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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

10,000 Birds

Situated slap-bang on the Zim/Mozambique border, this used to be one of the most productive birding sites in the country. I can speak from experience that this place should only be accessed by a 4 x 4 vehicle. And, if you plan to bird the Mozambique side beware of old landmines, souvenirs from the brutal civil wars.

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Birding – An Extreme Sport

10,000 Birds

Looking left I saw a big, male buffalo behind the bush. And then I realized: he had waded through the river… On another occasion I found myself in the Chimanimani Mountains on the border between Mozambique and Zimbabwe. My Mozambique project concerned Lake Chicamba Real – a big reservoir behind a dam in the River Revué.