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    • MatkaajaSouth Africa May 2023
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      Päivä 21

      May 26 - Victoria Falls

      26. toukokuuta 2023, Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      After a nice breakfast inside since it was a bit cool to sit outdoors, we were picked up once again by Big Boy. After picking up some people at two other locations, Big Boy took us to Victoria Falls.

      Victoria Falls ("Thundering Smoke" or "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, which provides habitat for several unique species of plants and animals. It is located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Zambezi River is the 4-th longest river in Africa, after the Nile, the Congo and the Niger Rivers.

      Archeological sites and oral history describe a long record of African knowledge of the site. Though known to some European geographers before the 19th century, Scottish missionary David Livingstone identified the falls in 1855, providing the English colonial name of Victoria Falls after Queen Victoria. It is a very important tourism site for both Zambia and Zimbabwe and is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

      While it is neither the highest nor the widest waterfall in the world, the Victoria Falls is classified the largest, based on its combined width of 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) and height of 108 metres (354 ft), resulting in the world's largest sheet of falling water. The Victoria Falls are roughly twice the height of Niagara Falls and well over twice its width.

      After giving us a short history of the falls, Big Boy led us through the surrounding rainforest to the main viewing vantage points. Words and photos are both inadequate for capturing the magnificence of Victoria Falls. The roar of the falls, the rising mist, the occasion rain shower, the sheer power of the water – we all just drank in the sight.

      Big Boy delivered us back to the hotel. We’ll be doing a river cruise this afternoon. It’s nice to have a few hours to enjoy some relaxation time.      Lue lisää

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    • Victoria Falls 2023
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      Päivä 4

      Zambia

      31. toukokuuta 2023, Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      Am Morgen sind wir mit dem Taxi, Sydney hat uns wieder zuverlässig abgeholt und zur Grenze nach Sambia gebracht. Ausreise war problemlos, wir waren mit einem Stempel reicher 2 Minuten später wieder aus dem Büro.
      Die Viktoria Bridge ist quasi Niemandsland. Über die Brücke, Paul hat uns sicher begleitet, ging es noch 500 m an diversen Lastern vorbei. Es wird wohl Kohle nach Sambia und Kupfer zurückgeliefert.
      Einreise war auch Problemlos.

      „Sambia im südlichen Afrika ist ein Binnenland mit zerklüftetem Gelände und einer vielfältigen Tierwelt, vielen Parks und Safari-Gegenden. An seiner Grenze zu Simbabwe befinden sich die berühmten Victoriafälle – von den Ureinwohnern Mosi-oa-Tunya oder "Donnernder Rauch" genannt – die über dunstige 108 m in die schmale Batoka-Schlucht hinabstürzen. Über den Sambesi, gleich unterhalb des Wasserfalls, spannt sich die Victoria Falls Bridge, ein spektakulärer Aussichtspunkt.
      Hauptstadt: Lusaka
      Währung: Sambischer Kwacha
      Kontinent: Afrika
      Offizielle Sprache: Englisch
      Bevölkerung: 19,47 Millionen (2021)“      Lue lisää

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    • Victoria Falls 2023
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      Päivä 4

      Big Tree at Victoria Falls

      31. toukokuuta 2023, Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

      Auf dem Rückweg hatten wir noch einen kurzen Stop beim „Big Tree“ eingelegt. Großer Baum!

      „The Big Tree is a large baobab of the species Adansonia digitata situated close to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. It is unusually large for a baobab, measuring 22.40 meters in girth and 24 meters tall.

      The explorer and missionary David Livingstone became the first European to observe Victoria Falls in 1854 and he was named the falls after his Queen Victoria. While the Big Tree is sometimes referred to as Livingstone's Tree, Livingstone carved his name into a smaller baobab tree on an island (Garden Island) above the precipice of the waterfall.
      The Big Tree is located roughly 2 km from the Zambezi River, Victoria Falls, and the island where Livingstone arrived in a makoro dugout canoe, made landfall, and wrote his records. This tree is possibly the oldest and biggest baobab in the world. Some similar trees were lost by the flooding further downstream that occurred when Kariba Dam was finished in 1956. Unlike the animals rescued and saved by Operation Noah during the flooding, the trees could not be relocated, and many were bulldozed so they would not become underwater hazards.

      It is estimated that The Big Tree may be about 2,000 years old based on girth and growth ring data collected from other trees. However, it is deeply incised and there is speculation that it may be three tree trunks (or trees) and it may be considerably younger.“      Lue lisää

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    • Victoria Falls 2023
      Päivä 4

      Zambesi Sunset Cruise

      31. toukokuuta 2023, Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

      Am späten Nachmittag sind wir noch zu einem Sunset Cruise auf dem Zambesi gestartet.
      Was für ein Erlebnis! Super Essen, geniale Stimmung! Muss man machen.

      Und was waren wir betrunken und glücklich …Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaAfrican Adventure
      Päivä 5

      Victoria Falls

      8. kesäkuuta 2023, Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      We’ve had an amazing day today. First up was a visit from a Troop of Monkeys at Sunrise. Must have been about fifty of them jumping all around the trees above our tents. They are pretty quick and loud when they jump on the roof. So entertaining watching them.

      First off today we’re going to breakfast at the Lookout Cafe. A gorgeous cafe that overlooks Zambezi River. There has been quite a lot of rain upstream and the river is in full flow. This is adrenaline central here. They have zip lines, bungee jumping, flying foxes. Just what you need after a big breakfast.

      Then on to a tour of the falls. You can see the mist from the falls for miles. The Smoke that Thunders the locals call it. You get wet doing this tour so we all got raincoats from one of the stalls. I noticed the guide changing his shoes before we left. It didn’t take long to see why. The mist is incredible, it goes from a light mist to heavy rain and I mean really heavy rain. Wish we’d got the memo to change shoes. We were all pretty soaked by the time we finished.

      The Falls are incredible, quite hypnotic to watch, they span almost 2 klms and the amount of water coming over them every second is phenomenal. There are a lot of vantage points to see them and you have to take your changes when the mist clears but we had some amazing views between drenching.

      Back to the Lodge for a late lunch and a very short rest and then we were off on a Sundowner cruise on the Zambezi River. It’s more of a river safari and we spent a very enjoyable couple of hours looking for hippos, elephants, crocodiles, birds.      Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaAfrican Adventure
      Päivä 6

      School visits and and heli flights.

      9. kesäkuuta 2023, Zimbabwe ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      It’s our last day in Victoria Falls. We have a village visit planned for this morning and then a helicopter flight over the falls.

      We’re off to the village early and there we met Chris the head of his little family communal plot. Lovely man and very community minded. He lives there with his children and some of his siblings and their children, 16 of them all up.

      He has given up some of his land to build a school for the village children. It is only three years old so at the moment only has preschool and grades one and two.
      The kids were all so well behaved and happy to see us. Did a little rehearsed welcome which was lovely. The government provide the teacher but that is all. The village have to provide everything else.

      After a late breakfast we were off to our helicopter ride. You get a whole different perspective in a helicopter. Great to see it from both sides and the ride goes way too quickly.

      We are waiting at the airport now for our flight to Nairobi      Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaAfrican Adventure
      Päivä 7

      Nairobi

      10. kesäkuuta 2023, Zimbabwe ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      We’re only in Nairobi for one day and there is a full day planned. Our accomodation here is at someone’s private residence. It is a gorgeous place with beautiful gardens and hidden corners everywhere.

      First off is a visit to the Elephant Orphanage. Sheldrick Wildlife Trust started a trust for orphaned or abandoned baby elephants. Baby elephants need a lot of care and it’s a long time until they are weaned and are able to be released. They start weaning at 4 years and start introducing back to the herd at five. They are just like toddlers, fighting over the food, rolling in the mud, trying to take things off each other.

      Then on to the Giraffe Center. Nice to see them up close and be able to feed them but I’m really looking forward to seeing them in the wild. They have the longest blue tongues and are so gentle.

      Lunch was a bit of a fiasco but we did eventually get fed and watered. Had to wait so long for the food we were a bit too well watered.

      Then the Karen Blixen Museum. After a few drinks at lunch it took a bit of concentration to follow the guides commentary but we think we got the gist of it. Karen Blixen was best known for writing Out of Africa. She had a coffee plantation here for many years was much loved by the Kenyan people which isn’t surprising as she did numerous things to improve the community around her. Started a home for women of domestic violence. A school for the children. I feel like a celebrity here, there is Karen everything. School, shopping centre, hospitals. All named after me..😂
      We are staying in Karen, the suburb in Nairobi named after the famous author and where the coffee plantation was located.

      We had a quite last evening at the Hotel, game of cards and a few drinks. Because we’d had such a late lunch we all settled for a bit of soup for dinner.      Lue lisää

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    • Namibia
      Päivä 19

      Victoria Falls

      13. kesäkuuta 2023, Zimbabwe ⋅ 🌙 19 °C

      Heute haben wir einen Ausflug zu den Victoria Falls unternommen 😊 Mit einer Breite von ca. 1,7 km und einer Tiefe von 108 m sind diese 1,5 mal so breit und doppelt so hoch wie die Niagara Fälle 🤯
      Wirklich sehr interessant anzuschauen, wie ca. 550 Mio Liter Wasser pro Minute die Fälle herunter schießen ☺️      Lue lisää

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    • Overlanding Through Africa
      Päivä 75

      Great Zimbabwe Ruins

      20. heinäkuuta 2023, Zimbabwe ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      After a lunch of salads, pasta, cheese, and ham, we got back on the truck to visit the Great Zimbabwe Ruins, a World Heritage Site. It is a medieval city in the southeastern hills of Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwe. It is thought to have been the capital of a great kingdom during the Late Iron Age, about which little is known. Construction on the city began in the 9th century and continued until it was abandoned in the 15th century. The edifices you can see today were erected by ancestors of the Shona and other groups located in Zimbabwe and nearby countries. The stone city spans an area of 7.22 square kilometres and could have housed up to 18,000 people at its peak, giving it a population density of approximately 2,500 inhabitants per square kilometre.

      Great Zimbabwe is believed to have served as a royal palace for the local monarch. As such, it would have been used as the seat of political power. Among the city's most prominent features were its walls, some of which are 11 metres high. They were constructed without mortar and are very impressive to see.

      When we got there, we split into two groups (largely along old group/new group lines!) and had a guided tour of the site. Our guide, Stephen, was very knowledgeable, and we spent a very interesting couple of hours with him visiting the Great Enclosure, the Valley Enclosure, and the museum.

      When it came to the Hill Complex, we went halfway up before turning round and heading back to the truck. Had we been on our own, we would have gone to the top at our own pace and admired the views from there, but, in the group, we didn’t want to hold the rest of them up. John, Trisha, and Greg had already gone back to the truck.

      When everyone came down, we headed back to site where Henry had prepared pea and carrot soup (a new one of us, but very tasty!) followed by steak, fried potatoes, salad, and vegetables for dinner.

      After our meal, Laban spoke to us all about his background and life story. It was really interesting to hear. He also tried to re-establish some order on the truck by asking the newbies from the other truck to put their packs in their lockers from tomorrow rather than in the compartments under the truck. I think his request fell on deaf ears!      Lue lisää

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    • Overlanding Through Africa
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      Päivä 76

      Driving to Harare

      21. heinäkuuta 2023, Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      It rained all night – the first rain we’ve had since first getting to Namibia. I woke up at 1.30am and just couldn’t get back to sleep. I got up to have a shower just after 4.30am!

      We had to be ready for breakfast with our tents down and correctly stowed by 6am. Henry had cooked porridge, as well as fried eggs, toast, and baked beans. As I suspected, the newbies hadn’t listened to Laban last night, and put their large packs under the truck where the chairs should go. Laban asked anyone who had done this to move them and stow them in their lockers. Nobody responded, so he took matters into his own hands and moved them into the truck! This caused uproar! The newbies complained that their packs wouldn’t fit, that they were fed up of being treated like children, that this wasn’t a holiday, it was a bootcamp, etc, etc. They got no sympathy from us!!

      Despite the issues, we managed to get packed up and were on the road by 6.45am, heading for Harare. The roads weren’t too bad, but we did have several diversions around road building or improvement projects happening ahead of Zimbabwean elections next month! We stopped twice in service stations to use the toilets. The second time, I bought a couple of very large packets of plain biscuits from a lady in the car park for the princely sum of US$1!!

      The photos 📸 attached to this footprint 👣 were taken from the truck on the way to Harare.      Lue lisää

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