I’m waiting for the Kenya air flight to Cape Town in a new spacious air-conditioned airport. On the ground floor so I will need to carry my 12kg bag up the stair. As we drove the 22km to the airport, on a wide well maintained road, lined by the green thorn trees, black-stemmed brown leafed […]
I watched David ride the swing and zipline at the Lookout cafe on the gorge edge this morning. Fairly tame he said, but not my idea of fun. The cafe provides a good view of the bridge and the many rafts negotiating the rapids. Didn’t look too tough but THAT would have been fun. Too […]
David booked the old Victoria Falls Hotel for one night yesterday but this place promises to find a room for me by tomorrow night. I checked at the posh Shearwater hotel but they are full. Breakfast at the cafe again, and then off to the falls for morning shots at 5 points (1,2,3,7,8}, while David […]
The hotel breakfast didn’t look too flash so we opted for the Shearwater cafe 700m away – excellent well presented food. This is not the country I left in 1966. The waiters dress and behave like New York hipsters. The people here still have names like Blessing, and Definite Mlambo. Most are friendly even in passing […]
Its been a long day as it mostly is on ‘holiday’. Up at 6, breakfast at 6.30, then out on the terrible thick sand tracks through the low scrub and occasional stately tree copses on slightly higher ground. Savuti is mostly flat especially a large area named the Marshes, now bone dry grassland. Contrast is […]
Sunrise was a clear sky, not what I hoped for, however I captured the view from my tent and the gully (Savuti channel) which carries the water to the marsh in the south, both dry at this time. The bushes on the other side hide the road to the airport. The USA lady & her […]
I best start with the trip from Xobega to Camp Savuti. We had to leave by 6 to avoid the heat and also see animals on the way to the airstrip 30mins past 3rd Bridge, a total of 2hrs if we didnt delay. Our plane was at 10.45. The boat trip with Sam was fast, […]
I was awoken suddenly at 1am by Santos the elephant visiting my tent. He has followed the same path for years, grazing the bushes along the way. I thought he would push the tent over as he brushed against it, lifting he roof! I am told he comes most nights. No rush today, so I […]
I left Tuskers in the cool early pre-dawn with Brian, along the sandy track to the main gate. We only saw three elephants near the fence, turning left for Moremi Reserve soon after, passing a few stalls of goods for sale, and later stopping to help a car towing a heavy trailer. Brian produced a […]
After a quick breakfast (sadly no coffee wake up call), and then I was off with a different guide/driver, Brian. The Chinese left, and the others had a different driver. We drove back 40 mins to the gate, then north into the edge of Moremi. Not as much damage by elephant here; the broad sweeps […]