Hubers go Africa

Through fertile, successful and intensively used land by white farmers in old times, we drive to the southeast. Where the cornfields, vineyards and banana plantations used to be, you can still guess. In the middle of it: decaying farmhouses. Our destination is the 300 km long mountain world of the Eastern Highlands. After the river…

Yes, we were warned: The city with the outstanding crime rate: Don’t go out at night, don’t be recognisable as a tourist during the day (very easily said, but difficult to realize for a white person), never let the car out of sight. And we survived Harare. What’s more, we enjoyed it. Bronté Hotel was a…

The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa (after Nile, Congo and Niger) with over 2,500 km and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean. Its many lagoons and tributaries are the kingdom of hippos, crocodiles and waterfowl. On its banks and the varied floodplain landscape we meet buffalo, waterbucks, kudus, impalas, warthogs, zebras, lions,…

Another group of successful hunters. None of the four lionesses are interested in the fact that a group of Impalas are less than 50 metres away. They are fed up and want to do what all cats can do endlessly. Auch sie waren erfolgreich auf der Jagd. Dass eine Gruppe Impalas weniger als 50 Meter…

From a distance we see a pack of wild dogs hunting. Hours later we meet the 20 animals again. They made their kill. Wild dogs are more successful hunters than big cats, they kill their victims in 95 out of 100 cases. Today, they are one of the most endangered species in Africa, with an…

Together with a guide we set out on foot to stalk game. An interesting experience: Wild animals flee from pedestrians rather than from cars. With one exception: an elephant cow with two young animals comes directly to us. She waves her ears and snorts audibly. Race or stay? We are happy for our guide. He takes…

There are two ways to stay in Mana Pools National Park on the southern shore of Zambezi: Private lodges, all of which offer luxury and cost $600-1,000 USD per person. Or in the state camps, which offer only one thing for their equally high price: their fantastic location. No supply, no fencing and therefore a…

A picture is worth a thousand words ….     .

The concern about the lack of fuel supply in Zimbabwe was unfounded. In Kariba we were served at this animal friendly petrol station. Did I actually tell you that the fuel pump was out of order again? This year the other of the two cables was corroded. (More pictures of our photographic game hunting will…

First impressions from the third country of this year’s trip: The impressive, over 600 metres wide and 130 metres high dam wall of Lake Kariba, which is said to have to be renovated urgently in order to protect it from dam rupture. Two classic white properties that are still advertised in this year’s travel guide…