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 by grets
I have to confess that after Mosi Oa Tunya we are a little disappointed with the game here. Our expectations had been built up so much about this park, one of the great parks of Southern Africa. Although we see the usual variety of bucks, hundreds of elephants, enormous herds of buffalo, as well as warthogs, there ar no lions, leopards, giraffe, wildebeest or zebra. I really want to see a big cat, but it's not meant to be. I know it's only down to luck on the day as these are wild animals, and that's what makes a safari so interesting, but I'm still disappointed.
We stop for a picnic of tea and biscuits where a family of warthogs walk righ by. A young girl from another truck starts chasing after them, but soon changes her mind when the biggest warthog turns around and comes back for her. The little bulbuls are after our crumbs, and our so tame that Richard almost steps on one. They are so unafraid, eating out of our hands.
Down by the river are large numbers of hippo, wallowing in the muddy riverbed, clambering over each other and chomping loudly. Leave a Comment
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 White Rhino by grets
There are large herds of elephants with some very small babies, lots of giraffes with babies as well as large herds of buffalo again with babies. We see babboons, green vervet monkeys, warthogs, the ever-present impala, wildebeest, bushbuck, waterbuck, hippo, crocodile and finally, the piece de resistance, four white rhino. After we stop for a picnic of Zambezi beer and apple turnovers, we come across the rhinos actually in the middle of the road. Leave a Comment
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 Victoria falls seen from
above (photo Marianne) by Alain_Smeets
An Australian lady (Marianne) from our group did this flight and saw some amazing landscapes and she enjoyed it very much. I didn't go because I already had this experience in the Grand Canyon, but when I saw her photos later in Melbourne, I felt a bit of remorse that I didn't take that ride. Leave a Comment
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 They Are Safe! by safardreams
Zimbabwe. If I was going on and Elephant
ride. I didn't know. But walking around the corner of ILLALA LODGE. I saw this BIG sign.
Elephant rides also some other things.
I asked my friend PETE who worked at the LODGE about this. They were able to set it up.
What I will say now is. These young
Elephants are safe being taken cared for on a reserve in SOUTH AFRICA. My guide & my
friend CRAIG VAN ZYL had told me this. So I know they're ok. Leave a Comment
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 Guy is going to Jump
(Photo Thieu) by Alain_Smeets
First you have to pass the border and in no-man's-land between Zambia and Zimbabwe you can throw yourself safely from this 110-meter high bridge. Scary and nothing for me, so who dares ....
You can find more photos on the following travelogue: Jumping of a perfectly good bridge sounds stupid on my Livingstone page. Leave a Comment
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 They Are Safe! by safardreams
talked about ELEHANTS. There were some Skulls & Bones around. Knowing better now I would have taken pics of all this. These men seemd so nice and mild mannered. I would like to, and have to believe they treated the ELEPHANTS with RESPECT! All I know is they are ALL in SO. AFRICA. Doing fine. Leave a Comment
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 Yes, I love it by Alain_Smeets
“Morning Glory” will eat you, the “Stairway to Heaven” makes you think that you are invincible and the “Midnight dinner” will chew you up. You don’t believe me, well read my travelogue “Rafting on the roaring Zambezi” or even better when you are in Victoria Falls go to their office and book a rafting trip.
You will see it will be one of the best things you ever did in your life.
GO FOR IT !!!!
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On the certificate that we got there is this statement: “Volumes of water up to four times that of the Colorado River are pumped through narrow gorges creating the world’s most exciting one day rafting experience over grade 5 rapids - one level below the impossible!”
You can find our whole story in the following travelogue: “Rafting on the roaring Zambezi”
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 Zambezi River by sachara
We decided to spend all our time at the falls and not to go there, but we did after all ...
We had the last helicopter flight of the day. After our half an hour circling above the falls, the pilot said "this is my last flight, so I like to do something else" and without any warning he dived over the tops of the trees into the gorge of the Zambesi River. Leave a Comment
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 Zambezi River, up stream by sachara
It was breathtaking flying so low, jus 2 M above the water between steep walls at both sides.
We wondered how the helicopter could rise again in the narrow gorge above the steep rocks and walls.
It was my first time in an helicopter and this first time I allready found out, where an helicopter is capable of.
Of course we came out of the gorge.
On our way back to the heli-port we did some more dives to see some elephants at a close distance.
The pilot really enjoyed his last flight of the day and so we did after all !! Leave a Comment
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 Zambezi River, rapids by sachara
Everything was going so very fast, that we were allready down before we realized what happened.
Our pilot explained us that we flied the route of the rafting and told us the names and the grades of the rapids.
At 2M high we took rapid 8, 9 and 10 with names like ''jaws of death'' and something with ''suicide''. Leave a Comment
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