Kariba Lake - Zimbabwe

Friday-saturday 15-16.03:

On the the early morning drive through the center of Zimbabwe we saw hundreds of school kids walking for kilometers to school in their uniforms. Finally we arrived at the Chinhoyi caves national park. Here we stooped to have breakfast, clean the car from the tar and finally to have a quick look at the dolomite caves and sinkholes. The highlight is a pool with unknown depth and crystal clean water.

We continued our journey up north  to the small lakeside town Kariba situated in a beautiful landscape at the Kariba lake, the third largest artificial lake in the world.

We found a nice cheap campground with a pool and small restaurant. It was only us and a bus load of teenage school kids from the capital Harare staying there. The first thing we were told is that the previous week a local woman was eaten by a lion while making love in the jungle. The lover managed to escape. The next day another local was eaten up except for his head. Apparently this was the first lion attack since 30 years and we were assured not to worry.
The next day we were trying to get information from the tourist office. However we were told it is closed because the responsible officer was in hospital after a crocodile attack.

Sunday 17.03:

We had stayed another night at the Kushinga campground. At 12:00 pm we watched the gigantic opening of the dam to reduce water from the lake. 

The afternoon we spent in a 5 star resort so Ju could prepare for a online test for a job opening at the united nations in vienna taking place on thursday morning.

We also went on a 2 hour boat ride on the Kariba lake and dared to jump into the world of crocodiles and hippos.

We again spent the night at the kushinga campground.