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.

Day 1 - Paradise Found on Remote Tropical Island in Africa

He said it was like living in paradise.
Paradise in Zimbabwe? uh - you gotta be kidding.

Well here's the lowdown on paradise according to a fella who lives on the Island of Spurwing.
Get out the map/atlas or goto wikipedia and look up Kariba and there in the eastern basin you will find paradise.

This tropical island is surrounded by huge expanses of calm blue waters a.k.a. lake kariba.

To complete the pic of paradise - throw in blue skies - waters teeming with fish - awesome scenery and I can see why for some Spurwing is indeed paradise.

But there's more he said.
Let's go and find some wildlife. Whoa there boy - let's keep this clean.
Oh you mean wildlife as in elephants, buffalo, crocodiles, hippos, zebra, giraffe lean and mean lions.

Well a game drive led by experienced highly knowledgeable man of the wild, found us the wildlife which just had to be shot (with the camera of course).

A bar is meant for socialising and the one at Spurwing is in the shape of a "V' - specially designed so that you can keep an eye out and see what everyone is drinking and also an ear out for what everyone is talking about.