Hwange

These sub-tropical thorn and sand flats on the edge of the Kalahari Desert were once home to the nomadic [San (bushmen)] and migrating game, but was an area commonly regarded as unfit for human habitation. Until the end of the eighteenth century when a German prospector named Alfred Giese, heard rumours of "'the stones that burned". He came and staked his claim on one of the largest coal deposits in the world. Present-day Hwange is driven by its power station, its steam locomotives and its coal. For the tourist, it provides a gateway to the country's most famous game reserve, once mispronounced as Wankie.

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