Victoria Falls An amazing 4 days! After the rather good coffee and Amarulla shot we headed to Backpackers Bazaar to decide what activities we'd like to undertake whilst at Victoria Falls. I'd always said I'd wanted to kayak or canoe down the Zambezi and we'd already pre booked our swim in the Devils pool at the top of the waterfall, where you cling to the waterfall edge, looking down 95m to the gorge below. In addition to booking the half day canoeing, we also ...

Bulawayo and rhino tracking Just before arriving at our campsite in Bulawayo-the nicest looking town we've seen thus far, we stopped at a 'Food Lovers' supermarket. I've never seen a truck load of people look so happy. The best way I can think of describing it is Waitrose/Booths. When overlanding through Africa and not having access to amazing food at times, you can understand why we were so happy. The fruit and veg section was amazing, they had a salad bar, th...

I'm sat on the verandah of our luxury island lodge, looking 30m across the river at impalas drinking from the water, monkeys in the tree above me and a cat sat on the chair next to me. I don't know where it lives but it appeared at our door yesterday morning and keeps coming back. We're at Antelope Park, a private game reserve near Gweru in Zimbabwe that runs a lion conservation programme, aiming to increase the number of these very quickly diminishing animals th...

Chimanimani mountains & Zimbabwe ruins It's overcast and raining outside and a fair bit colder than its been in recent weeks as we drive towards Masvingo. It reminds me of home and it's making me feel a bit homesick and missing family and friends. Olivia will be returning to, and in the case of Freya, starting school this week. I'd like to see them in their new school uniforms. I think little Finley will feel lost without his big sisters in the house. We tho...