 Look at this beauty. So amazing. So breathtaking. So relaxing. People from Bulao have never been here. People from Zimbabwe have never been to Great Zimbabwe, never been to Nyanga, never been to Futura Falls. But they have been to Asia. They have been to Europe. Why not travel within the country? Why not get to explore the beauty we have within our land? Go out there, travel, feel inspired. I am inspired. Go out there, go live your life, go learn something new and whenever you are exploring, make sure you choose Africa. But within Africa, we go to a country called Zimbabwe, the house of stone. I am currently standing on top of a stone and I just want to welcome you all to Zimbabwe. And it's time for Africans to change their ways because this continent belongs to Africans. This Zimbabwe that you've seen belongs to Zimbabwe and it's time for each and every Zimbabwe to explore and experience their own country. Trust me, this is my first time in Zimbabwe and I'm just going to let you guys know that you've got the best country in the whole world. Your country's natural beauty is beyond so many countries that I've been to. I'm not talking about infrastructures. I'm not a big fan of talking about skyscrapers. I'm talking about the country in its natural form. They call this place House of Stones and if you go to Great Zimbabwe, if you go to Kami Ruins as a Zimbabwean, you should always know that you are superior, not inferior because if your ancestors were able to build that with no mortar, because the bed is so comfortable and my surrounding looks so peaceful and serene, and I just don't want to wake up. I just don't want to wake up. Zimbabwe has been one of my best trips ever despite all the challenges. I repeat once again, wherever there are challenges, there are opportunities. So don't give up on Zimbabwe. That's like the way I never gave up on Zimbabwe. I slept very late and I woke up very early. I'm currently at Matopo Hill Lodge, right here at Matopo's National Park. It's been a good sleep, but just take a look at where I found myself this morning. It's a blessing to be from Africa, bro. It's a blessing to be from Africa. Look at that. I can't even count the number of times I've spent time in the woods, and this is the best place for you because there's no internet here. You can only use internet when you go to the conference hall in here, but in your room, no internet. So when you are coming here, you don't need to step once. You just have to disconnect yourself from the world. Look at me waking up in the woods. Look at my surroundings. I'm definitely going to take you guys around the National Park. Probably we might see some few animals together. This is one of the things that I always thought Africans, you have to go out there, go live your life, go explore. Listen, I mean, some of you think that we live with animals. You cannot live with animals when you stay in places like this, and I love it. I mean, being surrounded by nature, being surrounded by trees, being surrounded by animals, it's one of the best things ever. And that is why so many people pay so much money just to come and experience this, but this is right here in our backyard as Africans. Why don't we take advantage of it? Whoa, just take a look at where I am. So this is one of the shallows. This is where my guys are staying, Steven and Job. And this is the walkway. It's more like a walk path to the reception and also the swimming pool and the conference center. So oh my god, look at that. I don't think this camera can make you see what I'm talking about. Indeed, Zimbabwe is a house of stones. I've never seen so many stones concentrated at one particular place in any country that I've been to. So when they say Zimbabwe is the house of stones, now I know why. Just take a look at this. These are all granites. These are all granites. We've been surrounded by granites everywhere. Whoa, this is beautiful. I don't know, have you ever spent a night in here? Let me know how you felt when you spent a night in here, or you're inspired of spending a night in here after this video. Let's take a look at that. This is so beautiful. They actually built with stones though. You see, is it architecture? They built with stones and they still got some down there. Apparently they got 18 Charlies in here. And I love the fact that when you go to places like that, they don't take advantage of the environment by building so many Charlies. 17, 18 people in a particular place. That's amazing because this is not a city. This is beyond the city. So you cannot build that city even in the city. Oh, this is beautiful. So this is the conference area that I was telling you about. And right here is a swimming pool. It's so beautiful. I think this is the dining area. Whoa, whoa, I can't believe this. I just can't believe this man. Well, bro, bro, you gotta travel man. Gotta travel and experience Africa, bro. Because I don't even know how this camera would do justice to what I'm seeing. It's a pleasure to be from Africa, man. Whoa, whoa. Look at that. Just take a look at that. Geez. Imagine waking up here every single day. Fresh environment. Everything that you breathe in, it's so fresh. You eat fresh food. I think it will live so long. You don't think so? Now, this is why Africans living in a village sentence like this always grow older than those that live in the city because they don't take in any chemicals. Everything that they eat is so organic. Should I say I also want to build the house in here? Because I want to live longer, you know, to see Africa is traveling within Africa. That's all I want to achieve. That's all I want to live to see. Look at the view, man. Absolutely breathtaking. This is unbelievable. This is unbelievable. The way you see the granite rocks on top of each other, it makes me feel like why are people saying God has not exist because it's only God who can do this. I'm so happy. You know why? Because I got sunrise directly on my face. Whoa. I mean, have you seen that? Sunrise in between mountains. That is so breathtaking, man. I feel like this country got a lot to share to the world, man. And it only takes the people of the country to tell their own stories. No one will ever come and tell your stories for you. I am just doing one percent of the hundred percent and I believe that the people of Zimbabwe will take the mantle and continue from where I left. You guys got a very beautiful country and I don't know if it's allowed for me to get my Zimbabwe passport so that I'll be proud to say that I'm from Zimbabwe. We welcome you to Matopo Hills and you have so many people who call this place Matopos. I was wondering what is the difference between Matopo and Matopos? Yeah. So Matopo is plural. It means the bald rocks. What happened when we had the first Bantu settlers in the area? These were the Kalangas or one of the first Bantu settlers in the area. These were the Kalangas. They called this place Ma Dombo which translated to the bald rocks. Then over the years as we had the roles with people coming in from the eastern parts of Zimbabwe venturing to these ends looking for greener pastures, looking for better places that they could inhabit. They then called these places Ma Dombo which also means the rocks, the bald rocks. So Matopos is wrong? It's wrong. I'm so sorry for calling this place Matopos all the time. No, it's all right. It's all right. Now you know. I'm sure. One tends to wonder how did this come to be like this? Exactly. So you know when we are going back to geography, just basic geography, when the temperatures drop at night, the rock contracts. When the temperatures rise, the rock expands. So that contraction and expanding of the rock leads to the rock opening and closing, expanding and contracting and which then entails that it will end up cracking. Then we have periods whereby we have the rainy season. As we have the rainy season, the water drops into those cracks and at night when the temperatures drop, the water freezes. During the day when the temperatures go up, it melts, opening those cracks and that leads to the fragments falling into those cracks. You end up having soil or sand. After having that sand, you then happen to have a bed that comes in there, drops its droppings there and at times to eat in a fruit, the seeds go in there and as it rains, it germinates. After germinating, you then have a tree that is referred to as the rock cracker, the fig tree. So these rocks are referred to as gong rocks. They're quite hollow. They are hollow inside. I will bend the rock against that, then you want you to feel or sense where it's more hollow than the other. There's a hole here. Yes. So you can imagine over the years due to weathering, it would be brilliant of living these kinds of pit holes. But why the hats? There's so many shapes like hats as we're going up. I'm also sure whether it's a way of nature telling us that we have to love one another or we have to love nature itself. We're not really sure, but it so happened that this became so distinct and this is one of the most distinct structures you might have within the area. As you're going up, you'll be seeing quite a number, but this is a one that stands out. But what I'm afraid of is in a few years, let's just say a hundred years from now, this close and then that will fall off, which will then form another or take another shape. See it? Yep. Yeah, that is Madendit Simu. That's where Sojournals chose to actually have his remains brought to and that is where his grave site is. Madendit Simu is a very spiritual place. For many people, we have inhabited this place and Madendit Simu translates to the resting place of benevolent spirits. People go up there to have rituals. People go out there to have just a connection with their spirits, with harmony, with nature and all that. And whenever they were up there, they would admire the sunset, they'll admire the sunrise, they'll admire the moonrise. It was a perfect spot for them. And so it happened that Sojournals, since he was becoming a spiritual person, he knew very well that his heart belonged there. He admired the panoramic view you get whenever you're up there. He also admired the loneliness of that place. And this is when he says, if I'm to die, I want to be buried there. But he doesn't belong there. He doesn't belong there. Yeah, he doesn't. He doesn't belong there. He just felt like being part of the ancestors. But he can never be on our ancestors. Whenever people are hiking, they usually leave a trail of stones as they're going up. It says as an indicator that this is where pastures don't get lost. Okay. Then here in Matopos, we place these stones to show where one quits. One quits decides on giving up. So these are the number of people who decided on giving up here. And not because they were too lazy. Some had health issues and they just wanted to give it a try, but we're failing to do that. Some really were crazy to an extent that whenever they were hiking, they were hiking without the proper shoes. Like me. Like me. Yeah. So most of them quit because they couldn't make it up there. And some who hike here alone, they don't know why we have this. So as they're hiking, they just grab a stone and place it there and they continue with their hike. I'm going to make it to the top. Sometimes I wonder, yeah, how did this huge rocks form? Formed. I mean, where did it drop from heaven? Straight to the ground? All right. So the forming of these rocks took millions and millions of years. These are granite rocks. And granite rocks are igneous rocks. We have two types of igneous rocks. We have the intrusive igneous rocks. And then we have the extrusive igneous rocks. Intrusive igneous rocks are rocks which formed beneath the earth's surface. I want you to notice the comparison of the rock when we're here and of the rock when we're not up there. Pay attention to that. This is referred to as the Resurrection Blunt or the Lazarus from the Bible Blunt. Lazarus Blunt. The name is as a result of it whenever it's put in water in a few hours at 10 screen. It appears dead, but the moment you have it in water it's just 10 screen within four hours approximately around that time. And the moment there is no water because it grows on thin soil, it loses much water as well, it dries up again. So it dies and resurrects and hence the name the Resurrection Blunt. The Lazarus never resurrected. So it should be called Jesus. The Jesus Blunt. So this particular Blunt helped us a lot. If you're to rub against your hands and smell let me know what you think it smells like. Rub it. Yeah, rub it. Yeah, that's enough and smell. It has a very good smell, but I'm just trying to figure out where have I smelled this before. Some will say it's like eucalyptus. Some will say like ricks. Some will say like rosemary. Yep, no, I would say it's rosemary. Got rosemary. It's like for cooking. As a cooking ingredient. Here in Matopos, we drink it as a tea. It smells so good. We refer to this as the Bushman tea. Can you guys smell it? I'm so sorry. Just smell it. We refer to it as the Resurrection Bush or the Bushman tea. Or the Bushman tea. It helped us a lot during the Covid period. Whenever one felt like they had a salt rot, they had a flu, they had a fever. We take that and put it in a cup, pour very, very hot water and drink. That's it. At times steam with it. Put some of that in a bucket, pour very, very hot water, cover yourself with a towel or a cloth, then you steam. You have this here too? We do that here. Steaming is also done here. Africa is home for Africans. Yo. Yo. I'm not even up there yet, but the view from here is breathtaking, man. I would say what? This one's again. Zimbabwe. Snatcher beauty is underrated. What? How are you still going up? We are. How many minutes more? We are close to halfway. We are close to halfway. We are close to halfway. We will get there in a moment, but as we're going up there, we want us to be making all these stops to absorb this beauty, to absorb the fun of all. How will you describe this beauty that you've seen with your naked eyes? This is just God-given. It's breathtaking. If you're not well-traveled, you'll never understand this kind of beauty. But it takes one to be very well-traveled to actually understand what's really happening out here. And the view gets better as we go up, so you will see what I'm referring to when we get up there. This is magic up. And it's not surprising why someone as iconic as such on those who have chosen this particular site to have his remains replaced. I feel like putting my feet on the ground because I feel so connected whilst my feet is on the ground. Is it okay? Is it allowed? Yes, it is. It's safe for my legs. I mean, I was born in a village. I'm good. Are we passing the same place down? Yes, we are. I want to leave my slippers here. And then walk barefooted because I really want to connect with nature. Let's just go. That's the tree there. See the big tree, the very big tree. That tree is referred to as the fig tree. And what you're standing on are the temples of that tree. Really? Visya. Visya. And the tree is over there? The tree is over there. What does it show you? It tells you that the tree is actually fighting for life. The temples have to go all the way down to where water is. And life is a struggle for humans, for animals, as well as the plant life. And whenever you feel like quitting, remember that there's a tree out there that really needs to survive. So who are you to actually want to quit when you have plant life wanting to survive? And they are trying to survive in a rocky environment. And when they survive, they're providing fruits for you to eat? Yep. So as hard as life may seem, always keep on pushing. Know that someone is dependent on you directly or indirectly. Someone definitely is dependent on you. So this is my relation to that tree. Whenever I decide on quitting, I always think about that tree and say, I have to keep on pushing for that. Never give up. Never give up. Keep moving. Keep moving. This is the fun of it. The danger. Ah, ah, don't leave me. Don't leave me, bro. Hey, it's your shoe, huh? Yeah, it's the shoe. It's the shoe. It's the shoe. And as well as well, me getting used to all this every day doing this. Go out there. Go live your life. Go learn something new. And whenever you're exploring, make sure you choose Africa. But within Africa, we go to a country called Zimbabwe, the house of stone. I'm currently standing on top of a stone, and I just want to welcome you all to Zimbabwe. You've done it. It's almost eight tenths of the world trip. So we're here to see the end, and the view there is spectacular. We have different kinds of view. We have the view that oversees the other end, where the sun sets, and the one that oversees the lodge. It's spectacular. Fantastic. Whoa. Is that the fun of you? Not the fun of you. No way. No way. I made it up here. How many minutes? Four minutes away. Four minutes away? Are you kidding me? Whoa. What's the amazing up here? No. I feel like even being here is enough for me. Being here is enough for me. Man, God bless Africa, bro. I want to say this, man, Zimbabwe is not what I expected. And I hope and believe that the people of Zimbabwe will actually take it upon themselves to put their country on the map. I know no country is perfect. I know the country is going through a lot in terms of economics, but I'm not an economist. My brother, I'm the guy who travels to show you the beauty that we don't see on media, to show you the Africa that you all need to be proud of. I mean, if you are from Zimbabwe, you just have to know that you have a beautiful country. And I just want to say this. I think I need a Zimbabwean passport. I need a Zimbabwean passport. I want to be proud of you guys, man. What? You're not even there yet? Not there yet. Not there yet. We are approaching the promised land. We are approaching the promised land. I love that. We really need to actually put Africa on the map. Hmm. Put Africa on the map regardless of what's been said out there. Thank you. Regardless of what people think out there. Thank you. We have to make people realize that there's a beauty, a hidden beauty, that people need to explore. And whenever people talk about Africa, talk about Zimbabwe, you think about the political structure. Thank you. You think about the wildlife structure. And whenever you think about the wildlife structure, you think about the animals. But look at this beauty. Yeah. You're forgetting the cultural elements of this place. This is what keeps us going. Wow. And through that, we know that we have a better chance of being united as an African people. It's very important if we unite as Africans. Because if we don't unite, I mean, there will always be divide and conquer. But being here as someone from Ghana and listen to the story of Zimbabwe from Zimbabwean makes a unique difference. Yeah. Very true. I just want to see my final view. I really want to grab a stone. And I need a big stone. I need a big stone. Yes. Yes. Yes. Finally. Finally. But this is not the last point. What do you mean? I'll show you the last point. But for now, you place your stone there to show that you are among these people who got up here. Yo, I'm headed to the top, bro. I'm headed to the top. Spectacular. I'm so sorry, man. I'm shouting a lot. More than worth it. Beautiful. Beautiful. I will just show you real quick the last point. But this is only if you think you have the guts to go for it. I'll demonstrate. If you think you have the guts to go for it, then you follow. Okay. Right. Can't believe I've added my stone to the number of people who have climbed up here. And I want to challenge all Zimbabweans. Can you just pick up a stone and come and add it to my stone? It's a challenge. And I want you to accept this challenge. You accept this challenge by putting... I don't think I'll do that. I don't think it's fair enough for me. I'm daring you all to come with a stone and just add the stone in here. But you're brave enough. You can go there, but not me. Not me, bro. No, no, no, no. No, no. Whoa. I'm so glad I came up here. The view is fantastic. The view is amazing. And it's so worth it, bro. Look at that. God bless Africa. God bless Zimbabwe. God bless Bolawayo. God bless Matau. Thank you. I'll see you all in the next one. Don't forget to share this video. Subscribe and be part of this awesome channel. And I'll see you all in the next one. My name is Wadamaya, your one and only annoying village boy from Ghana who is on a journey to change the negative narrative about Africa. Yo, let's sign out. One, two, three, five.