Lodges in Harare

... hours ahead of California but nobody seemed bothered by jet lag. The Putterills split the five of us between two very cool little lodges.  Steep thatched roofs set atop a cute little one bedroom, one bath stone building.  They have six of these ...

... resort style camp than we've seen before, little thatched open air buildings dotted the riverside, the park separated by a bridge to the elusive lodges on the other side. We were taken on a tour of the park, on our way to see the activities video – ...

... minutes further into the bush, you come across a rocky plateau.  If you cross this, you find a set of beautiful colonial style lodges, a restaurant and a natural swimming pool.  For $15 a night you can upgrade to a 5* room, and sit by the pool ...

... rafting the Zambezi was the most extreme adrenalin sport in Zimbabwe, it was nothing when compared to negotiating a path through Harare's now defunct traffic lights. Kwetu was obviously having some emotional issues too, as he slipped his power steering ...

... (Zim's second largest city and I’m told a pop.  of around 1 million) looks really interesting and so different from Harare. Different cultural group (the Ndebele v the Shona of Harare area) and as we were planning a stop-over there after our ...

... keep connecting with the natural world to keep my migraines away. (I noticed in Zimbabwe that I got a migraine following every trip into Harare.) The last school Josie and I taught at wasn't far from the lake. We had to go on Saturday because they ...

... to breed lions and eventually reintroduce them into the wild. The park was a pretty nice place, mainly because it had some posh lodges and suites, a little bit nicer than our tents! Anyway, it was still lovely to camp right by the river (being careful ...

... or his for that matter), but more on the nice ones we have met later. First to recount a discussion with one guy, a Shona, in Harare, who was looking after the accommodation we stayed in. He was, to say the least, pro-Mugabe (from the same tribe too), ...