In and out of Zambia

Our fleeting visit of Zambia has been awesome, from South Luangwa Park to Victoria Falls.

South Luangwa Park has a great reputation and it lived up to it. We were lucky enough to see a couple of leopards (the park is legendary for them) and if that was not enough we watched wide eyed as a pair of lions stalked and killed a baby Puku. It is the first time we have seen a lion kill and we needed a good gin and tonic after the trauma and suspense of the kill. It was action, action all the way with elephants loping around the campsite and hippos munching on the grasses around the tent. We certainly did not test the theory that elephants are attracted to oranges and kept all our food safely stored in a hut away from the car. The rains were only beginning in the area but all the game had young with them. There were baby impala’s that were 3 weeks old, baby bushpigs, giraffe, hippos……Everything had clearly been mating in the park!

From parks to falls….crash, rumble, water, spray. The photo says it all.
From here we are of to Botswana to catch a Mokoro.