Hubers go Africa

We are quite sure that the number of elephants has increased. During our early morning game drives (in Africa even Lore gets up before sunrise) we constantly see elephant cows with one or two young ones. And back in the camp … just see the pics. It’s always amazing how silently 5 to 6 tons…

For a few days we will remain silent now. This blogpost will be published while we are already in the Mana Pools National Park. Far away from any internet but in the middle of an untouched nature. We’ll come back with some wildlife photos. In den nächsten Tagen herrscht Sendepause. Wenn Ihr das lest, sind…

My headline of today’s blog post comes from the headline of a local daily newspaper. The shortage of fuel caused by a lack of foreign currency does not bypass us either. In Bulawayo we got diesel at the fourth filling station. In our next destination, Chinhoyi, we ran through all the petrol stations and got…

We leave Matobo Hills. Heading north. Not via Harare where we had been last year. The reason to avoid the city now: More than 5.000 cholera outbreaks have been reported. We decide to drive via Bulawayo where we find a house completely for ourselves. And while shopping the confirmation on the front page of the…

The reward the next morning after another ascent: sunrise at the tomb of Cecil Rhodes and a „View of the World“ as the world just awakens. Die Belohnung am nächsten Morgen nach einem nochmaligen Aufstieg: Sonnenaufgang am Grab von Cecil Rhodes und ein „View of the World“ als die Welt eben erwacht. The Matobo Mountains…

Completely alone we spend the first night in Zimbabwe in the national park of Matobo Hills on idyllic campsites around a small lake, but unfortunately no water runs (and in the lake crocodiles lurk) and the toilets are unattractive in the meantime even for the passing baboons. Although everything looks like several years of neglect,…

We left South Africa for Zimbabwe on Sunday morning. Wise. As the border crossing was actually unproblematic. However even on Sundays you have to pay a fee here, have a look into the car there, need a stamp from someone important – and so it takes about two hours. We are curious to see how the country…