Matetsi Private Game Reserve
Travel Blogs from Victoria Falls
How important can 10kgs be to your life?
... of someone on the 'edge' and allowed the post adrenalin lethargy to start seeping in. We suggested they might like to revise the weight limits...
Back at camp we showered and joined half the others on the minibus pre-booked by Alun to take us to The Boma (The Eating Place), famous for is game meats. Paula eager to try a selection of local delicacies ordered guinea fowl for starters..Ooops, Vikki's favourite bird at the minute, and one which she had had painted on her cheek by ...
Victoria Falls
... residential areas of Victoria Falls township that tourists don't usually see. We saw the markets, shops, houses and schools where we saw people carrying on their usual chores – shopping, washing, bathing baby, going to school – all under far **********ditions than ours. We had dinner at the lodge with Robin, an owner of a travel company who was doing a site inspection, and sleep came easy in our comfortable bed by the Zambezi. ...
Zambezi Crescent - Victoria Falls River Lodge
... in the van. The first stop was The Victoria Falls Hotel, which is a huge colonial hotel and a little piece of "old England", with porters and officials dressed in white coats and pith hats exuding a time of romance and old world elegance. We could see “Livingstone” the township over the border in Zambia. The driver wasn't sure where our lodge was, however after some phone calls, we were picked up by Brian and White in a very ...
Victoria Falls
... I said I only wanted one, but Monday apparently didn't hear me and began assembling a packet of bills. (Should I have been suspicious that all of the bills were brand new?). I finally told Monday I would be back tomorrow and he promised me that he would wait for me. Linda emerged from stall 33 with the same promise of returning the next day. The next morning, the entire group took a 2.2 mile hike along the Zambian side of the falls. As mentioned, it was impressive, but ...
Devil's Pool
... 3 mins. Have a walk around the island & get our 1st look at the falls, WOW! Now it's time for the swim. We strip off to our swimmers hand over the camera which is put in a waterproof bag. There are ropes going across the water, just in case, although quite shallow we swim in single file to the other side as the bottom is extremely rocky. Get to the other side & climb over some rocks to reach devils pool (at this stage I'm thinking reef ...