At the end of July Botswana always celebrates Presidents day, which gives us two public holidays and a nice long weekend. This year we decided to make use of this, and of all the flyer miles J2 had collected from flying to Maun for nearly 3 years......
We had a lovely 4 days in Zimbabwe, and finally got to see a little more of the country than just Vic Falls. The sad thing is that there are hardly any tourists there, due to all the bad press etc in relation to the political situation. Our assessment of the situation: EVERYONE IS MISSING OUT, Zimbabwe is really nice and very friendly to tourists.
We first went from Harare, where we arrived, about 3 hours east into the mountains. The landscape was really beautiful. We stayed in a place called.......(see picture)
Our lodge was called "Inn on Ruparara", and was at a really scenic spot with great views of the surrounding areas.
As an example: this was the view from our room / cabin.
There was also a very nice little bar called "Trevor's wine room"
And it was still winter, with VERY cold nights. Luckoly the lodge had some roaring fires going at nighttime and even hot water bottles in bed.
Here is a picture of some of the chalets at the lodge.
Of course we did some exploring in the area, and someone was really excited (to get out of the plane and car)
The next morning we joined a very experienced guide for a nice morning bush walk on the nearby gamefarm.
This is the Ruparara hill, which the lodge got it's name from.
The afternoon we did a gamedrive, on which we saw eland, giraffe, kudu, zebra, wildebeest, impala, etc. The gamedrive finished with sundowners...
And after the game drive warming up in front of the fire.
I don't have many pictures on Harare, where we spent the following two days, but we had a really nice time eating and drinking at some nice places, realxing and exploring the city. The above sign was at a small sanctuary.
J1
We first went from Harare, where we arrived, about 3 hours east into the mountains. The landscape was really beautiful. We stayed in a place called.......(see picture)
Our lodge was called "Inn on Ruparara", and was at a really scenic spot with great views of the surrounding areas.
As an example: this was the view from our room / cabin.
There was also a very nice little bar called "Trevor's wine room"
And it was still winter, with VERY cold nights. Luckoly the lodge had some roaring fires going at nighttime and even hot water bottles in bed.
Here is a picture of some of the chalets at the lodge.
Of course we did some exploring in the area, and someone was really excited (to get out of the plane and car)
The next morning we joined a very experienced guide for a nice morning bush walk on the nearby gamefarm.
This is the Ruparara hill, which the lodge got it's name from.
The afternoon we did a gamedrive, on which we saw eland, giraffe, kudu, zebra, wildebeest, impala, etc. The gamedrive finished with sundowners...
And after the game drive warming up in front of the fire.
I don't have many pictures on Harare, where we spent the following two days, but we had a really nice time eating and drinking at some nice places, realxing and exploring the city. The above sign was at a small sanctuary.
