Zimbabwe Travel Blogs

Getting Out of Harare, a Bit
Mar 8, 2006 (19 photos)

... more field trip to Rusape, another community Kufunda is working with, before spending some time in the mountains of eastern Zimbabwe. I'm looking forward to all the mushrooms and fruit. I've been learning to shake the waosho while Divha beats the mbira ...

A Magic Bus Ride
Feb 9, 2006

... 5 men on the bus. I was packing very light compared to everyone else. They were all trying to get goods to family in Zimbabwe, where times are tougher due to the devaluing of the Zimbabwean dollar. Every seat was full and some were stacked with bags, and ...

An Update from Kufunda
Feb 16, 2006 (4 photos)

... some raw mustard greens or blackjack. As I mentioned, Kufunda is sharing its wealth and knowledge with various other communities around Zimbabwe. They're all dealing with the same issues - AIDS, orphans and school fees, transition to permaculture, and ...

More from Kufunda
Feb 22, 2006 (11 photos)

I forgot to mention the giant rocks that dot the landscape around here. Its like Elephant Rocks but more spread out for miles and miles. It's solid granite - a boulder climber's paradise. Check the photos. I haven't been able to climb a big one yet. ...

Earthquake ina Zimbabwe
Feb 25, 2006 (10 photos)

On Wednesday night (Thursday morning), I felt my first earthquake. I was up reading later than usual - about 12:30 a.m. - and everything started shaking. It was enough to make the cieling timbers creak. I went outside when I realized what was happening ...

Drifting down the Zambezi
Dec 7, 2004 (18 photos)

... that the guides considered worth keeping for their dinner. Matopo National Park near Harare... C... Another suprise from Zimbabwe was Antelope park, a beautiful campsite in an even lovelier setting, slightly lacking in antelopes. The star ...

"You're going to Zimbabwe? Why??"
Oct 31, 2006

... golden eggs by repossessing or redistributing the land in any dramatic way. So in the twenty years that followed independence, Zimbabwe was relatively stable, prosperous and developing at a steady pace. In the last few years, Mugabe's decision making ...

The Eastern Highlands
Mar 11, 2006 (16 photos)

Finally, some more mountains after four weeks of flatland. And they are incredible. We left Harare on Thursday morning and made a stop in Rusape, where Kufunda is working with a group of women to facilitate their self-facilitation. These women are strong ...

It's So Hard To Say Goodbye
Mar 14, 2006

Kufunda took in me in with open arms, and I became a part of the community. I haven't lived in community that many times before, but it has never felt so good to be one of the villagers. It has also never hurt so bad to move on. They almost convinced me ...

Rocks and rhinos
Nov 2, 2006 (9 photos)

... in Zimbabwe, his perspective on what went wrong, and his pessimistic view of the near future. Prior to about five years ago, Zimbabwe was a relatively prosperous country, and Benson made a great living as a guide. Tourism is now down to only 15% of what ...

Overlanding and big water rafting
Nov 6, 2006 (5 photos)

... about going but seemed to have a great time despite falling out of the raft twice! Anyway, tomorrow morning we are departing Zimbabwe and heading off to Botswana. She Said: After traveling for four months with just the two of us, we have sort of ...

Ostrich Burgers, lion walks and funny money
Apr 18, 2006 (4 photos)

... . Took advantage of the full English on the menu, very nice sausage by the way, before taking a minibus to the border with Zimbabwe. Good views back to Vic Falls for the tall bridge crossing the Lower Zambezi. I also got to look down over the drop ...

Big Brother Bob is Watching
May 31, 2005

They seemed to come out of nowhere as they approached us; three plain-clothed agents of the Zimbabwe Criminal Investigation Department, flashing their IDs, asking after our business, our passports, with hard, accusing looks. One took me aside and demanded ...

Elephant safaris and a case of cabin fever
Apr 19, 2006 (9 photos)

... and looked very professional for something that took them about 30 minutes. In the afternoon I went to see the falls from the Zimbabwe side. You can only actually see about a quarter of the falls from the Zambia side and in the summer they totally dry ...

Saturday Night in the Sunshine City
May 29, 2005

... ________ and I get talking about religion. They say you should never talk politics or religion in polite conversation, but in Zimbabwe neither topic is in short supply of pundits. ________ says I'm testing her faith, and I'm hard-pressed to disagree. ...

Zimsham flimflam
Oct 16, 2006 (6 photos)

... prosperous country run into the ground by a so-called democratically elected president then you need look no further than Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe. It's said that Zimbabweans have the highest IQ: I queue for bread, I queue for petrol, I queue for jobs. ...

Lions, Elephants and Vic Falls!
Jan 15, 2008

... view of the gorge and Zambezi to Zimbabwe immigration which we flew through.  With the current economic conditions in Zimbabwe, there were quite a few locals crossing back and forth just to get the essentials...which were sometimes carried on their ...

No i do not want to change my money no i do ...
Jul 14, 2002 (3 photos)

No I do not want to change my money, No I do not want to buy a carving, No I do not want to buy a stone thing and NO you cannot have my hat!! Hi everyone, In Old' Vic Falls town!! The people here do hassle a fair bit, but they are really ...

War Vets and Yorkshire Pudding
May 30, 2005

... fought in the war. Whatever their age or distinction, war vets have been responsible for destroying much of Zimbabwe's agricultural and economic infrastructure. Shortages of basic foodstuffs and other commodities are a direct result of their actions, ...

Zimbabwe: Welcome to the World of Mugabe
Aug 15, 2007 (1 photos)

... for its life. It is a government that seems determined to avoid responsibility for a sinking ship they are captaining. Zimbabwe is a country filled with rich and poor, educated and uneducated, vast potential and wasted talent, and hope and despair. ...

Beautiful Victoria Falls
Nov 13, 2005 (9 photos)

... ...we had been travelling since 4.30am....we were exhausted. Next day we were all up around 5am as we continued towards the Zimbabwe border, we crossed the border after a few hours...they were extremely strict and we had to fill out customs forms and ...

My old home - my school in the valley
Dec 24, 2006

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Heading North to the Honde
Dec 24, 2006

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Driving in Harare - road closed
Dec 24, 2006

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The Land That Coke Forgot
May 28, 2005 (9 photos)

... deceptively simple. In an attempt to shore up his power, Robert Mugabe, president since independence, diverted blame for Zimbabwe's economic decline by scapegoating foreigners, Western states, white farmers, and even homosexuals. Finally, in the late ...

Transport Troubles
Aug 16, 2007

Danayi and her family had planned a trip to Lake Kariba in northern Zimbabwe, and it was time for me to get to Victoria Falls. Since I was a small child, there were three images that consistently danced through my head when I though of Africa. One was ...

The smoke that thunders
Sep 24, 2003 (3 photos)

... while everything else is under the water. The meal was really nice - although our first taste of the realities of life in Zimbabwe, where there is a shortage of basic foodstuffs. So our meal of mushroom soup, chicken and fruit salad didn't seem very ...

Millionaires
Feb 9, 2008 (13 photos)

... Then, after two nights in Chobe, we took a short hour drive across the border from Botswana into Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls is a small tourist town which thrives on the tourist industry created by Vic Falls, one of the seven natural ...

Pretoria to Harare to Lusaka
Nov 30, 2006 (3 photos)

... left the country at 18:30 - or so I thought.  Three hours later and we were finally through the Beitbridge border into Zimbabwe.  We picked up two passengers just after the border.  They paid cash.  I was told the bus had no license to ...

Mosi-oa-Tunya - The Smoke That That Thunders
Aug 17, 2007 (44 photos)

Once again, when faced with incredible sites and sights of nature, I feel at a loss for words to describe the beauty and awe they instill in me. Instead, feel free to browse the photos and oh so cheesy movies from Victoria Falls or by the traditional ...