We have had two lovely weeks with Jocelyn and David who arrived in South Africa on November 16th. We did all the local sites including spending a couple of weekends in Kruger. They also managed to get off by them selves for a few days.
The highlight for us was four days we spent at the Victoria Falls and Chobe National Park. We stayed on the Zimbabwe side of the falls at the lovely Ilala Lodge. The falls are almost 2 kilometers long, that is including two small islands in the middle. The rains are late this year so the falls were 'low', for Victoria Falls that is! To us they were very impressive. The benefit of seeing them when they are 'low' is just that, you see them. Apparently in the rainy season there is so much spray it is almost impossible to get a good look.
We spent a day in Botswana at the Chobe National Park. First we had a cruise on the Zambezi River then a drive in the park. It was quite a different experience to Kruger. We didn't see the diversity of animals but those we saw we saw more of.
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| The Devil's Punch Bowl, at the beginning of the falls. Dont you just love the rainbow in the mist! |
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| A view of the main part of the falls, Devils Punch Bowl is too the right and the Zambia side is to the left. You can see spray obscuring part of the view. Imagine when there was 4x more water going over the edge. |
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| I just loved these orchids growing on the bank opposite the falls. The constant spray and humidity must provide the prefect climate for them. |
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| Dinner at Ilala Lodge |
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| A bit too close for comfort! |
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| This was the tiniest baby elephant we have seen. The guide said he had never seen a smaller one. |
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| Its hard to get a drink when you are this little!!! |
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| Hippos grazing on the banks of the river. |
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| We came across a group of five teenage lions. I was sure this boy was going to leap into our truck and eat Andrew! |
