Mana Pools & Lake Kariba - Travel Zimbabwe

In this Video Hardus gets invited by Petri for a trip to Mana Pools & Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe with a couple of mates. They travel from Pretoria through Botswana and then Zimbabwe to finally get to the north where these two amazing places are situated. They spend 7 nights at Gwaya Camp in Mana Pools and then move to Chitake Springs Campsite which is as rugged as it comes in the middle of the bush with Lions and Elephants surrounding them. In this video they show you the road to Mana Pools and some interesting sleep over spots as well as to where you must check in for Mana Pools. They then travel west to the awesome Lake Kariba where they spend 3 nights on a houseboat on the Lake and catch some Tigerfish.

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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Morning in Botswana
0:48 - Filling up fuel in Botswana
1:25 - Antelope Park Zimbabwe
2:23 - Military Museum Gweru
2:35 - Kwe Kwe
2:47 - Marongora Wildlife
3:47 - Zambezi escarpment
4:54 - Mana Pools gate
5:12 - Entering Mana Pools National Park
7:16 - Mana Pools main gate
9:38 - Hyenas in the camp
10:17 - Game Drive in Mana Pools
10:46 - Trees of Mana Pools
12:28 - Mayors Parrot in Mana Pools
13:55 - Elephant Encounter
14:34 - Baobab of Chine Pool
15:10 - Rukomechi mana pools
17:30 - Zambezi river
19:20 - Chitake springs
19:40 - Camping in the bush
23:15 - Lomagundi Lakeside Camp
23:46 - Houseboat on Lake Kariba
25:12 - Fishing for Tigerfish on Lake Kariba

[colletmsipa]

With so much negativity in zim right now, you go out and post a beautiful video of your time in zim. Big up to u

[vroda]

Beautiful country, Zimbabweans have a heart of gold.
Nicely done 👍

[sicelimpilohenryntenezi]

Proudly 🇿🇼 what a beautiful country I come from....

[AudreyR]

Brought back awesome memories, I also did Mana Pools to Kariba in a "bakkie mate" with my mum & grandad. I was born in Bulawayo & Zim remains in my heart. Thanks for this video.

[sibssibanda]

Absolutely loved this video! I’m Zimbabwean and you showed me parts of my country I’ve never seen before. Keep up the good work!

[walataram]

Born and bred in the eastern parts of Zim where we also hve chimanimani mountains, Nyanga mountains, Mtarazi falls, Hot springs jss mention a few.Thank u guyz for showing the best parts of my country.Be blessed, all of u🙏

[mrplumtreeandfamily]

I never be at this place, this place is beautiful Zimbabwe has got beautiful places that will never believe it the country is so beautiful

[gailnel]

Home sweet home 🏡 land of my childhood ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️I love it so much - - nature at its best 💖💖💖💖💋💋💋

[onasiszm]

On the other side of the Zambezi it’s Zambia 🇿🇲. Zambia and Zimbabwe are like twins which are inseparable. One love nice video

[Videoreels]

Great Video Footage ! Excellent Animal shots ! Brilliant Narrative ! Great Job !

[bushleyvandeveldskoen]

Loved every minute of this....so many highlights throughout but the best part was that you had nothing negative to say. What a special part of a special country.
Chitake, the wild camp you stayed at, is a Batonka word used to describe a "stop-over" that these original inhabitants would aim for when travelling / trading between the people north of the Zambezi, and the people who lived up and over the escarpment to the south. Chitake is the only place in the region that has water (from the spring), throughout the year and can be clearly seen from the top of the escarpment for nine months of the year because of all the greenery. Essentially it was a beacon for these people when they were returning to their homes on the Zambezi.
The Batonka people were the first to successfully trade across the regions north and south of the Zambezi between what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe.

[ScriptureToday]

I could be happy sitting on the river bed photographing the critters for like a year. Wow, what a spectacular location.

[shamisomakuvaro]

Wow you sound so familiar with the Zim towns and places well done.l have just come across ur vlog you are all stars guys keep it up.Africa to the world🌍✊✈️✌🙏🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼

[barbarablackmon]

Zimbabwe is such a beautiful country with very rich resources and nice people. I was there last year and have been there a total of three times. I really enjoyed each and every visit.Thank you for this wonderful vlog.🇺🇲❤🇿🇼

[hellosunshine]

I love watching Anything on Africa ! This was really nice !
Thank you !

[soniaforssman]

Never been to Zim, loved seeing it through your eyes. Stunning, professional video material, well done!

[giftmarshallchawira]

Thank you for the video and showing us our glowing country

[hencam]

Nice video - absolutely amazing encounters with elephants in Mana Pools N. P. Thanks for sharing 👍🏾

[trevorkeeling]

More than 30 years since I was last in Mana Pools - thanks for this. brought back many memories of the land of my birth ... Can almost smell it!

[jasontafadzwamachaya]

Thank You Guys for the positivity, I'm Zimbabwean and it's a breath of fresh air to come across something positive and beautiful on my beloved country