Day 2 - Gorges and Gorgeous Eagles

The day broke with blue skies beckoning.

Continuing our lets do the "touristy" things we
decided to take the boat across the lake to Sanyati
gorge.

As the breakfast gong was still hours away this
seemed like a good idea at the time.

Early morning on lake kariba is cold with a capital COLD.
The waters were choppy and I was glad we had not
eaten breakfast as it surely would have landed up in
the lake.
Brave tourists that we were and also not being able
to walk on water we remained on board and endured the crossing.

Travelling up the Sanyati river through the Gorge was
another unforgettable experience.
Sanyati is a deep ravine of stark granite cliffs.
Eerie and breathtaking with the silence punctuated by the cry
of the fish eagle - he was obviously also still looking for
breakfast.

Plumes of smoke were the giveaway signs that poachers were in the
vicinity.

There were birds in the gorge but of the LBJ variety (little brown jobs). Unmistakable though was the hauntingly beautiful cry of the fish eagle.

With thoughts of breakfast now uppermost on our itinerary of
"what to do next" we headed back across the lake which by
now was calm.

Casting an eye around we saw lots of kapenta boats studded
across the lake.
These small sardine-like fish provides a high protein food for
the local people of Zimbabwe and is also used as bait.

After a hearty breakfast it was time to move on and continue
our quest in paradise.