Photos: Charles Brightman; Words: Marianne Betts One of the best places to spot wildlife in Victoria Falls is at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge which overlooks the Zambezi National Park and a waterhole that attracts many of the 103 species of mammals and 700 species of birds found in Zimbabwe. Elephant, buffalo, kudu, impala, warthog and…
Photos: Sarah Kerr Words: Marianne Betts Victoria Falls has a hidden treasure, so hidden the wildlife doesn’t even really know it’s there – it is a unique hide on the edge of Victoria Falls Safari Lodge’s well-known waterhole. Siduli Hide was designed to look like a termite mound, concealing onlookers inside it, as they watch…
Meet the Unsung Heroes of Victoria Falls Who Risk Their Lives Daily to Save its Wildlife By Marianne Betts Victoria Falls has 17 unsung heroes, who risk their lives daily, often in the searing heat and without adequate resources, patrolling the bush to protect the region’s precious wildlife and trees. The Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit…
CHOBE NATIONAL PARK’S BABY BOOM IS IN FULL BLOOM …. AGAIN! By Marianne Betts The welcome first rains of the season have just fallen in Chobe National Park, Botswana, transforming the parched brown terrain to an emerald green, and dampening the searing heat. But most remarkably, with these rains has come the miracle of new…
By Marianne Betts Visitors, of course, go to Victoria Falls to see one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. But while in Victoria Falls there is also a lesser known past time that promises endless amusement – monkey and baboon watching! There are plenty of these primates in and around the town of…
By Darryl Timms, Ngoma Safari Lodge guest The most memorable highlight of our recent stay Ngoma was a dramatic encounter with a leopard on the Chobe River. Bevan, our guide, was the first to spot the leopard neatly camouflaged in the thick Chobe bush as we were driving by the river. The big cat immediately broke…