We spent nine nights at four different National Parks and private reserves in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana. It was an amazing trip. We lacked good cell service and WiFi the entire time, so I was not able to update the blog. Now in Victoria Falls, I will begin nine days ago at Hwange National Park followed
Day 1
Our trip leader is Abby, a native of Zimbabwe. He met us at the Victoria Falls Airport. We have a three hour bus drive to the entrance of Hwange National Park followed by 1 1/2 hour drive in a safari vehicle to the Mokololo Camp. We each have our own safari tent. It is comfortable sleeping and has solar powered electricity.
On our drive into the camp we saw quite a few animals.
Our favorite birds of the day were the Lilac-breasted Roller and the Grey-crowned Crane.
The following are some of the animal viewings.
Day 2
Another day with two game drives. Early morning and late afternoon. The staff and guides are knowledgeable, helpful and friendly.
We found a large pride of about 12 lions.
We finished the drive each evening with a sundowner drink watching the sunset. We saw our first cheetah! And saw the hippos climb out of the water.
Tim & Kathy Simonsen 