Gonarezhou.....the truth ! (....complete!)

Tell us about your recent trip. Please add some photographs.
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We decided to chill here for 2 nights :thumbup:
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Fishing seems popular for the locals
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and visitors
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There are a few permanent cottages and caravans standing around....
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Clubhouse still in use
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End of day.....
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The following day Val, Frans and family would visit the ruins as we had been there twice before.

Great Zim ruins to follow :thumbup:
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Brilliant trip report Mark, I am just going to put a few photo's up on the thread I started and a few ideas I had during the trip....

Oh and Eric, yes I did smoke on the trip.... I drove over 6000 km on my own in the Hilux and a flask of coffee, some brilliant music, a packet of cigarettes and communication via my Kirisun with the rest of the group were absolute necessities.....

Mr. B I did take some photo's but only when I could stop and take a camera out, so don't have anywhere near the range Mark got... also must say Mark your photo's are fantastic... thanks for keeping such an excellent record of our trip.... see, I said the whole load of you were just the best....
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Home finally, from your extended (longer than our's....... :twisted: ) trip :lol: :lol:

Glad you are home safe :thumbup:
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So while Val, Frans and family were off to the ruins we lazed around more and baked some bread's :thumbup:
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I handed my camera to one of Frans's kids and they took the pics :thumbup:
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Gotta run will be back in a min.....tbc
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Eendag is eendag dan gaan ek saam met julle op so trip maar dan los julle my daar, ek wil nie weer terug kom nie. :thumbup:
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Some more pics :thumbup:
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It is believed that more than 18 000 people lived here :shock:
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Some more ref's:
http://goafrica.about.com/od/zimbabwe/p ... mbabwe.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Great Zimbabwe Ruins (S20 15 38.6 E30 55 55.2) only 10km from Lake Kyle boat club :thumbup:

From there we headed towards Masvingo, to refuel and get some fresh supplies from the Spar in town :thumbup:
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Excellent photos Mark! :thumbup:

Looks like you had a very good time :thumbup:
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Masvingo (Spar co-ords - S20 08 20.3 E30 50 32.0) :thumbup:
The Spar is well stocked with literally everything you can think of from chocolates to meat, plaas wors (truly... :!: ) & fresh baked bread....plenty. Prices were reasonable and some luxury items 50 - 70% more expensive. But it's all relative, you really want condense milk in your coffee, you buy, you need petrol you gooi..... :wink2:

Most garages in Masvingo were low on diesel or already out, but the fuel tankers were rolling in by the dozen.
Diesel was $1.28 and petrol $1.45 about the same as in ZA @ 8.5 :wink2:
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The ladies convinced us to go to the Wimpy for breakkie.....not my idea of fun, I said fat chance......and true as nuts we arrived there and they had NO power......... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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But spotted the Pizza joint..... :!: I was ignored....... :oops: :cry:
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For Ali3n.....plenty of them in Zim :thumbup:
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We headed for Mushandike National Park just 40km's out of Masvingo
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Staff were friendly, however was not worth our while staying over for a night. Campsite was clean an basic but we decided to head on to Motobo NP (S20 24 39.2 E28 30 23.2). A pretty stiff drive......

Our first toll gate $1 per vehicle, on route to Bulawayo
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Great again Mark, I'll be waiting for the rest of the trip report. :yahoo:
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jacques kotze wrote:Eendag is eendag dan gaan ek saam met julle op so trip maar dan los julle my daar, ek wil nie weer terug kom nie. :thumbup:
Jacques, jy sallie alleen daar bly nie glo my :wink2:
Haboob wrote:Great again Mark, I'll be waiting for the rest of the trip report. :yahoo:
Soon soon, taking up plenty of my time and I want to plan for the next trip...... :mrgreen:
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Lyk baie lekker - Dankie dat jy dit met ons deel :thumbup:
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Lekker man.Ek sal beslis moet gaan
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Thanks Mark really nice pics :thumbup:
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SuidWes wrote:Lyk baie lekker - Dankie dat jy dit met ons deel :thumbup:
Only a pleasure :wink2:
george wrote:Lekker man.Ek sal beslis moet gaan
Jy gaan op 'n lekkerder trip...en ek's jaloers.... :evil:
ROOFER wrote:Thanks Mark really nice pics :thumbup:
Me amatuer, most pics are on the fly as you can see :mrgreen: Just to keep some memories :wink2:
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Just a few pics of Bulawayo, to get an idea, friendly town with some nice development. Friendly Rhodesian's to be seen everywhere. Seems they are keeping things together :thumbup:
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Matopo NP entrance (phixed foor Val's :wink2: )
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You come here for the powerful view's, beautiful rock formations, but animals were scarce...... :wink2:
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We decided to spend 2 nights here :thumbup:

Campsite, situated next to a nice dam
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If you don't like the view, just move..... :lol:
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There is hot water, washup facilities, clean and neat :thumbup:
More details here and the rates.
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CasKru wrote:Mark... the next time you find that bloke doing the HAKA moet julle vir hom sê hy moet bietjie sy pens in trek. :twisted:
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Mud Dog wrote:
He's not fat, he's just .........

EASY TO SEE! :lol:
:lmao: :lmao:
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Bugzy wrote:
Mud Dog wrote:
He's not fat, he's just .........

EASY TO SEE! :lol:
:lmao: :lmao:
Julle twee moet aangaan.........julle dag sal kom.... Andy jy sal soos Buks lyk en Buks jy sal soos Andy lyk....... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Hey Mark where is the rest of your report... am waiting in an-ti-ci-pa-tion... And don't worry about the smart comments from Buks and Andy, bet they can't chop wood, and fight off crocodiles... or do the haka or the ellie dung dance quite like you....
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Back to report....... :evil: Now I have lost my place....... :fedup: :sobbing:

Some more of the hills :D:
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Back at the campsite :mrgreen:
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We had another nice cholesterol free meal :shock2:
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Some woke up with a smile the next morning and some .... well let the pic tell you...... :mocking: :mocking: :mocking:
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We headed for Plumtree border, as other travelers we met advised us it had taken them 6 hours to get through Beitbridge....and were decided to travel to Zanzibar border post instead!
On route to Plumtree.
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Coffee break, quite a few roadworks currently being done.......along this route.
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40min later, we were in Bots and headed for Francistown, as some had to refuel :thumbup:
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Roads were hectic and busy as usual....
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500m from the Zanzibar there is a Lodge (Oasis Lodge) that offers a 'bush camp' @ P120 pppn, personally I njoyed it....would have stayed there 2 nights....
Donkey showers + towels, clean loo's, and a truck load of free wood :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
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Zanzibar opens at 08h00 and quick and friendly staff assisted us :thumbup:
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Note: this border post has low river crossings and is not always open especially in the rainy season!
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Beautiful! Love those still water pics on the dams! :thumbup:
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By the time we got to Potties everyone was hungry and ....

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....so we headed for the Wimpy....my favorite :twisted: and met up with Jaco aka Zandyl where he joined us for a megga cuppa :thumbup:

We said our good buy's to the Eksteen family whose company we truly njoy and hopefully wil still see on many further trips, you guys have become great friends indeed :thumbup:
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Mike and couzie Sonja, always a pleasure having you along, with all your twitching and tweeting.... :thumbup: Hopefully next time in a Toyota :lol:
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Anty Val, was great having you along, even if your mik and druk is bigger than mine......trust you njoyed it and hopefully see you on another :thumbup:
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To my wify and kids, you rock :!: It's great having an awsome crew at hand :thumbup:
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That's all from my side, hope to meet some fellow travelers, ON ROUTE
some day :thumbup:
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Goeie werk Mark, jy is die meester van overlanding trips en trip reports!
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Great trip, lovely pics and outstanding / informative TR! Thanks Mark!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :clap: :clap:
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Mark, Danelle en Kiara van ons kant af ook n baie groot dankie vir nog n GREAT TRIP dit is n groot vooreg om dit saam met julle te kan doen en geniet dit elke keer!!! Nou wag ons net vir Manna :cooldude: Dit was n great trip report :thumbup: Val thx dit was lekker om jou ook te ontmoet en ons sal verseker weer kuier :thumbup: Mike en Sonja dit was baie lekker en n great trip :thumbup:
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Thanks for the great effort with the trip report Mark. PS... jy moenie so vinnig wees nie, die kamera like dit nie
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Mark, dit is 'n baie nice report, ek het dit baie geniet.....soos vroeer gese is JY KAN 'N TRIP REPORT DOEN!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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And they all lived happily ever after :thumbup: :thumbup: Thanks Oooms, enjoyed it :thumbup:
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Johannes van die See wrote:Goeie werk Mark, jy is die meester van overlanding trips en trip reports!
Glad nie, ek probeer bietjie.... :thumbup:
Mud Dog wrote:Great trip, lovely pics and outstanding / informative TR! Thanks Mark!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :clap: :clap:
Pleasure's mine :thumbup:
Hou da nou da wrote:Mark, Danelle en Kiara van ons kant af ook n baie groot dankie vir nog n GREAT TRIP dit is n groot vooreg om dit saam met julle te kan doen en geniet dit elke keer!!! Nou wag ons net vir Manna :cooldude: Dit was n great trip report :thumbup: Val thx dit was lekker om jou ook te ontmoet en ons sal verseker weer kuier :thumbup: Mike en Sonja dit was baie lekker en n great trip :thumbup:
Oh ja, now dat die klaar is kan ek na my kalender gaan loer....sal laat weet :thumbup:
CasKru wrote:Thanks for the great effort with the trip report Mark. PS... jy moenie so vinnig wees nie, die kamera like dit nie
Wys jou nou net hoe stadig hy is....... :shock:
Bugzy wrote:Mark, dit is 'n baie nice report, ek het dit baie geniet.....soos vroeer gese is JY KAN 'N TRIP REPORT DOEN!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Bly jy het dit geniet en hoop om ander te inspireer om dit self aan te pak. Dis 'n adventure, iets wat ek wens ek 20jr terug begin doen het..... :wink2:
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[quote="OOOOMS[/quote]Julle twee moet aangaan.........julle dag sal kom.... Andy jy sal soos Buks lyk en Buks jy sal soos Andy lyk....... :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote]

Dis OK Mark, maar jy gaan dalk lyk soos ek gelyk het.....heheheh
Alle grappie op 'n stokkie, thanks vir die nice report :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Thanks Mark, brilliant report... was reliving the whole trip while reading it...... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks Danelle for all your brilliant organizing for the trip.... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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great trip markie high time we do one tesame lekker lekker :yahoo:
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Mark... absolutely awesome report! But I noticed...
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Hey Mr. B, you definitely pick up all the little details don't you....
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Mr_B wrote:Mark... absolutely awesome report! But I noticed...
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I'll leave the rest to roast you... :twisted:
Nou gaan jy dit kry!!!
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Cool report Mark. A question though, I know you took radios along. What did you do regarding licences for them?
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andrevt wrote:great trip markie high time we do one tesame lekker lekker :yahoo:
Vir seker, ja :thumbup:
jacques kotze wrote:And they all lived happily ever after :thumbup: :thumbup: Thanks Oooms, enjoyed it :thumbup:
En nog vir 'n laaaaang tyd, yebo :thumbup:
GI Jane wrote:Hey Mr. B, you definitely pick up all the little details don't you....
Beez do those kinda things you know, they steek you unexpectedly...... :cry:
zepplin wrote:Cool report Mark. A question though, I know you took radios along. What did you do regarding licences for them?
Nothing.....! I did send mails however never received any reply's.....did not expect any either..... :problem:
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And no issues anywhere with the radios?
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zepplin wrote:And no issues anywhere with the radios?
Not in the last 10 years, no!
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Thanks. What's your plan B for the day they pick it up?
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zepplin wrote:Thanks. What's your plan B for the day they pick it up?
Add a tin of Coke :thumbup:
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zepplin wrote:Thanks. What's your plan B for the day they pick it up?
Add a tin of Coke :thumbup:
You mean like this :?:
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:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Yes, just like that... :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
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Or.....
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thanks for sharing, great trip and makes me all the more keen to get to africa...albeit "africa-light" in the karoo.
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Thanks for the trip report Mark, maleme dam in matopo was my first fishing trip with my dad many years ago, we spent a few holidays there as my dad grew up in Bulawayo (i was born there but left when I was 3) My uncle has a part share in a farm in the middle of matopo, the corner of his property is at the top of the hill with the cross on it. Did you not hike up any of the hills? There are a few bushman paintings along the routes and in summer it is awesome getting to the top and finding some pools of rain water at the top to cool off in! Matopo is a really special place and I am gutted that I am not joining my folks this December on their trip there! But I need to see other places in africa at this stage, so bots and namibia for me, but next year I am definitely doing Zim without fail!!
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Dit was n goeie trip report Mark. Ek is bly julle het dit hier geniet. Julle is altyd welkom. :thumbup:
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Eish Mark, legendary TR as always.. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

So I'll see you in 3rd bridge in September ??? c'mon, you now you wanna.... or perhaps Liuwa plains next year April ??
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african dust wrote:thanks for sharing, great trip and makes me all the more keen to get to africa...albeit "africa-light" in the karoo.
Matt, you'll love it there...... :thumbup:
thirstytraveller wrote:Thanks for the trip report Mark, maleme dam in matopo was my first fishing trip with my dad many years ago, we spent a few holidays there as my dad grew up in Bulawayo (i was born there but left when I was 3) My uncle has a part share in a farm in the middle of matopo, the corner of his property is at the top of the hill with the cross on it. Did you not hike up any of the hills? There are a few bushman paintings along the routes and in summer it is awesome getting to the top and finding some pools of rain water at the top to cool off in! Matopo is a really special place and I am gutted that I am not joining my folks this December on their trip there! But I need to see other places in africa at this stage, so bots and namibia for me, but next year I am definitely doing Zim without fail!!
We unfortunately did not do any hike's as our time was a bit restricted, perhaps another time :thumbup: My mom was born in Zim and as kids we spent some time there, brought back some fond memories :wink2:
Vlak vark wrote:Dit was n goeie trip report Mark. Ek is bly julle het dit hier geniet. Julle is altyd welkom. :thumbup:
Dankie Nico :thumbup: Julle woon in 'n regtig spesiaale deel van ZA....ek's jealous... :twisted: Weereens baie dankie vir julle gasvryheid en bereidheid om ons te akkommadeer! Dit was great om weer met julle te kon kuier :thumbup:
mushroom wrote:Eish Mark, legendary TR as always.. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

So I'll see you in 3rd bridge in September ??? c'mon, you now you wanna.... or perhaps Liuwa plains next year April ??
Hmmmm....nope(Bots..... :naah: ), perhaps in Mana or Matusadona :thumbup:
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