Savanna Lodge Victoria Falls

... government has discontinued issuing multiple VISAs, meaning that if you want to go to Zambia for the day (which also requires a VISA), you will have to pay the $75 VISA fee to return to Zimbabwe. This would certainly be an expensive outing, all just to line Zimbabwe’s pockets since its economy is doing so poorly under the current regime. Existing and former residents (when it was previously called Rhodesia) adore and love the natural ...

... was getting me down , the distances between towns or places of interest were so vast........that even taking buses or coaches every few days would have seriously dented my budget........so i found myself at the bar drowning my sorrows and racking my brains for an answer ............... When at this very point Canadian Mike turned up ...............he had just come back from touring the country .........with a very limited budget .......and amazing stories of adventure .............<br ...

... do the white water rafting, I'm still deciding what to do, I'm thinking zipline across the gorge. We also ordered some food and waited for the shuttle bus to come pick us up to head back to the lodge. Julie and I were quickly befriended and Julie decided to trade some mentos and US dollars for some of Zimbabwe's dollars. Zimbabwe's dollars have been scrapped since their economy is ****. The ...

... now. T was struck overnight but Littleman seems to have escaped it.<br><br>Zimbabwe was awesome and we&#8217;re pretty stoked we got to travel through there. We had to say sad goodbyes to more crew (including the boy) and hello again to some new faces.<br><br>Highs: Too many to mention &#8211; an action packed couple of weeks.<br>Lows: The reliance on tourism in Vic Falls, when there aren&#8217;t many tourists about, makes for some desperate people.

... br><br>other than packing today and getting rid of stuff, we headed to the market to trade all our goods we didnt need, in afirca they want anything you can give, so we traded bottles, clothes and t-shirts, towels name it weve probably traded it along our way to the end of africa<br>but also on the last night with the fellow truckies, and 9 of us head onto Hyena tomorow we went to a drumming ...

... viewing area and getting soaked by spray from the falls. There were also some amazing rainbows formed by the falling water, quite a unique sight! On the way back to the campsite we were hounded by the street hawkers following us down the street trying to sell us ****** souvenirs and Zimbabwean money, eventually I bought some Zimbabwean Trillion and Billion Dollar notes from them just to get some peace. The Zimbabwe currency collapsed a couple of years ago due to massive ...

... we headed down to Lilongwe (which we don't have too much to write home about) and then onwards to Zambia. After a couple of days traveling, we arrived in Livingstone- home to Victoria Falls (and lots of other tourists). <br> Victoria Falls (or Mosi - Oa - Tunya - "The Water that Thunders") is one of those sights that exceeds expectations despite the massive hype. We viewed them from the National Park which apart from the other tourists was inhabited by some ...

Destination 364<br><br>km181'173<br><br>No Elephants, but more and more people crossed the road to the border of Zambia. since I don't have plenty of time, I skiped the opportunity to enter Botswana for a quick trip.<br><br>After crossing to Zambia, new country, new rules. I was confused enaugh to find the right "office" to get the papers done, and also to find a official officer. But as I was directed from one Officer to an other "Officer", and again and again ...

... it spectacular. I was very disappointed, though, that my big camera only worked for the first and last minute of the flight I was so bummed that I wasn't able to get a new set of excellent photos, as I had a great seat next to the window (Cha was in the middle) and the window even slid open. I tried taking photos with the small Olympus point and shoot, but it was like switching from a racing bicycle to one with only one gear and a rusty chain ...

... with the activities people and decide on what we want to do while we're here in Livingstone. I vote for a lion walk and a microlight flight and pay up for those.<br> As the truck isn't providing any food for us while we&#8217;re here, we decide to eat in the restaurant at the bar tonight. We end up with the buffet which is actually pretty good, but a bit more than most of us wanted to pay.