Matobo
Travel Blogs from Matobo, Zimbabwe
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Oct 01, 2011
Rhino poaching
... 300 in Zimbabwe. The poaching is driven by demand from the Far East, basically Chinese medicine. A poacher in Zimbabwe will be paid $1000 for a rhino horn which will sell in China for $1 million. With unemployment running ...
Matobo National Park
We met our tour guide at 9:30 and he then took us to Matobo National Park. Although there are a lot of animals in Matobo, the vegetation is very dense right now because the rainy season has just ended so animals can easily hide and they don't ...
Finding Mr Rhodes
The Matobo NP surrounds the Matopo Hills where Cecil Rhodes is buried. His grave in a solid slab of granite at his 'World View' is ...
On to Zimbabwe
Our entry into Zimbabwe was relatively painless, though a bit time consuming. Canadians are afforded a huge increase in Visa charges - can't remember the exact amount, but something like $65USD compared to the $35USD that the Americans were paying. Our ...
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