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  Kariba Houseboats in Zimbabwe and Walking Safaris from Sengwa
Houseboats on Lake Kariba also make the most fantastic photographic platforms that allow for some stunning scenery shots and views of the wildlife you would not be able to get on land.
Lake Kariba is one of the largest expanses of fresh water in the world and is home to a diverse fish population.
Hiring a houseboat is a great when it comes to fishing expeditions, you have a dry, comfortable base, a tender to venture away from the boat and to fish right up by the steep shoreline of the lake.
www.karibahouseboats.com   (845 words)

  
  LakeNet - Lakes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kariba Dam is one of the largest dams in the world.
The reservoir is in a tectonically active area at the southern end of the African Rift Valley.
Kariba appears to be one of the few successful examples of introducing non-native species to a lake.
www.worldlakes.org /lakedetails.asp?lakeid=8360   (533 words)

  
 The Amber Nebula Atlas - Kariba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kariba is really a marginal location for a human settlement, but its location as the nearest supply of heavy and industrial metals to the planet Arawne makes it an important outpost.
Kariba exists as a viable settlement mainly because of the vast, easily extracted reserves of metals on the planet.
Kariba is somewhat of an oddity amongst the old colony worlds in that it is still administered as a colony, by Arawne.
www.dangermouse.net /gurps/amber/atlas/kariba.html   (402 words)

  
 Zimbabwe - Kariba & Matusadona National Park
Lake Kariba is 180 miles long and 20 miles wide and is surrounded for the most part by untouched wilderness areas.
Matusadona is situated on the southern shore of Lake Kariba, this scenic 600 square mile park has an abundance of lion, elephant, kudu, impala and buffalo - especially along the shoreline in the dry season.
Kariba is famous for its spectacular sunsets when the skeletons of long-dead trees are silhouetted against the firey sky.
www.african-safari.com /kariba.html   (637 words)

  
 LAKE KARIBA RECREATIONAL PARK - ZIMBABWE
Ail the same, it is generally agreed that the name Kariba was a mispronunciation of the Rock which lies beneath the water surface close to the dam wall.
Kariba Dam wall was completed in late 1958, having been commenced on in September 1955.
The locals and tourists of Kariba look forward to September each year as the Nyaminyami Festivals are held to venerate the River God.
www.africa-onweb.com /zimbabwe_national_parks/lake_kariba_recreational_park.htm   (1169 words)

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