Today was our day for seeing the Victoria falls..., having seen them from the Zambian side we were looking forward to seeing them from the Zimbabwean side. They are the biggest if you take all 3 factors into consideration height, width and volume and the size makes them one of the 7 wonders of the world. After breakfast we took the path from the hotel with a security guard who helped us try to avoid the guys, even though they are very nice and not aggressive, ...

A leisurely morning by the pool and another 50 lengths just to keep fit. At 1400 we met Charles Brightman a local naturalist and guide who we had booked to take us for a walk in the Zambezi national park and to help us identify some of the bird life. I first needed to know the identity of the black and white hornbills in the hotel grounds - he told me they were trumpeter hornbills.....which made sense when you heard them! As we headed off we saw a tawny eagle pa...

Great flight to Victoria Falls. It was noticeably warm and balmy as we got off the plane and walked to the international arrivals. We joined a shortish queue to get our visa - $55 each, then collected our luggage and found the Wilderness driver. 15/20 minutes later we were at the hotel- the Victoria Falls hotel - a great reminder of the colonial past. Our room was facing the falls and we had great views of the gardens, the warthogs who frequented the lawns and t...