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  • Charlesi Main-BCharlesi Main-BZambia

    Departing Heathrow for…

    10 mei, Engeland ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    …and away we go, just enjoying a glass of champagne whilst on our way to Lasaka via Dubai

    Now at Dubai and enjoying a drink in the lounge, exhausting flight and another 7.5hr flight to Lasaka leaving in 1 hour… 😳

    More on our arrival at Lusaka 👍    Meer informatie

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    Lusaka - Zambia

    11 mei, Zambia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Well we’ve made it to Zambia, Lusaka, after quite a journey, not sure my ankles will ever recover, but what the Hell! We were met by a lovely guy who brought us to Latitude 15, our hotel for the night so it’s an early start tomorrow to catch a domestic to Livingstone

    Now though I think we’re just getting sorted before we go for a swim and soak up this ‘cool’ 25* 😂😂

    Not the warmest…I think refreshing…! 🤔

    More later…    Meer informatie

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    Waterberry Lodge

    12 mei, Zambia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Arriving at our Lodge and a welcoming drink and chat about what goes on. We have received our warning of not to go out after dark unless we call security as Rhino and Crocodile roam the grounds…exciting! 🤔

    Quiet day now to recoup from the journey, although we got our first wildlife sighting here on our veranda, which we have since discovered is a Mozambique Spitting Cobra and of some interest to the staff! 🤔 😳    Meer informatie

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    Evening - Zambezi River

    12 mei, Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    An incredible evening on the Zambezi River, taken out by Pascal, we travelled upstream to meet up with the Hippos on the Zimbabwean side but lots of sightings on the way, there and back, including Kingfishers, Grey Heron, Gibbons, Hawks and Crocodile as we udrifted back toward Waterberry Lodge.

    As our trip went on we had to struggle between admiring the sunset, over Zambia, or the moonrise, over Zimbabwe, it was the most incredible evening which is impossible to describe and something we will be doing again before we leave

    On our return we enjoyed a drink looking over the Zambezi River before going to dinner under a full moon, very romantic and very repeatable    Meer informatie

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    Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park

    13 mei, Zambia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    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, Velvet 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 night    Meer informatie

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  • Charlesi Main-BCharlesi Main-BZambia

    Victoria Falls

    14 mei, Zambia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Today we’re off to Livingstone and Victoria Falls, we’re not really sure what to expect but have been warned, by the Waterberry owners, who promised that we would get very wet, they did not lie!

    I think we were both expecting a waterfall then river type scenario but Victoria Falls turns out to be quite exceptional! After the Falls there are a number of ravines and the sheer volume of water unbelievable, although during the dry season this is simply not the case

    The area name Mosi-oa-Tunya means ‘Steam of Thunder’ which describes it perfectly as you arrive but as you progress it really does become torrential. We crossed over ‘Knife Edge Bridge’, close to the Eastern Cataract where we did, as promised, get drenched despite wearing ponchos, if the water doesn’t get you, the humidity will!    Meer informatie

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    Great EgretHadada IbisWater Thick-Knee

    Elephant Cafe

    15 mei, Zambia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    A truly unforgettable day. We were driven to The David Livingstone Centre where we boarded a speedboat to go up the Zambezi to Elephant Cafe. As we left we could see the ‘steam’ from the falls behind us. I had mentioned I liked Hippos so the driver/guide took us along the Zimbabwean side where we saw many in various shallows. Highlight was seeing a mother with her baby, out of the water, we also saw giraffes and elephants in the bush after which we went through a section of rapids where the driver had great fun giving us a thrilling ride!

    After about 50 minutes we arrived at the Elephant Cafe where a group of elephants were enjoying the shade. After a quick briefing we were taken over to meet Muyun, a young elephant. It was quite nerve racking as they are so very big, but we were given bags of food (horse pellets) and shown how to feed them, although the elephant soon showed us how, shoving the open end of his trunk at us to put a handful of food in which he quickly ‘blows’ into his mouth. He was just like Cere, nudging for more and more. Then we were taken over to meet Mandinda, at 47 he’s the oldest elephant there and has formidable tusks.

    It was awesome to stand by such a large creature, stroke and feed him. Their skin and strength are indescribable. All the time the keepers were telling us about them and their histories. An unforgettable, mind blowing experience.

    Afterwords we were escorted to the ‘Cafe’ a beautiful open air restaurant overlooking the Zambezi where we had a three course gourmet meal with wine and champagne.

    An unexpected appearance of ‘Socks’, a 3 year old Hhippo, so called because he has a pink foot and leg. Evidently he had been thrown out of his birth Pod (family) and adopted the River Cafe as his home, no doubt because of the lush watered grass there for him to graze on. Although we had to keep a safe distance, we watched him graze all through lunch. Such a privilege again to see such a huge creature in its natural environment

    Exhausted…back for an hours sleep. Saw two River Monitor Lizards from our veranda, then went on another sunset boat ride and saw lots more Hippos, birds including: Great Egrets, a Hadada Ibis, a Water Thick-Knee and a Pied Kingfisher and a 4/5 metre long crocodile, which Charles had pointed out as a ‘log’ imagine his surprise when he was told it actually was a Crocodile!

    Dinner then an early night. We leave for the airport at 10:00 tomorrow. Waterberry Lodge has been exceptional in every way and we’ve had the most wonderful experiences.    Meer informatie

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  • Charlesi Main-BCharlesi Main-BZambia

    Livingstone > Mfuwe

    16 mei, Zambia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    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.    Meer informatie

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    Lodge No. 2 - 'Our Place''Our' view, note the Hippos in the water...

    Tafika Mwaleshi Park

    17 mei, Zambia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    A restless night for Lainey. The horrendous journey and the contrast between the manicured luxury of Waterberry Lodge and Tafika seen in the dark was quite unsettling

    We had a big bed each under a huge mosquito net and our lodge was otherwise open to the air under a thatched roof. Lainey had a shower in the open air followed by a delicious breakfast and a look around and felt somewhat better about everything.

    Here overlooking the river there are loads of Hippos everywhere, herd of Impala are on the far bank and many birds which I can’t identify. We’re told there was an Elephant in camp earlier so to be careful, It’s so peaceful.

    Keeping a watchful eye on the river banks we realised there were Hippos coming right past us, so close to the bank, we then realised they were starting to mate and, I’m afraid, watched, note the Ox Pecker on his back! It was truly incredible, so glad we decided to relax this morning

    We’re off on the Sundowner at 16:00…    Meer informatie

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  • Charlesi Main-BCharlesi Main-BZambia
    Yellow Beaked Stork

    Tafika - Sundowner I

    17 mei, Zambia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Set off at 16:00 for a trek out and although we saw Giraffe, Elephants and Hippos unfortunately no Game

    We reached the Luangwa where we found a Pod of Hippos, some of the smaller ones coming right to the waters edge, as they are quite curious and have no fear, just caution.

    It was a superb sunset, not good on my camera but absolutely brilliant taken by Nina Waffenschmidt, on the river where we sat back enjoyed our ‘Sundowner’, along with the noisy Hippos

    Returning in the dark we enjoyed the stars seeing quite a few animals but again, no Game though not for want of trying. Back at the Lodge we enjoyed great food and conversation, a really good day all round 👍    Meer informatie

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