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  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 42 Chobe National Park, Botswana

    Tuesday 02 January 2018. Photos.
    Highlights: Morning Game Drive – Chobe National Park

    Last night I slept very well in our bush camp, maybe it was the fact we didn’t have animals chasing us yesterday unlike the las time I was in Chobe National Park but I suspect it was having a cot bed in my bed 🙂

    I was up at 5.15 am a little earlier than planned but when you have to pee you have to pee. The breakfast around the morning fire was very enjoyable, maybe too enjoyable as the morning drive was supposed to start at 6.30 am but we left around 20 minutes late. However our guide went way overtime during this game drive, instead of being back at based by 9.30 am it was actually 11.00 am which made everyone happy.

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  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 41 Victoria Falls to Chobe National Park, Botswana

    Monday 01 January 2018. Photos.
    Highlights: Dusk Game Drive – Chobe National Park

    Today I formally met the new tour members for the last leg of the trip Victoria Falls to Cape Town, officially this tour started started on 30 December but I missed the group meeting as I was on a night game drive that resulted in seeing a rhino up close :). There are 19 tour members (including me); Alicia, Brett, Marjan, Isabelle, Olivia, Ella, Andrew, Richard, Sarah, Ross, Laura, Rita, Christina, Ann, Jordan, Adam, Alexander and from my previous trip Roz and Arran. The truck is actually smaller so there is only two free seats and I have a seat buddy in Brett from now on. Our tour leader is Onary who now lives in South Africa but was originally from Zimbabwe.

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  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 40 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

    Sunday 31 December 2017. Photos (Victoria Falls & Zimbabwe)
    Highlights: Guided tour of Victoria Falls, New Year’s Eve Dancing

    Today I went on my final visit to one of the seven natural wonders of the world the great Victoria Falls. This time I was visiting on the Zimbabwe side on foot to compliment the helicopter flight of both the Zimbabwe and Zambia sides and the visit at ground level on the Zambia side.

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  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 38 Chobe to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

    Friday 29 December 2017. Photos (Botswana and Zimbabwe)
    Highlights: Morning Game Drive (Chobe, Botswana), Sunset Cruise On the Zambezi (Zimbabwe)

    The overnight bush camping went well, while a few animals could be heard in the background nothing really came into the camp ground itself. Still hearing lions in the background and only having a thin layer of tent material between us definitely gets the senses working at full stream.

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  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 39 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

    Saturday 30 December 2017. Photos (Victoria Falls & Zimbabwe)
    Highlights: Helicopter Flight over the Falls, Night Game Drive (Rhino sighting)

    Today was the day I fulfilled one of my life ambitions in going on a helicopter ride and I got to do it over the magnificent Victoria Falls!

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