Imire has just as many species as the pronunciations of this Rhino and Wildlife Conservation paradise. Don’t let the 90 minute drive, of which 37kms in a narrow strip road, almost gravel deter you from venturing out to the bundu (bush in colloquial Zimbabwean lingo). When I have visitors who are in town for a short time but want to experience the ultimate game drive, Imire is a no-brainer! It is where many international travellers experience volunteering with elephants in Africa – and rhinos.
So we left on a sunny Sunday morning in order to get there for the famous tea/coffee and cookies – which are unmatched. There just is something about home-made delights. The sugar high we got from the cookies was almost enough to help us bear the cold breeze that received us at Imire. The weather was the very opposite of what we woke up to in Harare.
Kate Travers, who runs Sable Lodge – the accommodation facility at Imire was ever so kind to give everyone there, blankets, and she went as far as taking her son’s jackets to give out to the kids who, like us had left sunny Harare assuming the sun would follow, but alas! Who ever thought game drives were great opportunities for networking and establishing business links and synergies, but there I was connecting with people in the energy sector, something very useful to Discovereum; the first children’s museum in Zimbabwe whose operations I am leading.
They do say it is important to mix business with pleasure after all. Kate and I had been talking about the possibility of working together, and such talks continue – and although I don’t want to jinx it by talking too soon, I do have a good feeling about striking up a great partnership, and so you can expect some really exciting stuff between Tiritose Sustainable Travel and Imire Game Park in 2018. Watch the space…