Stunning scenery of Zimbabwe
A week at the World Travel Market took in many photos and a few meetings and conversations, not least with some of the African countries, including some reminiscing about last October’s fabulous trip to Zimbabwe, and here are just a few examples of the amazing landscape, including the stunning Victoria Falls.
Nine days in Zimbabwe provided ample opportunity to photograph some of the landscape this country has to offer. My thanks to local photographer Tom Varley for guiding me to the best places to photograph the Victoria Falls – very impressive sight, and would love to go back after the rains to see it in full flow. Standing there watching the sun some up over the Falls really is one of those ‘glad to be alive’ moments, shown in the first three photographs. Of the portrait shots the first was taken on an early morning walking safari in Hwange Game Park, the next at sunset in the same park, the third was taken in Matopo Hills. The next two are back to Victoria Falls, the first from the Flight of Angels over the Falls, and the last just looking down towards the bridge over to Zambia.
The following shot is during a sunset trip on the Zambezi using the ripples and colourful light to create an abstract landscape, then an aerial shot above the Eelephant Hills Golf Club.
The final three shots show sunrise over the Zambezi River, dry bush in the Matopo Hills, and finally the Three Sisters, one of many granite outcrops in the Matopo Hills. It would be fantastic to return and photograph the Eastern Highlands as well as seeing what these shots look like after the rainy season….I’m working on that now!
If you would like to see more of the photographs from the trip my book ‘Zimbabwe In Pictures’ is now available from Amazon, or for other examples of my travel photography see my website (www.keithhern.com ). Any questions please email me: keith@keithhern.com, or call me on +44 7900 826714.
Wow, Keith; the Falls and the early morning shots are beautiful. I can almost taste the spray from the falls as they rush impatiently over the rocks.
Thanks Ness – working on getting out that way again, but at the end of wet season to see the falls in full flow… not that really would be awesome!