Victoria Fall – Zimbabwe – Botswana – Namibia (Part II)
On Friday morning we had booked a 15 minute helicopter flight which allowed us a bird’s eye view over the Fall. Despite the fact that it was a fairly short trip I was happy to see the Fall from another perspective . Only from the air you could see how giant this natural wonder is.
Victoria Fall
In the afternoon we took a boat cruise on the Zambesi River. For 2 hours we sailed into the sunset overlooking the banks of the river. And we were lucky and spotted our first wildlife elephant feeding on some branches of a tree. The cruise came with catering service and while we were sipping on our third Gin & Tonic a group of hippopotamus popped up in front of the boat.
Hippopotamus
African elephant
We had a buffet dinner that night at our lodge and the fried crocodile tail I ate was very yummie.
Saturday morning 8:45 we left Victoria Falls and drove in our Toyata Landcruiser plus trailer a bit more than 200 km southeast to the Hwange National Park where we arrived after 3 hours.
Toyota Landcruiser
Halfeay we stopped at the Painted Dog Conservation a place where people look after the endangered species of this wild dog.
The country side looked very familiar to me and reminded me on the highway west of Townsville to Charts Towers. Very brown and dry at this time of the year and instead of Gum trees we saw a lot of Teak and Bloodwood trees on the side of the road.
Our accommodation for the next 2 nights was Sable Sands where we stayed in little huts overlooking a water hole which attracted some baboons and buffalos that day.
Sable Sand Lodge
Sunday was a big day and the wake up call was at 5:30 am . Brr, it was cold and I had to put on long pants and a jumper for breakfast which was served outside . Bacon and eggs for breaky? Of course it was Sunday!
At 8 am we started our safari and drove in an open 4×4 Toyota into the Hwange National Park. When ever we saw some animals along the way or at a waterholes we stopped and you could hear the clicking sounds of at least 6 cameras. According to our local guide Vincent we very lucky and saw buffalos, zebras, a herd of elephants, gnus, kudus, impalas,baboons of course, warthogs, giraffes, voltures and a geopard (cheetah) resting in the shade of a tree.
Zebra
Leopard ( Cheetah)
Buffalos
We had lunch in the Nat. Park at Kennedy Camp where you also can stay overnight in your own tent. We were back at Sable Sands just in time for the sundowner at 5:30pm.
Dinning area at Sable Samd Lodge
Dinner that night was the Zambesi Bream a local fish served with vegetables and potatoes and for desert marble cake with melted chocolate.
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