BULAWAYO – Jeremy Clarkson offered “profound thanks to the people and government of Zimbabwe” on Tuesday after Amazon Prime’s motoring show, The Grand Tour, ended two weeks of filming at several locations in the country.
Clarkson said he “absolutely adored” everything about the country, but added: “Apart from the potholes maybe.”
Clarkson and his Grand Tour’s co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond were “marooned” in Botswana on Tuesday after their British Airways flight was cancelled, May revealed on X but left no doubt they were having a time of their lives.
“My profound thanks to the people and government of Zimbabwe for helping to make a very special Grand Tour special, very special,” Clarkson wrote on X.
“We absolutely adored everything about your country. Apart from the potholes maybe.”
The stars made a road trip from the east of Zimbabwe and drove more than 1,200 kilometers through Harare and Bulawayo to the Victoria Falls on the country’s north-western border with Zambia.
The trio left Zimbabwe for Zambia to catch their flight back to the United Kingdom.
“BREAKING! Grand tour presenters MAROONED in Botswana wildlife paradise following cancellation of BA flight home. Updates to follow,” May said in a tongue-in-cheek tweet on Tuesday.
Asked what Clarkson was up to during their time of extreme suffering, May responded: “He’s sitting opposite me and drinking rosé rofl. The situation is desperate.”
Clarkson posted a picture of a swimming pool in what appeared to be a wilderness safari lodge with the caption: “When BA delay a flight by 12 hours, do they not realise how much hardship they inflict on passengers? We are fighting to stay alive here.”
No date has been announced for when the Zimbabwe special will be added on Amazon Prime.
