Victoria Falls & Chobe River

Victoria Falls Airport

In Zimbabwe on the way to Botswana.

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Lounge

1904 Edwardian-style hotel.

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Lounge

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Hallway

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Foyer

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Entertainers

iPhone photo at night.

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Entertainers

Several elaborate costume changes.

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Entertainers

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Patio

Back side of the hotel.

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Pool

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Jungle Junction Restaurant

We had dinner with entertainment and breakfast here.

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Victoria Falls

We didn't go to the falls this time.  The winds made the Zimbabwe side soaking wet.

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Victoria Falls Bridge & Gorge

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Mile-a-minute Vine

Ipomoea cairica - after leaving Victoria Falls, we drove to Kasane and crossed the river back to Namibia.

Chobe River, Namibia, May 9, 2016

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Blue Star Water Lilies

Nymphaea nouchali - blooming in huge numbers.

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Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus - seen on our way to the big houseboat.

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Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus - one of the largest I have seen.

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Chobe River

Looking up the river from our houseboat.

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Chobe Princess 1

Looking back at our houseboat, our room at the top.

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White-fronted Bee-eater

Merops bullockoides

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Malachite Kingfisher

Alcedo cristata

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Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis - female with fish.

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African Fish-eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

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African Jacana

Actophilornis africanus

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Malachite Kingfisher

Alcedo cristata

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Malachite Kingfisher

Alcedo cristata

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Vultures

A carcass appeared to be close to the tree.

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African Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus

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African Openbill

Anastomus lamelligerus

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Cape Buffalo

Syncerus caffer - feeding on aquatic vegetation.

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African Elephants

Loxodonta africana

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Blue Star Water Lilies

Nymphaea nouchali

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Rain Tree

Lonchocarpus capassa

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Southern Giraffes

Giraffa camelopardalis

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Southern Giraffes

Giraffa camelopardalis - a dozen animals in the late afternoon.

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African Elephants

Loxodonta africana - playful interaction of two young bulls.

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African Elephants

Loxodonta africana

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African Elephants

Loxodonta africana

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Sunset

African sunsets are some of the best we have ever seen.

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Sunset

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Dusk

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Water Monitor

Varanus niloticus

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Blue Star Water Lilies

Nymphaea nouchali

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Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Merops nubicoides

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Water Thick-knees

Burchinus verminculatus

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African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla aquimp

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Red-billed Quelea

Quelea quelea

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White-faced Whistling Ducks

Dendrocygna viduata

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White-faced Whistling Ducks

Dendrocygna viduata

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Cape Buffalo

Syncerus caffer - after a roll in the mud.

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