Livingstone > Mfuwe

A 10:00 start from Waterberry for a 12.20 - 50 minute flight from Livingstone to Lusaka where we had a 3.5 hour stopover. That was a bit frustrating as we were supposed to have use of a comfy lounge but ProFlight said we weren’t booked in so we spent the time on uncomfortable hard seats! Then an onward 01:00 flight to Mwufe on another small turboprop plane

These planes have a 1-2 seat configuration which aren’t made for large people so lots of ‘bits’ hang over onto the corridor 😁 lunch on board was beer and a packet of crisps 😁

Arriving at 17:30 we were met by the Tafika Lodge driver who took us to a large 4x4 Toyota and then drove for 2.5 hours on an unbelievably rough, lumpy and muddy dirt road to the lodge. Charles wasn’t too pleased because he kept banging his head on the roof when we went over ‘bumps’ and was thrown around in the back seat, whereas I was luckier wedged with pillows in the front seat. I only got splashed by mud because I had my window open! A memorable journey in that we would never like to repeat it! However, in the light of the headlights we saw hyena, giraffe, elephant, impala, lots of birds, an elephant shrew and genet cats.

Arriving in the dark at 20:15 after an exhausting drive, it was a bit disorienting. We had a drink at the bar followed by dinner in the open air at a round table with 4 other guests and good conversations. After informing the staff that we wouldn’t be getting up at 5:00 to go on the 6:00 game drive (😱) we went to bed exhausted.Lue lisää