ZIMBABWE | ESCAPE TO THE HIGHLANDS
Escape to
[ Mutarazi SkyWalk ]
THE HIGHLANDS [ WRITER: Mana Brightman of Wild Goat Travel ] [ Aberfoyle Lodge ]
[ PHOTO: Christopher Cragg ] I love taking road trips (who doesn’t?!) and the drive to Nyanga and the Honde Valley in Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe has fast become one of my favourites. Driving out of Harare, making that left turn at Rusape and entering the Juliasdale area, one can almost feel the tension in your shoulders release. Has anyone else noticed that slight temperature drop, that the air is crisper, fresher and you can’t help taking a gulp of the pure, clean air into your lungs? If someone could find a way to bottle it, you’d make millions. We often forget how much pollution is in the air around us until you head out of town where traffic is less and trees, fields of grass, flowers and birdlife abound and the imprint of mankind is not as noticeable. I frequently find myself thinking how we always seem to constantly be building in the name of ‘progress’ yet I honestly crave wide, open spaces and the sound of silence with not a soul in sight. Surely this is what we should be preserving instead? There is something for everyone when it comes to accommodation in the Eastern Highlands. Thanks to Far & Wide, the SkyDeck Mountain Retreat and Aberfoyle Lodge there is now accommodation that suits everyone’s needs and budget.
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TRAVEL & LEISURE | May - Aug 2022
