The Victoria Falls National Park

We have now learnt, make sure you know the currency of the country you are going to and also that you have the right amount for the entrance visa and some extra because the price seems to go up on the day you arrive. Travelling from country to country can be exhausting, currency and the language barrier being the main contributors.

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This morning I drove back to the Joburg airport, returned my car, grabbed some food, and boarded a short flight to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Some European folks complained that the gate-bus was too full, then a group of 20 Japanese walk past them and all easily got on the bus.It's like that YouTube video where the guy fills the jar with rocks then …

Days 10, 11 & 12: Bulawayo to Victoria Falls Our next three days were spent traveling to, and then setting up camp in Victoria Falls situated on the Zambezi River and separating Zimbabwe and Zambia. Victoria Falls is listed as one of the seven natural wonders of the world, and is taller and wider than Niagra Falls. The water is heavy and falls …

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Zimbabwe has a terrible reputation - infamous for being dangerous, for hyperinflation, for its corruption, and for its warlords, there is a definite ethical conundrum with visiting this country. From the steep $75 visa fee, to the $30 entrance fee to Victoria Falls, to the $4 beer at the park's cafe, even day trippers like us spend a significant …

One of the seven wonders of the world, and it's obvious why! The largest waterfall in the world, and I was able to take my first helicopter ride over it, after walking across it's entire length. Of course, I forgot our poncho. So by the end of our walk, we were drenched from the spray of the water bounding down the enormous falls. At the far end …

Before embarking on the final leg of the overland tour, we did a sunset safari cruise on the Chobe River in Botswana. While we didn't see anything we hadn't seen before, the boat took us much closer to, in particular, the elephants and hippos. The elephants put on a bit of a show for us as they washed and drank from the river, before strangely …

Next stop is the place we have most wanted to visit, arguably one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the world, the Victoria Falls. The basis of this trip to Zimbabwe and Botswana was around us wanting to go to Victoria Falls and the rest is a big bonus. You don't hear many positive things about traveling in Zimbabwe these days except for the Vic Falls so …

Gestern konnten wir leider noch nicht die Tour zu den Viktoria-Fällen machen, stattdessen haben entspannt (so sehr man halt entspannen kann bei der Hitze) und den Sonnenuntergang über dem Chobe River genossen. Es waren wieder ne Menge Hippos zu sehen und nachts zu hören. Manchmal denkt man wirklich, die stehen direkt neben dem Zelt!
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... That afternoon, I went on foot to see the Falls, to see it from another perspective. The road down to the national park which surrounds them was running the usual gauntlet of money changers, icecream sellers and people trying to sell you anything at ...

... . Unfortunately: no sky diving, even no planes but helicopter flights. We book one for 13h30. We step into the national park and walk the 2 km along the Falls. The sound is overwhelming, the power of the water unbelievable, so hard that it blows up and ...

... the falls we figured we couldn’t leave without seeing them up-close-and-personal, so we set off on foot to explore the falls through the National Park on the Zimbabwean side. We kind of regretted not making it to the Zambian side, where you can ...

... $30 for most others. We could of bypassed Zimbabwe and gone straight on to Zambia but the views of Victoria Falls are meant to be much better from the Zimbabwe side. We are also losing about 10 people from our tour and another 10 new people are getting ...

... x 18 month olds. Most of our day is spent walking in the bush with the cubs, lettng them play, socialise and investigate. The National Park we are based in is unfenced and a big game area. The elephants, buffalo and wild lions are an ongoing threat, ...

... back to O.R.Tambo Airport (Jo'burg) and boarded a South African Airways 1 hour 40 minute flight to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.     The airport there is just a shed. Luckily we were near the front of the queue so immigration procedures went ...

... hehehehe...... What a great scar to have with an even better story. Yesterday morning I was assigned to do a border patrol of the national park with one of the guides. There was some wild lions at the waterhole the previous night, so instead of ...

... x 18 month olds. Most of our day is spent walking in the bush with the cubs, lettng them play, socialise and investigate. The National Park we are based in is unfenced and a big game area. The elephants, buffalo and wild lions are an ongoing threat, ...

...  visitors there...The Elephant Camp was actually a secluded spread-out compound of 9 canvas tents within the Victoria Falls National Park...       The word "tent" might be a little deceiving, because it ...

... view. Vic Falls was amazing from grounf level but even more stunning from the air. The rainbows I had seen on foot in the National Park were even more spectacular from an aerial view. As we flew over a game park we could see elephants in the ...