old railway station. It was our second visit to the biggest falls of the world, and …
To get from Mana Pools to Victoria Falls is not so easy. You either have to take a long route on more or less good roads back to Harare, south to Bulawayo and then to Victoria Falls, which would have been 1,130 km, or you can take a shorter route along Lake Kariba of only …
We made it to Mana Pools!! We had heard so much about this park in the north of Zimbabwe directly at the Zambezi River, that we didn’t want to miss it. It was a 2 days drive from Harare to get there. This time we stopped at a lovely campsite north of Lion’s Den on …
