Trip around Zimbabwe with the Poes pt 6

The journey to antelope Park was LONG and arriving in Gweru a welcome relief. We made it in time for dinner and we all had an early night.

Antelope Park – dining hall

It was wonderful meeting up with Tongai and Joy Mahobele – leaders of River of Life Westgate church in Harare, at Antelope Park. It was nice catching up. We all did different things to pass the morning: Sam went for an elephant ride, Stephen went fishing, Marlene read while I was on the internet catching with comms.

Antelope Park is lovely and relaxing but we were all eager to get home and relax in our homes. We are already talking about our next visit around Zimbabwe – Chinhoyi and Lake Kariba – God willing.

Antelope Park

It was a wonderful and memorable week. Zimbabwe is truly a beautiful country.

By Molly Manhanga

Trip around Zimbabwe with the Poes pt 5

Our brief stop at Troutbeck Inn was nice. Again, it had the Christmas feel and their were quite a few guests. We wondered about for a bit looking at the amazing scenery and reminiscing about our time at Troutbeck Inn.

Part view from the deck of Troutbeck Inn

We didn’t stay long as a storm was building up in Nyanga and we needed to head off to Antelope Park – a 6 hour drive from where we were, in Gweru. We got away just as the rains were starting.

Stephen Manhanga and Marlene Poe at Troutbeck Inn

Stunning view at Troutbeck Inn

By Molly Manhanga

Trip around Zimbabwe with the Poes pt 4

The scenery in Nyanga was excellent – lots of forest area and hills. Our first stop was at The Montclair Hotel. That was neat and clean with a Christmas feel but we opted to head to The Inn at Ruparara. The scenery was absolutely beautiful and so were the rooms. The personal touch made it special. Sam, Marlene, Stephen and I really enjoyed our evening dinner and spending time together. The lighting made it a pretty romantic setting.

Mt Ruparara at 5:00am

I was up at 5:00am the following morning to look at the sunrise over the Ruparara Mountain and to experience yet again, the quiet, stillness of my surroundings and listen to the birds etc. AMAZING how each rock “sits” on the other and how the trees just grow in and amongst the rocks. After breakfast, we went on a game drive and that was really interesting. The flora and fauna was excellent. We saw giraffe, sable, eland, zebra, impala, and wildebeest. Our guide certainly knew his stuff. The interesting part was when he asked us to use our imagination to identify different animals that the rocks seemed to form. We first saw a crocodile, an owl, a baboon, chameleon and lastly the face of a man. That was really good.

Game drive scenery

Zebra

From Inn at Ruparara, we drove to Troutbeck Inn and had a quick look around. I really like it at Troutbeck Inn. It’s so relaxing and there are quite a few activities to do.

By Molly Manhanga