Kariba Airport Set To Be Relocated

The Government says the Kariba Airport will be relocated to a new site to accommodate more aircraft and boost tourism in the town.

Speaking at the launch of the Fastjet flights in Kariba last week, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona said:

Government, through my ministry, identified a new site for the relocation of this airport.

Relocating the airport to a new site will accommodate a wide range of aircraft and promote Kariba as a tourist destination.

… My ministry will continue to support the aviation industry as it is an essential service to the development of the economy through the promotion of trade and tourism.

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Aviation contributes to the national gross domestic product and employment creation.

Kariba Tourism and Business Indaba co-ordinator Cephas Shonhiwa said there was a need for the Government to repair the road linking Harare and Kariba which is now in a sorry state.

12 facts you didn’t know about Lake Kariba according to Changa Safari Camp:

• The chief designer of the Kariba Dam Wall, Andre Coyne, was a well-known French engineer and inventor. He went on to design 70 dams in 14 countries globally.
• It took up to three years for the dam wall to be completed. Construction began on the 6th of November 1956 and was finished in 1959.
• Well over 1 million cubic metres of concrete was poured into the walls to sustain the pressure of nearly ten million litres of water passing through the spillway each second.
• The filling of Lake Kariba between 1958 and 1963 caused more than 20 earthquakes of greater than 5 magnitude on the Richter Scale.
• Operation Noah, a 5‐year wildlife rescue operation, successfully relocated over 6,000 animals, mostly to the Matusadona National Park, whilst Lake Kariba was filling up after the completion of the dam wall.
• Lake Kariba Dam is located approximately halfway down the Zambezi River.
• The structure is 128 meters high with a crest of 579 meters in length.
• The dam has a volume 1,032,000 cubic meters of water!
• The name Kariba comes from the local word Kariva or karinga, meaning “trap”, which refers to a rock that was thrust out of the swirling water at the entrance of the gorge, where the dam wall was to be built.
• Lake Kariba has many mooring opportunities both on the mainland and on islands, offering beautiful and romantic spots with idyllic waterfalls in places like the Sanyati Gorge.
• Lake Kariba is home to some fantastic fish species including the famous Tiger fish, Tilapia Bream, Catfish and the mighty Vundu. For most of the year, Lake Kariba is truly one of the greatest places in Africa for fishing.
• Best of all, Lake Kariba has the perfect climate to visit all year round!

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