Exploring Lake Kariba - Zimbabwe

I’d heard a lot about the houseboats of Lake Kariba and it always sounded like a very attractive proposition … what could be better than drifting around on placid waters, spending two nights in a cabin with a gentle breeze cooling you at night, watching elephants and other wildlife splashing about on the waters’ edge and casting a line out every now and then to see which of the myriad of fishes in the lake would take a nibble?

Our reality was somewhat different, however, we had a fun few days at Lake Kariba. It was a big change to not really be able to get out and do anything so we read books, ate and drank well. We took a few outings on our small pontoon boat, mostly to admire the skeletal submerged forests, still exposed above the water over 60 years since the Zambezi river was blocked by Italian engineers to create Lake Kariba.