Today was a wonderful day with beautiful weather, although it was chilly in the morning. I left my room to head out for breakfast but ran back to get my camera as there were three zebras walking the path outside my room (possibly the prior day’s evening visitors)!
We headed out to Victoria Falls, where our bus driver gave an overview of the area’s natural history, its discovery by David Livingstone, and the building of the Victoria Falls Bridge that connects Zambia and Zimbabwe. He explained that the falls do not look the same year round, and we were now in the dry period, exacerbated by the current drought. In spite of the reduced water flow, the falls were still worth seeing. The Rainbow Falls were beautiful.
Victoria Falls Bridge
Rainbow Falls
We then headed to Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park (the name means “The Smoke Which Thunders”, a reference to Victoria Falls) and had a walking safari with a great guide who pointed out animal tracks, trees, birds and animals. Our hope was to see a rhinoceros or two (there is a group in the area, but we were told it’s rare to see them all together). To our great delight, we saw the whole family of ten rhinos napping, including a mother and baby who got up and started walking around!
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We then went on a game drive where we spotted more animals.
Southern Reedbucks
Common Warthogs
Blue Wildebeest
Zebras
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The drive ended at the David Livingstone Resort where we boarded the Lady Livingstone for a buffet lunch cruise on the Zambezi River. Another local guide told us about David Livingstone and his African explorations.
Lady Livingstone
Egrets and ibis
Musicians at the David Livingstone Resort
We returned to our hotel mid-afternoon with time to relax and get our duffel bags ready for a busy day in transit tomorrow.
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