Luxury and up close with the wildlife in the Lower Zambezi
on Rob Wootton (Zambia), 09/Nov/2011 19:19, 34 days ago
Hooray, another visitor from the UK! Sadly Mike arrived with a bit of a bump as British Airways managed to lose his luggage (more on that later) but he was remarkably philosophical and in a short time he was kitted out with a new wardrobe– a mix of my clothes and a visit to a few ‘green’ (second hand) shops in Maz.First stop on Mike’s fast and furious two week holiday was the Lower Zambezi national park and Stefan very kindly lent us his 4x4 which made getting to the park so much easier. Kanyemba lodge (http://www.kanyemba.com/) had been talked up by various friends who had already stayed there and we were not to be disappointed– amazing good, great view over the river, lovely pool, luxury rooms and hippos croaking at night. We managed to squeeze in a couple of sunset cruises, a canoe safari and a walking safari on Kanyemba Island. All were fun, in different ways, though I enjoyed the canoeing the most mainly because of how close it allowed us to get to the elephants, hippos and crocodiles and observe them. My favourite moment, which we were lucky to see a couple of times, was watching tens of elephants lumber into the river, swim across almost in formation and then climb up the bank on the other side; simply wonderful.