The Zambezi River is the very essence of ‘true Africa’. It’s banks are abundant with wildlife and it’s water full of hippos, crocodiles and tiger fish. Mana Pools, Zimbabwe, is one of the few places in Southern Africa where visitors are permitted to explore on foot without a qualified guide. September is the end of the dry season and many of the smaller watering holes have dried to mud; forcing animals to congregate around the larger pools and the river. Mana Pools had long b