DAY 3 - CHARARA -LAKE KARIBA

Fish Tales and Lake Tigers:
We reluctantly bid au revoir to the island paradise and our next
port of call was Charara - also in Kariba's eastern basin.

From near and far they come in their hundreds drawn by the lure
(forgive the pun) of catching the famously fighting Tigerfish.

This is none other than the annual Tiger Fishing Competition held
in October.

You don't have to be a champion fisherman or woman to fish these
waters teeming with tiger,bream and vundu.

As most travellers know - elephants have right of way.
You can understand why - their sheer size and numbers makes it difficult to
argue the case.
I also think hippos should have right of way - especially when they
are out of water and on terra firma.

It is a myth to think hippos only venture out at night in search
of food.
In South Africa and Zimbabwe we have seen these big fellas out and about -
generally munching away and quite far from water.

Around the NAUZ a number of dustbins had been upended.
The locals are trying to identify who the culprit is.

Their list of suspects is:
a) a young elephant
b) an old hippo
c) monkeys or baboons
d) none of the above

The answer is actually ( a ) and the culprit is still at large.

The approach of breeding time (muskth) and the bull elephant only has
one thing on his mind and that's the cute females he has been
eyeing on the other side of the bank.