By Marianne Betts DAWN has just broken in the normally sleepy resort town of Victoria Falls. But today is different. It is the day of the Econet Victoria Falls Marathon, and the main street has been transformed into a river of vibrant colour, energy and chatter. The full marathon runners have already gone, and the…
Two individuals have become the first humans to cross the 100-metre precipice over Victoria Falls gorge on foot. 26-year old economic science student Lukas Irmler from Freising, Germany and 34-year old science journalist and crime author Reinhard Kleindl, from Graz, Austria, worked towards the realisation of their extraordinary dream for two years, and finally got…
Dave Glynn and Ross Kennedy, the intrepid founders of Victoria Falls Safari Lodge and its parent company, Africa Albida Tourism, got together recently to brainstorm a few facts about the 20-year-old business that people might not know. It turned out to be an utterly fascinating conversation, accounting for two decades of challenges, tragedies, opportunities, successes…
It was 200 years ago to the day that the famous explorer Dr. David Livingstone, had taken his first breath of air. To mark the occasion, I was huddled around a bar room table in Victoria Falls, listening to historian Russel Gammon reflect on the Scottish explorer’s enigmatic life. Gammon’s warm voice filled the silence…
The hot, dry months of September and October provide “the greatest show on earth” in terms of a wildlife safari experience in Botswana’s massive Chobe National Park. Many hundreds of elephants and buffalo congregate on the floodplains of the Chobe River and it is not unusual to marvel at a vista of thousands of animals.…