Sikumi Tree Lodge Hwange
Hwange Hwange, Zimbabwe
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Lions, Warthogs, and Monkeys
... really only active for a couple hours around dawn. and these guys were active. Our guide explained that they had just killed their first buffalo only a week before! The Lion Encounter activity is part of a program to repopulate the wild lion population. Apparently almost 90% of lions have been killed over the past 20 years or so due to various factors. So these people breed lions in captivity, and keep an eye on the cubs for about ...
Victoria Falls
... jump took alot for me to do - it freaked me out so much more than the first jump. The benefit of course was that the adrenaline rush was probably one of the biggest I've ever experienced before. After the jump we had diner at Mama Africa's and saw a local dance troupe perform five or six dance routines and songs. May 19: Another early start as we were picked up at 0630 and driven ten minutes outside of town to a ...
I must be mad.....
... been up there longer. Microlights have no sides so I felt like I could fall out at any moment (although there was a seatbelt). Back on the ground, I went to see the falls from the Zambian side which gave a different view and again I took loads of photos. I also saw loads of baboons and a strange looking deer. The last thing we did in Zambia was watch crazy people jump off Victoria Falls bridge. Having bungeed in Australia I had no desire to do another one, but it was fun watching ...
Licked by a lion in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
... a financial perspective (I haven't forgotten my roots!!!), Zimbabwe is a country in a period of hyperinflation leading to their currency being extremely unstable. The Zimbabwe $'s ("Z$") value changes from one day to the next and it is worthless outside of the country. As such the US$ is very much in demand. The official bank conversion rate (established by the government) is Z$250 to the US$ whereas, given the demand, the black ...
Victoria Falls...still here!
The 16th started early with a pick up for the lion walk. We went to the scrub land to firstly watch a video about the programme to breed and re-introduce lions into areas where they have been lost, or serious number decline has occurred and as part of this they introduce them to people at a young age. We then met our three lions for the morning Nala, Narnia and Amanzi...two 10month olds and a 6month old. They were so cute and we ...
