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I have just returned from my latest visit to Zimbabwe where I had an excellent time catching up with family and friends.

Every-time I go back I am stunned by just how beautiful the country, the people, it’s scenery and the wildlife is. Below are a few of the many, many photos I took either in my parents garden in Harare, at Mazvikadei Dam just outside Banket or on Lake Kariba.

Whilst in Kariba I went to see the dam wall because I knew that they had opened a few gates, I had not however expected to find three gates open! The power of the water coming through is incredible and you could even see the spray rising over the town of Kariba from Antelope Island in the early morning!

Beautiful Baobab Tree
Wire-tailed Swallow
Kurrichane Thrush


Arrow-marked Babblers
African Jacana
Mazvikadei Scenery


Legavon
Dragonfly
The Spillway at Mazvikadei Dam


Dad and Graham Fishing on Mazvikadei
Some sort of Sandpiper I think
Sunset on Mazvikadei


Sunset on Mazvikadei
Wattled Plover – or lapwing as it is called now
Looking onto Mazvikadei from the house


House at Mazvikadei
Sunset on Mazvikadei
Zebs and Egrets


Zebs and Egrets
Zebra
Zebra


Egret
Dagga Boy
Dagga Boy (Buffalo) – If you look carefully you can see he is checking out a crock in…


Baboons chilling on a rock
African Jacana
Hippo


Masked Weaver – getting ready to weave. Notice how it uses different grass to the Spa…
Masked Weaver flying to the nest
African Jacana


Egyptian Geese
Pied Wagtail
Fish Eagle


Flatdog
Butterfly
Pied Kingfisher


Pied Kingfisher
Flatdog (Crocodile)
White-browed Sparrow-weaver … getting ready to weave! Notice how it uses different …


White-browed Sparrow-weaver
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata)
Kariba Dam with 3 gates open – has a sprey almost like Victoria Falls!


Kariba Dam with 3 gates open – has a sprey almost like Victoria Falls!


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I hope you enjoy the photos, if you would like to use any please feel free to contact me. I have also recently had a few people ask me about what equipment I use:

Binoculars
As well as a camera, I always have a good pair of binoculars with me and I would go as far as to say that they are as important, even more important than the camera. I mostly use a Steiner 10×26 compact when I travel or walk in the bush as they work well and fold up small enough to easily put in your pocket:

Best Birdwatching Binoculars

Camera
Believe it or not, I don’t use an SLR camera – rather a Digital Compact SuperZoom or Bridge camera and in particular the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ series of cameras. The main reasons for this are cost and size. They cost a fraction of a good quality digital SLR and that is not including the telephoto lens that you would have to buy for the SLR as well and they are also far smaller an lighter – therefore much easier to take on holiday with you. I also like the Panasonic’s because you can also get Telephoto Conversion Lenses for them to increase your zoom even more.

For more information, take a look at some article I have written on the Safari Guide website:
Best Digital Camera for Safari and Travel

Below are a few great Coffee Table type books on Zimbabwe:

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