Zambia For a Day - 2/20

Today was my first game drive of this trip. Normally they are at dawn and dusk when the animals are more active, but since we're not at a reserve, we had to drive there and go through immigration out of Zimbabwe and into Zambia. We had 9-seat 3-elevated row open trucks. We drove to Mosi - O - Tunya National park. 

But the fun actually started on the way there:

Baboons, including youngsters on a roof in town.

The wildlife photos start here....

Monitor Lizard

Termite mound killing tree

Warthog

Baby Zebra

Cape Glossy Starling

Vulture

Impalas. The stripes on their backsides make it
easier for the herd to follow and stay together
while running from a predator.

Gnu (Wildebeast)

Hippo

2 sleepy white rhinos. Their name is not about 
color but a misunderstanding of wide (for their
wide mouths)

After  this we had a snack, drove into Livingston and tried to engage with local people in the markets and went to lunch. When Southern Rhodesia became Zambia, they changed all but one English city name to a local language name. Livingston was kept because of the indigenous people's appreciation for his contributions to their well-being.

After we officially un-immigrated from Zambia, we decided to walk across the Victoria Falls Bridge, which is in the no-mans-land between the two countries. When Jim and I were here 10 years ago, we walked the bridge and took a tour of the underneath which included a zip line at the end. The zip lines are still in use though they aren't visible here.

The trip home took longer than expected because Zimbabwe Immigration was way busier than in the morning, not everyone had a double entry visa which complicated our process, and one person has a Canadian passport with totally different rules. We finally made it back to the hotel to focus on packing for our flight tomorrow morning to South Africa and a camp near Kruger National Park.