Easter in Msuna

The Easter weekend saw us back at Msuna .. a favourite spot of ours !!  April / May is high water season for The River, and so it was lovely to see so much water as it was still rising.  This was a family & friends fun weekend.  I think I only got on to a boat once, maybe twice, but I till had the best time socialising with everyone, and ... of course ... bird watching, which is a favourite activity of mine at Msuna.

Not very long before we got there, a flash flood had come down the river after some serious rain in Zambia, and many of the camps and lodges upstream were damaged.  We took the boat up to Olive Beadle to take a look at the camp which was full of water.  It was amazing to see so much water !!  I remember not too many years ago when the river was just a trickle some distance away, and now here it was literally on the doorstep !!

Back at Msuna, there was quite a serious amount of fishing from the bank, which was where our champion fisherman caught most of the fish that we ate.

Lots of fun in the sun, eating and drinking and playing.

MSUNA

On our return from Mozambique, we did the washing and re-packed for a few days at Msuna, where we were going to meet a friend who was celebrating a "significant" birthday.  It was a quick easy drive from Bulawayo - possibly because I slept most of the way (can't stay awake if I'm not driving !!!), and we arrived there in the early afternoon.  Most of the party was out fishing, but we found our lodgings and a friend and moved in.  The house that we stayed in is really lovely, and is available for the public to hire.  It has 5 bedrooms, 2 of them have ensuite bathrooms and are air-conditioned.  The other 3 are upstairs, where there are 2 shared bathrooms.  There are fans throughout the house.  It is fully equipped for self-catering, and there are 2 very pleasant staff to cook and clean.  With lots of space, a wonderful view of the water, a private swimming pool AND someone to cook, it's a great space for a Zambezi break.

I always enjoy getting on to the water - so long as their are no hippos in the vicinity - but as the years have passed my desire to actually fish has waned, and I prefer instead to bird watch.  This was really rewarding on this trip and I managed to notch up a few "first-timers".  I got close to spotting 40 species, which is really good for me, and excludes all those that I didn't identify.

There are some lovely houses at
Msuna, all privately owned, some are rented out and some aren't.  Recently renovated are the little lodges at "Indibiri".




These and the house we stayed in are my definate favourites at Msuna.  The Resort itself is looking magnificent, the gardens are beautifully kept and everything was green, green, green, and lovely and hot !!  The men partook of some "fishing with green stuff" and managed to bring home some good catches from the river bank fishermen !!!!  We had a wonderful few days there - as always, too short - but we had been away from home for some time altogether, so we needed to get back and knuckle down to some work (to pay for the next trips !)