June 12, 2016… …and so I leave Vic Falls city without bungee jumping at the waterfalls. Guess I’ve just found another good excuse to come back to Zimbabwe after this trip ends. We set out after breakfast from A’Zambezi River Lodge, heading on to Hwange where the largest national game reserve in the country is located, the Hwange National Park. It has a…
June 11, 2016… A day like this boasts so much, especially when you are right here in Vic Falls! There’s so much to look forward to engaging in, and I was up early. At breakfast, I learnt the itinerary was to visit the Elephant rehabilitation centre, before going to the falls. Later, I found out…
June 10, 2016… Got an early morning wake up call, but I still turned up late and missed the Safari walk. So I went for a morning game drive instead with Lisa, Richard, Khomotso and one or two other people, hoping to see some lions. Somehow the lions heard we were coming and decided to…
June 9, 2016… An early wake up call got us out of bed at 06:30 and we made our way to the waterfront. A cruise ship was awaiting us and we got on-board for breakfast on a sunrise cruise on Lake Kariba. Formed by the Kariba Dam which was built between 1956 and 1959, Lake Kariba is…
June 8, 2016. After my morning routine, I joined the rest of the gang that made up Group 1 for breakfast in the restaurant. Soon after, we waited at the lobby for the bus to arrive. We were scheduled to set out at 09:00hrs on the pre-Sanganai tour. Cliques were beginning to form as we waited. I stepped…
So here the story begins… ***** The journey to Zimbabwe started on June 6, 2016. Afro Tourism® was scheduled to attend the 2016 Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo being hosted in the city of Bulawayo from June 16 to 18. Michael Usifo and I were chosen to represent the company. The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), organisers of the event had designed a couple…
The Zimbabwe Diary series was written and initially published on LinkedIn in 2016 following my participation at the Sanganai/Hlanganani Wourld Tourism Expo 2016 on the invitation of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority ZTA. ***** I finally got to visit Zimbabwe, which I have always affectionately referred to among friends as “Mugabe-land.” There has been so much flak from…
