Lake Kariba

     Lake Kariba is an artificial inland sea that covers 282km2 of the Zambezi Valley. It is the continent's third largest dam after Aswan in Egypt and Cahora Bassa on the same river in neighbouring Mozambique. The dam was built to to produce hydroelectricity for use by both Zimbabwe and bordering Zambia and it's something of a feat of both engineering and human endeavour that it was built at all. The area is a commercial fishing centre with the crane-like capenta rigs illuminating the night-time waters of the lake. At the same time, the dam attracts vast quantities of game, both big and small. Huge Nile crocodiles inhabit the lake as do many hippos and it is not uncommon to stumble into a herd of elephants on the lakeshore or while walking through the bush.