No hiking necessary today! After (optional) yoga and (not optional) breakfast, we packed up camp and headed downriver from our campsite. Everything from camp was packed onto a gear boat. The raft was loaded down, and it was a feat to ensure that it stayed upright through the rapids today….
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Zambezi II: The Wrath of Nyami Nyami
My Nyami Nyami pendant necklace came untied yesterday. When I took off my life jacket at lunch, I noticed that it wasn’t around my neck anymore. I thought it was gone. But, thankfully, I found it in the lower part of my shirt around my torso. Not wanting to lose…
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🎶 The Time has Come 🎶
It was finally time to load up the rafts and head into the famous whitewater of the Zambezi River! We were transported in the morning from the Old Drift Lodge back to The Lookout Cafe where we had our safety briefing from Stewart, our local rafting trip leader. I would…
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Border shuffle back to Zimbabwe
The animals greeted us for one last sunrise safari on the Chobe River. No two mornings are the same in the wild! We noticed scratches on the body of a large hippo, and Felix indicated that this was likely from the propeller from a boat. On our return journey to…