Hwange

These sub-tropical thorn and sand flats on the edge of the Kalahari Desert were once only seen as home to the nomadic [San (bushmen) and migrating game], and the area was commonly regarded as unfit for human habitation.

Then at the end of the eighteenth century 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 - Hwange National Park.

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