Today we depart for another national park, this time in Botswana. After Karongwe, we flew to Victoria Falls for our final adventure, a walking tour of Victoria Falls. Of the largest waterfalls in the world, Iguazu Falls in Argentina / Brazil, Niagara Falls in US / Canada and, Victoria Falls Zambia/Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls comes in second when measured by height and width; Iguazu Falls is the largest when measured by length coming in at ~2 miles long.

We’ll take our walk to the falls tomorrow, today we head out for another game drive (our 6^th game drive of this trip).

Just like the brochure stated, we were picked up at our hotel 7:30am, sharp. What wasn’t clearly stated in the brochure was the 2hr processing time at the Botswana border. Possibly the most inefficient, time-wasting bunch of unhappy people on Earth! No one was happy about having a job that paid good money and all you had to do was move your arms and head. Too much for these people who viewed tourists as a pain in the ass, except when you handed over your $50USD.

By the time we arrived at the game reserve, we had spent 3 hours driving and dealing with inept border people. I guess this would not be on my “recommended” list for future travelers.

At the park, we did see quite a few elephants, some Cape buffaloes, a few hippos, some giraffes, couple of lions / lionesses, an African antelope, and banded mongoose – cute. And, just like Kruger, herds of safari vehicles surrounding animal sightings. At one sighting I counted 12 vehicles with at least 6 people in each vehicle crowding around 4 lions.

Elephants on the plains

Tired lioness

Male Kudu

Dr. Seuss inspiration

Here are a few pics from our time in Botswana.

A band of Banded Mongoose. Band on the run???

Nothing like a nice mud bath!!!