Travel Day Headed for Zimbabwi

 Today was a travel day, they are always very tiring. Before we left Inyati Tristan had to do one last "floss" with the staff. Then we were off for a 2 hour drive, then a 2 hour flight, then we were transported to  Zimbabwe where we walked across the Zambezi River to Zambia. We were grated with horderves and champagne, we had the opportunity to bungee jump, zip line, or swing... needles to say doing any of these in a foreign country was petrifying. 

After our trip across the bridge and our path through immigration we were off on a jetty to our next accommodation the Victoria Crescent. We would spend the next three days "glamping" in tents. Ya tents, these were more like houses with tent siding. We were escorted to our room where we where given explicit instruction that we could walk to and from the lodge during daylight but once the sun went down we were to call for a ride. As we got settled into our room we enjoyed some coffee and were visiting on the porch, it was then when Tristan said, "elephant". We were like ya whatever. No Tristan said, "elephant". Sure enough we turned around and there was an elephant walking up to our room. Tex and I walked closer to take photos and Tristan ran into the room to get his camera. It was then we herd a big BANG!  I went running to the front of the room and Tristan had closed the sliding glass door behind himself and when he came back out he ran smack into it with his head. Needless to say he was crying the elephant ran away and the sliding glass door had been knocked off it's tracks. Tristan had a goose egg on his head and he did not think it was funny that we were laughing at him.

Once we got Tristan calmed down we headed back to the lodge for supper. Food on this trip has been truly amazing. I swear we have not eaten the same thing twice. After dinner we were treated to a village am fire where we were cerinated by snorting hippo's. For a travel day it was pretty spectacular!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUN 17 JUN                             MFAFA SAFARIS WILL BE AT INYATI AT 0730 FOR THE ROAD TRANSFER BACK TO KRUGER MPUMALANGA AIRPORT.  IT IS NICE TO TRAVEL ONE WAY BY LIGHT AIRCRAFT AND ONE WAY BY ROAD TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE FARMING AREA WE LIVE IN.     YOUR FLIGHT TO LIVINGSTONE, SA8870,  DEPARTS AT 1130 AND MFAFA WILL LET ME KNOW HOW YOUR TIME IS AND  IF YOU HAVE TIME FOR A COFFEE I WILL QUICKLY COME UP TO THE AIRPORT.     YOU MIGHT SEE GOOD GAME EN-ROUTE FROM THE LODGE TO THE GATE WHICH WILL DELAY YOU.   

ON ARRVAL AT LIVINGSTONE AIRPORT AT 1.10P.M.  YOU WILL BE MET AS YOU ENTER THE TERMINAL BUILDING BY JEAN OF VICTORIA FALLS ANYTIME AND SHE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU FROM HERE.       SHE WILL ORGANISE YOUR VISAS, ASSIST YOU THROUGH THE FORMALITIES AND DRIVE YOU TO THE ZIMBABWE BORDER.  SHE WILL ASSIST YOU THROUGH BOTH ZAMBIA AND ZIMBABWE BORDER CONTROLS BUT HER VEHICLE IS NOT ALLOWED INTO ZIMBABWE SO MOSES WILL BE WAITING AT THE GATE, YOUR LUGGAGE WILL BE TRANSFERRED, AND OVER THE BRIDGE YOU GO.          A QUICK PAUSE TO SEE THE FALLS FOR THE FIRST TIME BEFORE HEADING TO THE JETTY NEAR THE ZAMBEZI RIVER LODGE FOR YOUR BOAT TO YOUR HOME FOR THE NEXT THREE NIGHTS,   VICTORIA CRESCENT RIVER LODGE.          YOUR FIRST “GLAMPING EXPERIENCE” AND GLAMPING IT CERTAINLY IS.      THESE LUXURY TENTS ON THE BANKS FO THE ZAMBEZI IN THE HEART OF THE VICTORIA FALLS NATIONAL PARK ARE WONDERFUL.           TIME TO UNPACK AND SETTLE IN BEFORE REBOARDING YOUR BOAT FOR A SUNSET CRUISE ON THIS MIGHTY RIVER.     THE ZAMBEZI AND THE CHOBE ARE OUR TWO FAVOURITE RIVERS IN THE WORLD AND EACH TIME WE ARE HERE WE ALWAYS SAY “THIS IS WHY WE ARE BORN IN AFRICA”  -  I HOPE YOU FEEL THE SAME.           ENJOY DINNER THIS EVENING.

 

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