The African Dream, a houseboat believed to be one of the biggest houseboats to have been built in Zimbabwe and has been a spectacle along the Harare-Masvingo Highway, passed through Masvingo city yesterday after a painstaking five-day journey from the capital.
The houseboat, with a carrying capacity of 300 people, was built at GDI Engineering in Msasa, Harare, was on its way to Victoria Falls en route to Botswana.
The boat handlers chose to use the longer route to Victoria Falls to avoid traffic congestion that is associated with the Harare-Bulawayo Highway, as that could have resulted in a major disruption of traffic flow.
According to crew members travelling with the gigantic houseboat, the journey to Victoria Falls would take a further 10 days.
“We are moving at approximately 30km/hour on good roads like this one ( Road), but the journey from Harare to Masvingo was painstakingly slow,” said one crew member.
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