I wake up at 7.30 am. This ought to be the breakfast time, I'm late. We leave this strange place and head towards Victoria Falls. We'll arrive tomorrow. When we stop for a piss, we meet another Drifters' group composed by 4 British girls and a Swiss man. They seem an ugly copy of Donna Avventura (an italian programm), they are all dressed the same way, but without style, all of them dyed blonde. They look like they're made with a mold.
In the early afternoon we arrive to Ivory Lodge, where theoretically I should pitch my tent. But like all Italian I can negotiate the price of a bungalow: $ 15 per night. I won, but it's a secret, not a word with the others.
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| My "bedroom" to Ivory Lodge |
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| Outside view of my room |
Hwange National Park is the largest game reserve in Zimbabwe. The park is located west of the country on the main road, between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. It was founded around 1928 by the young ranger Ted Davidson. Extending over 14,600 km². The park is located near the border of the Kalahari Desert, a region with little water and semi-arid vegetation. The reserve is home to 105 species of mammals, including 19 large herbivores and large carnivores 8.
All Zimbabwe's protected species are situated within Hwange National Park and is the only protected area where gemsbok and brown hyena are present in a reasonable number. The population of wild dogs is located in the reserve and is the largest group that exists in Africa today.
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| A wild dog |
Around at 14.30 pm we go to do another game safari. We still sight zebras, giraffes, baboons, hippos: in short, nothing new, however, our local guide shows us fresh lion's footprints, but unfortunately we don't see the lion. Suddenly the guide jumps down from the jeep. There aren't animals in the neighborhood. What did he discovered? Unbelievable, its trained and alert sight has discovered a huge mushroom, almost completely covered by bush. Obviously very poisonous.
We return to the lodge at sunset, we have dinner and then I go to my "open" room to sleep with the sound of crickets and a weird bird. That's Afric man!
Keep reading... My travel story continues in the next post!
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| Giraffes and baobab at Hwange National Park |
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| Hwange National Park |
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| a huge mushroom at Hwange National Park |
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| Safari at Hwange National Park |
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