 Joe, Zimbabwe is a paradise man, you see that view right over there? No, let me ask you one question bro. Bro, have we ever seen anything new? Nope. Nope. And that's what I want to tell you yeah, Zimbabwe is a discovery. I mean, I always tell people to go out there, go live their life, go learn something new. Listen, this is something new. I never knew that a place like this existed. You will never get this view anywhere in this world. Oh my goodness. You know, it's my first time here. It's such a shame. It's a Zimbabwe. It should even be a shame telling me that it's your first time here. To the YouTube channel and I know and believe that someone will write in the comment section another video from Zimbabwe. Yes, another video from Zimbabwe and we still got over six videos to go. I mean, someone might also write in the comment section. Why is it that you've uploaded so many videos from one country? But listen, the reason why I did that because... Before I went to Zimbabwe, I never had any positive thing about Zimbabwe. I used to be one of those people who really make fun about Zimbabwe until I got to Zimbabwe. And I realized that if my perception of Zimbabwe have changed since I got to the country what can I also do to use my platform to change most of you that are watching this video's perception about Zimbabwe. I know and believe that some of you never expected to see Zimbabwe this beautiful. I know and believe that some of you are surprised with the magical content that you are consuming. Listen, Zimbabwe blew my mind. And everything that I'm saying about Zimbabwe comes straight from the heart. Do me a favor. If you are enjoying this content, like this video. It's very important to me because that is the only way I feel appreciated. It's about you sharing my videos, liking the videos, and subscribing to be part of this awesome channel. When I was in Zimbabwe, when I felt that I've been to every corner of this country somebody left a comment, don't leave Zimbabwe without going to Nyanga. Listen, this is definitely one of my favorite places that I've been to. But goodness, are you guys seeing the shot? Once again, indeed Zimbabwe is not what I expected. Let me tell you something, Zimbabwe's got a land which gives them access to farm and do mining. In Zimbabwe, they got the water which is the almighty Zambezi River and the people of Zimbabwe cannot boast of sea because it's a landlocked country. But yes, the people of Zimbabwe can also boast of the landscape. In Zimbabwe, will you ever believe it? Like I'm currently in Nyanga. Look at the view in front of me. Like I can even hear the sound of a stream. Oh my God, it's a blessing to be from Africa, man. It's a blessing to be from Zimbabwe. Zimbabweans are not marketing Zimbabwe enough. Because to me, Zimbabwe is a perfect tourist destination. You know why you guys didn't service your country? I mean, I'm not a politician. I'm not here for politics. I'm not here for the economy of the country. But I'm here to expose the beauty of Zimbabwe. I can't believe it. I can't believe that this is Zimbabwe. I can't believe that I've never seen this part of Zimbabwe anywhere. Have you seen something like this before? You ever thought places like this exist in Zimbabwe? Look at the greens, man. Like it takes me back to Kenya. It takes me back to Congo. And these are the kind of beauty that we have on the continent that no one is talking about. I'm so glad that I had opportunity to come to this country. Whatever moment that I've had in this country will forever remain in my heart. And it will take a long way. God bless Zimbabwe. God bless Africa. We've got a place called Honda Valley. And I would say that it's the best scenic drive in the whole world. And you know what? Whatever I travel, I love to support the local. So we have to stop by and buy from them. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. What does that mean? I help you. I help you. I've never knew that the entire Zimbabwe get their bananas from here. And everything in this place is super cheap. Here, this is where the second highest. We've been driving for hours. I think we even got lost. Huh? You still driving? Shit. Ah, no. I'm just tired of sitting in the car, bro. We've been driving since six. Six in the morning. Yep. What time is it now? Right now. It is. 4.43. Just to go and see a mini waterfall. I'm sorry. It's not mini, but that. Come on. You know, this is what we go through. Just to show you guys. I mean, the Africa that you don't see on TV. By now I should be sitting in my room, eating for food. Zimbabwe is a paradise, man. You see that view right over there? No, let me ask you one question. Bro, have we ever seen anything new? Nope. Nope. And that's what I want to tell you. Zimbabwe is a discovery. I mean, I always tell people to go out there. Go live their life. Go learn something new. Listen, this is something new. I never knew that a place like this exists. It's such a shame. It's a Zimbabwe. It should even be a shame telling me that it's your first time here. It's heavy. Imagine, like, coming here with your girlfriend. She will love you forever. To be honest. I'm in shock. And this is why I keep on telling people Zimbabwe keeps on surprising me every single place that I go to. I mean, the natural beauty of Zimbabwe? Ah, this is next level stuff. Ah, it's next level. No next level. No next level. Next level. You see, I've tried seeing big falls. I've seen everything. No. In fact, this one, you know why this is so different? The location. The location. Ah, this is brilliant. Oh my God. Today, I'm going to have sweet dreams. For sure. You see that view right over there? You would never get this view anywhere in this world. Oh my goodness. I feel like jumping in there, man. But yeah. I think I don't have a baby yet. So I'm just going to wait. So when I have my first baby, I think I can try that out. But yeah, it's a blessing to come from this beautiful country, man. I think the people of Zimbabwe need to travel more within their own country just to experience the natural beauty of their country. Because listen, I've been to the north, the southeast, and west of Africa, but I will tell you something. Zimbabwe is a discovery. Zimbabwe, it's a treasure. Zimbabwe is a paradise on earth, man. And if this is a paradise on earth, I want to make my home in here. But I need to get away from Zimbabwe. We spent only one night in Nyanga, and the next morning, before we head back to Harare, we had to go check out this beautiful resort that everyone was talking about. And listen, when I got there, my mind was blown away. One more time, why are Zimbabwe's not marketing Zimbabwe enough for the world to see this beauty? I mean, I didn't have enough time, but don't tell me that what you're seeing is not heavenly. I definitely need to go back to Zimbabwe. And when I go back to Zimbabwe, I'm definitely going to spend a night in here. And when I come back next time, I'm definitely not coming back alone. Because this is not a place to be alone. This is a place to, I mean, enjoy the best time of your life, with your loved one. Let me know in the comment section have we been here before? How did you feel when you slept in there? And listen, I really want to come back to this place in summer. Because I really want to see everywhere filled with greenery. Oh my goodness, I need the selfie. It's alright. I'm Tony, I'm from UK. Oh really? UK? I'll take a picture. Definitely, my goodness, my boys will be thrilled. Do me a favor, like this video if you haven't. I know you are enjoying this video. Subscribe if you haven't subscribed to the YouTube channel. You know what? This is a whole vlog, so we are combining two videos together. You know what? Enough of Nyanga. Let's go to Kariba. Hello and welcome back to the YouTube channel. It's your favorite village boy, Mr. Ghana Baby. Right here. And I'm with Aaron. Aaron, you want to say hi? Hi everyone. How are we doing today? We just left Manopoulos even though I didn't want to leave. But hey, I mean, there is this man-made lake that everyone has been telling me about. It's called the Kariba. It's actually the world-largest man-made lake. I mean, when it was constructed, but I think right now it's no longer world-largest man-made, but it's still world-largest reservoir. I mean by volume, yeah? So since I'm in Zimbabwe, since we are close to the Kariba, I need to go check it out. And if I'm going to check it out, you all need to come along with me. This road is so scary. Yeah, we're driving through an escarpment and the interesting thing about this road is that there was a contract that was advertised like a tender to construct a road to get to Kariba Dam. And this was way back. And a lot of companies in England came up with massive figures or tenders on how to construct a road. And some local guys said, no guys, I can do that for less than half. And they said, are you for real? I was like, yes. And the guy simply came and followed the trail that the elephants were using to get to the Zambezi River. And that's how he mapped out the very road to Chattanooga today. No, no, no. Why do you know all these things, man? What is called history? Read books. See, you guys read on the Internet these read books. This is so beautiful, man. I can't wait to come here in summer. This is so green. It's not the lake. It looks like a sea, bro. You ain't seen anything yet. What we're seeing is different. It's going to look like a sea once we get to the top of the viewpoint here. Whoa. Where are we right now? This is so beautiful. We are at Nyanyana Camp. Okay. Which is a parks facility, a commendation facility like the shale that you can see behind me. You've got the lake overlooking. And in the high season, the water can actually come up this high. This place? This place, the water will come up this high when the lake Kariba fills up. Whoa. When the lake Kariba is full, the water is right here. And that over there is the wreck of a carpenter fish. People catch carpenter fish using that. So once we get to the hub, we'll probably be able to see a working one. I really want to come back here in summer, man. And you also get hippos coming out to graze here. That's not fun. Well, put it down there. Look how high you are. You're fine. Okay. Yes. So the hippos down there, you're up here. Oh, my goodness. Come this way, so you can look at them. Jeez. Is it a national park? Because I see... Yes. Those are where we're going to park through those. Whoa. Water parks. These are crocodiles, man. This is as big as they sometimes get. They can actually get bigger than this. But why will you guys keep crocodiles? This is a crocodile farm. A farm? You eat crocodiles in Zimbabwe? Crocs, nice. Have you ever had croc meat before? No way. What have you been eating all along? To... You eat crocodiles? You eat the tail, you eat the cheeks, you eat the arms. Croc meat is nice. You can also get croc ribs too. No, let me know. Have you tasted crocodile before? Because this sounds so weird to me. Well, if you eat fish, you can eat crocs. They all come from the water. This animal is so dangerous. You don't know that? Yeah, we do. Look at all those teeth. We know it's dangerous. So this is a croc farm. This is breeding stock. This is where we get the eggs from. The breeding stock? Yes. Oh, my goodness. They're so huge. So what do you use the crocodile for then? Okay, so these crocs would lay the eggs, and then the eggs are hatched, properly hatched in hatcheries. And then they are farmed for three years. And after the three years, you've got your meat. And then you can also use the skin for handbags, clothes, belts, wallets and all sorts of things. Okay. But for me, the first thing I would do is eat them. Is where the biggest hydroelectric power station for Zimbabwe is located? We generate most of our electricity from hydroelectricity from the dam here, which was originally the purpose of creating this dam anyway. When it was created in 1958, it was for two purposes, electricity and fishing, and tourism as well. So which is three? So there's a lot of tourism that happens in our Kariba. There's a huge fish industry. And also there's a lot of presence of the electricity. The electricity company will be using water for electricity. This is the town of Kariba? This is one of the townships in Kariba. Kariba is different. It's split into harbors and different neighborhoods. So you've got another area which is up there. I think they call it Micropoint. You get another area called Kariba Heights, which is up in the mountains. We're going to Heights. Right now we're in an area called Nyamunga, which is more or less the big area center with more shops than the other areas. And then there's another older neighborhood called Mahombi Kormi. Now that one is laden with history because that is where the men and women were constructing the Kariba dam were actually staying. And we're going to drive through it when we're going to the harbour. What are these boats for? These are cruising boats, right? Yeah, these are cruising boats, yeah. So you'll have your own bedroom, there's a bar, and they even sometimes have a little swimming pool on it. Whoa! Yes, some of them have a little, like that one there. That one's got a little swimming pool on it. Can you see? Oh, yeah. It's not what happened to be cool. So you can swim from there. I feel like the Kariba, I mean, it's not being promoted enough. You don't think so? I think so too. There's a lot that Kariba can do. There's a lot of potential. Look at all these boats waiting for people to go and have fun in them. So the Kariba now has got its own airport. So you can actually fly here, and there's a regular flight that comes here. But in Kariba you can do game drives, you can do speed boating, sailing, parasailing, boat cruises, fishing, and of course you can have brides and parties and everything that happens. But why is it not promoted enough? Because, you know, I never knew anything about Lake Kariba. I was just checking about what to do in Zimbabwe, what to talk about in Zimbabwe, and then, oh, Zimbabwe's can boast of the largest mermaid in the world. Yeah. So you'd find that Kariba as a destination was a very popular, it still is a very popular domestic tourism area, which is maybe, it wasn't really known, mostly out of the country. But having gone through COVID and lost, you know, a bit of traction in the tourism industry. Let me know, where does the name Kariba comes from? The name Kariba actually comes from the name Kariba, which is the name for an old name by use by one of the tribes for the Zambezi River. Kariba, Kariba. You mean the Zambezi River used to be called? The Zambezi River used to be called by some tribes Kariba. Oh, wow. And so why Kariba then? I think some people couldn't spell Kariba, so they said Kariba. Some people. I just want to see how the boat looks from the inside. So I need to go inside. I would love to do a cruise, but I don't have time. I only have one hour in Kariba. So I have to take advantage of the one hour. Yo! Wow. It looks good. It looks like you're living in your house, man. Whoa! And how long can you spend on water? Yeah, we can spend for as long as you like, seven days, five days. It just depends on how long you want. Oh my God, look at that. A boat cruise. Do you guys have destinations that you need to go, or you just want to be on the water? There are specific destinations that you can actually visit. Like you can go to Sparing Island, you can go to a number of islands, which are Long Lake Kariba. You can visit Ume River or Sanyati River, which is in another park called Matusa Dona National Park, which is along the shores of Lake Kariba. You can even go inside its binga. 300K is down three. Ah, we've got to go up, huh? Oh, that's the kitchen. This is where your food will be prepared. Oh! When you are cruising, you still need to fill the stomach. And these are the guys, who run this boat. Wow. That's amazing. Oh my goodness. It feels like you're living in your house, yeah? Yeah. Nice to meet you. Nice, thank you. Are you the captain? Yes, I'm captain. Oh, captain? Yeah. Ah, I'm good. Is it expensive to be on this boat cruise? Not really. It's worth it. It's worth it, eh? Yeah. And I think I don't need to come alone, right? Yeah. Because I need to make babies as well as I'm cruising. I need to make babies as well as cruising. Because living room right here, where you can sit and watch TV. This is amazing, bro. Oh my goodness. Ah, now I feel like being on the boat cruise. Even though I have an hour here. Wow. How many passengers do you take? 12 people. Oh my goodness. Wow. Oh. Mind-blowing, yeah? Jeez, look at that. It's like you're living in a hotel room. Yeah, it's a sweet balcony. You even got a balcony. So when you are here, you can literally come outside from and then just enjoy the view whilst you're cruising on top of the lake. This is amazing. I would love to try this, but I don't have enough time. So whenever you come in here because of this video, just let me know, take photos, tag me and I'll be jealous of you. This bedroom is self-contained. You have your washroom in here, man. It's amazing. So definitely you need to have six bedrooms, right? Six bedrooms, since it takes 12 people. So you have another bedroom on the top. There's four downstairs. Yeah, four, yeah. Oh. You don't have another top? It's a top deck. What is it used for? It's a sand bathroom deck. Oh, sand bathroom deck. Oh, this is a bar, right? Wow. Amazing. You've got a swimming pool up here. So when you're cruising, you can still enjoy yourself whilst cruising. It's going to be so cool knowing that you're cruising on top of water at the same time you're on the swimming pool. You can't do this alone, bro. You can't do this alone. So this place is just for sand bathing, right? Or if you want the proper view of the lake that you're cruising on, you can definitely come up here and enjoy yourself. I mean, Zimbabwe is extremely beautiful. I've been to all the four corners of this country. Forget about politics, but the natural beauty of this country is underrated. And I think the people need to start bragging about their own country. Let us know how beautiful your country is. I mean, you should see a country beyond politics. Man, this is what I always want to encourage because I've been attacked. People are saying I've been paid to see all these things, but I do this in every country that I go to. This is my country number 25, and I'm not doing anything different from what I've been doing in so many countries. I'm just appreciating nature. I'm just appreciating beauty. I'm just letting you know that Africa is not what you think. I'm just here to let you know that you can choose Africa as a destination. And, you know, every country in Africa is so unique. So if you don't want to go to Ghana, you can go to Zimbabwe. If you don't want to go to Zimbabwe, you can go to Namibia. If you don't want to go to Namibia, you can go to Egypt. Yeah. I mean, we are just the same people, but it's just that our tourism boards are not marketing our country the way they are supposed to market the countries. That's why I've taken up on myself together with other YouTubers to promote Africa to Africans so that Africans will appreciate their own countries and explore it more. Ah, this is unbelievable, man. I wish I had more time in Zimbabwe, but yeah, there's always one thing that reminds me that you just have to go back to this country. So, hey, Zimbabwe, thanks for the love and support. I'm definitely coming back in here. And believe me, when I come back next time, it's all about fun, no cameras. And I'm not coming anywhere. Is this the damn, man? This is the damn thing right here. Oh, my goodness. And what's that? Is that a hotel? No, that's an electrical power station. That's in Zambia now. Oh, yeah. So what happened is, this is the border for Zambia and Zimbabwe. You can draw a line right in the center. Oh, wow. We also talk about this snake here. This snake? Yes. What does it got to do with that? This is the river god of the Zambia river, of the local people known as Nyami Nyami. Okay. Right. So does it mean that you guys share the power from this place? Well, not necessarily. If they generate the power, they feed it into the grid and use it as they like from there and there in the country. And if we generate what we want, we then use whatever we want to do the site. If you've got excess, we can then sell it to other countries in the world. But why is it that Zambabwe shares almost four borders with Zambia? Well, they're our neighbors. Remember, we're part of what was called the Rhodesian Federation. It was Northern Rhodesia, New Zealand and Southern Rhodesia. We being Southern Rhodesia, Zambia being Northern and New Zealand being the modern day Malawi. So the administration from the colonialists was that this was a federation under the crown, the British monarchy. That's how it works. So a lot of similarities exist between Zambia and Zambabwe. Who built the dam? The dam was built by the Italians in 1958. And I learned 11 Italians are still stuck in the dam. Yeah, not just that. I mean Africans are also stuck in that war because a lot of people actually died during the construction of this war. Wow. And imagine once you started feeling concrete, if you might have accidentally fallen, they'll just continue feeling the concrete and put up a memorial for you. So there's a church that we're going to see up there which was constructed by the Italians during their spare time. The Italians are Catholics, remember? Yeah. So during the spare time they constructed the church where they were going to do their prayers and everything. You didn't talk about a snake. Okay, so let's talk about the river God Namiyami. Now, the local people believed that the Zambia river, prior to the construction of Lake Kariba, had a river god. The river god had his wife. So there are two snakes, not one. Right. Wow. And the river god was myth to be one that was providing food or meat to the Tonga people. So it was the ancestral god that was taking care of them. Now, myth has it that when this dam was constructed, it went in between the wife and the husband. And every now and then it is myth that where there's an earthquake, the husband complaining about the existence of the dam for one reason or the other. So Namiyami, you find quite a number of sculptures around that have been made. Like this stick here? This was these sticks are carved out to commemorate the river god Namiyami. Do you know something that I noticed? Yeah, I've been to like Mitriki Dam. It has a name, right? What's the name of the dam? The dam is called Lake Kayo. Lake Kayo. Yes, Kayo Dam. Okay, good. The same design with this one. It's a similar design and constructed by the same guys. The Italians were the ones who constructed this. And here in Kariba, the Italians constructed a church and they also constructed a chapel at the dam wall of Lake Mitriki Dam. So we're now here at the Santa Barbara church. Now this church shares the history with the dam wall because the very guys who built the dam wall were the guys who also built this church. The Italians. No, the Italians are Catholic. They're strong Catholics. That's where Rome is anyway. So you'd find that they built this church in honor of those of their comrades who they've died when they were constructing the dam. And also as a place where they could also come and pray. But they did not construct this as part of the dam wall construction. It was simply workers doing the construction during their spare time. So instead of sitting and drinking whatever time of, they came to build a church for God. So what happened is, back in those days, it used to take months for you to be in a ship, for you to get to Europe. It's not like you flew overnight to get here. You would catch a ship and then you would wait for weeks and weeks or months while on that boat. So one of the Italians received a message that his daughter was very, very sick. It was a letter. And of course that letter took a long time to get here. When the letter arrived, he knew that he wouldn't be able to make it back to Italy in time to see his daughter from the time because he had been told that his daughter's on a deathbed. Oh. So in memory of his daughter or also as a dedication to God, praying that God would actually spare his daughter, he built these three bells here. And he had said he's going to bring these three bells so that God can hear his prayers that he spares his daughter. Did her daughter die? She didn't. She lived. So this is actually considered one of the rare miracles. The daughter lived and she recently a few years ago actually came from Italy to come and see the bells. She's not an old woman, but she came to see the bells that her father had constructed for her during the time when she was sick. Oh. That's the history of those three bells there. This really worth dying for, man. Look at the view. After being to the forkiness of this country, I will say once again, Zimbabwe is not what I expected. Listen, why are you guys hiding this from us? This is the Caruba Dam and I will change the name from today onwards. Welcome to the mighty dam of Africa. If you made it this far, write congratulations in the comment section. And if you are writing congratulations, don't forget that we've got more vlogs coming up that we cannot upload it on this main channel. So we have another channel called Wadamaya Vlogs where we'll be showing you behind the scene the struggles that we go through along our journeys across Africa. My name is Wadamaya. You're one and only. I know you in village. Where from Ghana? Give me a favor. Like this video. Share this video. Subscribe to every part of this awesome channel. I will see you all in the next one. I am Wadamaya. Peace out.