Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park

A quiet morning to relax and recover from the journey, during which we walked around some of the extensive lodge grounds and saw the huge footprints left by last nights Hippo visitors, we went on a safari to the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park where we were lucky to have the guide to ourselves.

It was amazing, starting with a ‘journey’ of Giraffes followed by, don’t worry I won’t do all the collective terms, Baboons, Vervet Monkeys, Warthog, Zebra, Impala, Hammerheads and then leaving the vehicle for a walk, which was a little unnerving, as we were met and accompanied by a member of the armed Park Police, who protect the Rhino as they move about the Park

Our guide was so informative and, with our escort, took us to a plain where we were able to approach a mother with a 2 year old baby and stood watching them from about 60 yards away! Incredibly they were soon joined by another Rhino, and two more followed further down the track, it was a remarkable and almost unheard of encounter, given there are only eleven rhino in the whole of Zambia, and here we were with five Rhino in front of us and another two, in view, on the plain, incredible!

Returning along the track, to the Park Centre, I heard Lainey shout and immediately on my left, just coming out of the bush, was a huge Elephant, literally no more than two metres away about to cross the track we stopped and he came out, stopping to gave us the once over, and allowing a photo to be taken, before disappearing into the bush

Tired but ‘wowed’ we returned to the Lodge for a ‘large’ drink and dinner on the balcony restaurant, followed by an early nightLäs mer