LAKE OF LEGEND

TWO ISLANDS AT THE HEART OF LAKE KARIBA OFFER WATER-BORNE SAFARIS LIKE NO OTHER. ANTON CRONE TRAVELS THERE TO MEET THE CREATURES, PEOPLE AND DEITIES THAT CALL THE LAKE HOME

TRAVEL Lake Kariba The creation of Lake Kariba is the stuff of legend: the engineers building the dam weren't just holding back the waters of the Zambezi River, they were taking on a god. The river god of the Tonga, Nyami Nyami, had as his home the great rock Kariva, which jutted out of the tumbling waters of a deep gorge. This was the site chosen for the dam, and by the time the mighty Zambezi had settled behind the 128m high wall, at 280km long and 48km wide, the largest volume of water on Earth had been collected by humans. It was named Kariba, after the river god's home. Some say Nyami Nyami left this world. Others say he guides the water still. The mineral-rich valley, now inundated, spawned…

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