Today was our final game drive. Border crossing from Zimbabwe to Botswana was uneventful. However, our guide, Ernest, told us that the cue of large trucks that was as far as the eye could see was for trucks to cross the Zambezi river, from Botswana to Zimbabwe. They have to take one of two barges that each hold only two trucks. They cannot cross the Victoria Falls Bridge since it is over 100 years old. He says that frequently the trucks are in the cue for 1-2 weeks!! Not real efficient, I would say.
Below is a small number of the 500 photos we took today. The morning was a cruise on the Chobe River, the afternoon was a game drive in the National Park. A real variety of new animals today.
African Eagle, close cousin to the American Eagle
We probably saw over 50 elephants today, many right next to us. This guy was a bit different, he like to hold up his right legs, couldn’t figure out why he wasn’t falling over.
These guys rattled around for the longest time. The one on the left kept picking on the other one. Pretty noisy.
Our first jackal.
Our first mongoose.
Baboon fight right in front of our jeep.
Another leopard only 30 feet off of the road. An incredible sight!
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