Early in the morning at 0530 we were
picked up to go on a morning game drive in Chobe NP. We saw plenty of animals,
none we hadn’t seen before, and unfortunately no cats even though we saw
several lion tracks and a spot where a leopard had been seen the day before.
Coming back to the camp at 0930-ish we
had a quick breakfast before driving an hour to reach to border to Zambia.
First we checked out of Botswana, took a ferry 5 minutes across the Zambezi
River, got into Zambia, got our visas and in the end fighting ourselves through
hordes of salespeople (which we actually never – except from here – really had
any issues with).
Back on the road we aimed for
Livingstone and a couple of hours later we arrived as planned. We didn’t stop
but continued on to Victoria Falls where we spent a couple of hours admiring
the sights and having a walk.
Going back to Livingstone we found our
camp site, established the tents and went for a sunset boat ride. The name of
the ride, the Booze Cruise, sounded more dangerous than it actually was. The
concept was a sunset cruise with game watching including dinner and a free bar
for 2-3 hours. We all enjoyed the trip, some significantly more than others,
but firmly back on land we ended up in the resort’s bar where we spent the rest
of the evening and half the night.
This night was also the last night we
would have with this group, hence the more than average intake of alcohol. The
trip I’m on is in reality two trips; one from Johannesburg to Livingstone, and
one going from Livingstone to Johannesburg. This site is where 3 different G
trips converge (Cape Town – Livingstone, Nairobi – Livingstone and Johannesburg
– Livingstone, with the two former taking the same path back and forth and the
latter (my trip) following a circular route with Livingstone being the middle
point), and people mix up, change trucks, arrive and leave, depending on where
they will be going next (e.g. Nairobi – Cape Town, Johannesburg – Nairobi
etc.). In total we are 5 people doing the Johannesburg – Livingstone – Johannesburg
trip, and after being 22 up until Livingstone we will now only be 20.
Some of the elephants got awfully close that morning.
Warthog.
Hippos having a rest.
Victoria Falls.
The border crossing to Zimbabwe - and also where they do bungie jumping.
Victoria Falls.
Crocodile close-up in the evening.
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