Time to make use of our KAZA visa! In the morning, we navigated the border crossing from Zimbabwe to Zambia, just over the Victoria Falls Bridge above Rapid 2-3 on the Zambezi River. The bridge is a popular spot for bungee jumping. But, we were headed for a different kind…
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The Divorce Barge on the Upper Zambezi
After breakfast on Monday morning, we all hopped into “the beast” for a hour+ drive through the Zambezi NP to our put in location on the river for the kayaks. We saw zebra along the way, and we quickly realized that long game drives on bumpy roads may not be…
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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…
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From sunrise to sunset on the Chobe
A sunrise safari requires an early start to the day. While some of our group opted for sleep (a couple of people were experiencing extremely vivid dreams as a side effect of the particular type of anti-malarial medication that most of us were taking), Kurt and I set the alarm…
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Life on the Chobe
Life on the Chobe was pretty simple for us. Maybe not as simple for all of the wildlife though in their daily quest for food/water and safety from predators. Our primary activity was looking for animals via boat safaris from the lodge at sunrise, midday, and sunset with our local…