I managed to meet up with a friend who has been working out here for a few weeks. She has a car so we had the freedom to explore. I can’t get over how beautiful it is here. Coming from the dusty Sahel, everything here is so green and it’s not even rainy season.
We had a recommendation from another friend of a good day out. “Drive along the main road out of Harare for about half an hour and then you come to a big hill. You pay 2 dollars and then you can climb it”. We weren’t totally convinced by our friend’s directions, but sure enough, after a beautiful drive out of the city, we found the hill.
It was a strange rock formation covered in some kind of moss in pink and yellow. There were painted arrows on the ground so you couldn’t get lost. On the way up we saw ancient rock paintings of elephants, buffalo and other animals. Supposedly between 3,000 and 14,000 years old (not the most accurate of dating!). At the top, we had fun relaxing alongside huge balancing rocks. It was so incredibly peaceful. You could see for miles across the mountains and felt like we had the whole place to ourselves. It really is so beautiful here.
We then drove to a lodge. It felt very luxurious having a 4 course gourmet meal on the lawn looking onto long, golden grass around a watering hole with zebras and springbok wandering freely. I was SO excited to see zebras and we were able to walk around the park after dinner to get even closer (although not close enough!)
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