Category Archives: Game Animals

Our Favorite Place

Posted on June 24, 2013 by surfandsafari

Mana Pools has become one of our favorite places as a family and we have so many good memories here. It was a perfect way to spend our last summer in Zim and will be a place we will never … Continue reading →

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Lake Chivero Game Drive

Posted on October 27, 2012 by surfandsafari

We took a drive out to Lake Chivero to find the rhinos. Nothing like playing in the grass with rhinos in the background… She loves animals and could not get enough of these turtles…

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Haka Game Park

Posted on October 21, 2012 by surfandsafari

We found a small game park about 10 minutes from our house filled with plains game. It is fun to come out and picnic with friends and Sahara loves to watch all the animals outside of her window… They also … Continue reading →

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The List

Posted on July 26, 2012 by surfandsafari

Throughout the summer, the kids kept a running list of all the animals that they saw and would update it each day. By the end of the trip, they had seen 88+ different animals! We did stop counting all of … Continue reading →

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“the Big 5”

Posted on July 25, 2012 by surfandsafari

Africa’s “Big 5” include: the elephant, buffalo, rhino, lion and leopard. These were chosen as the big 5 because they are the 5 animals that will charge a human. This makes them particularly dangerous if they get mad or hungry. … Continue reading →

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Bally Vaughn Animal Sanctuary

Posted on July 24, 2012 by surfandsafari

Bally Vaughn animal sanctuary was created to help care for orphaned and injured animals that would otherwise die in the wild. We took out a picnic, hung out by the water with zebra and were able to hand feed the … Continue reading →

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Painted Dogs

Posted on July 16, 2012 by surfandsafari

The wild, painted dog is one of the most endangered species on the continent. There are also incredibly had to spot due to their amazing camouflage in the shadows. They can only be found in Africa and Zimbabwe has some … Continue reading →

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“This is the life!”

Posted on July 10, 2012 by surfandsafari

We took the kids out for a day safari to Imire, particularly because we knew this may be the only place that they would be able to see rhinos. We were able to see both black and white rhinos and … Continue reading →

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Mana Pools

Posted on July 2, 2012 by surfandsafari

This trip may very well go down in our family record book as one of our favorite vacations together of all time! Words cannot even describe how much fun we had and what an amazing adventure it was! The kids … Continue reading →

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Day Trip

Posted on May 23, 2012 by surfandsafari

Imire game park continues to be one of our favorite places and a definite for when people come to visit. This trip out was better than the last with the amount of animals that we saw – including Sable (which … Continue reading →

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