Monthly Archives: January 2014

19-Jan-14 Victoria Falls, Zimbawe

On Jan 19 we flew to Victoria Falls in Zimbawe from Johannesburg, South Africa.  We stayed in the grand old Victoria Falls Hotel and visited the actual falls, which is almost visible from the back lawn of the hotel.

Victoria falls is an immense hollowed out canyon on a smooth plain in the middle of southern Africa.  Apparently it was created as the ancient basalt volcanic flow gradually was etched away by water.  You really get a sense of how bizarre it seems from the air, where its visible as a huge vapor cloud from the deep canyon on an otherwise flat landscape.

 

Victora Falls, Zimbabwe

 

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18-Jan-14 Soweto, Kliptown near Johannesburg

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Jan-14 Thornybush: Giraffes, Blue Wildebeests, Wart Hogs

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Jan-14 Thornybush Hornbill, Tawny Eagle, another Hornbill, and a Millepede

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17-Jan-14 Thornybush, sundowner, and sunset

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The Thornybush game reserve is in upper western South Africa next to Kruger National Park

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Jan-14 Thornybush Big Fives – White Rhino, Rare Black Rhino, Elephant, and Cape Buffalo

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16-Jan-14 Thornybush lions

There were three female lions and quite separately, the male of the pride

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15-18 Jan-14 Thornybush Game Reserve

Termite Mound in Thornybush Game Reserve

Our tracker, July, is showing the size of the termite mound.

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13-15 Jan 2014 Rovos Rail across South Aftica

We boarded the Rovos Rail train in Cape Town and traveled on it for two nights to PretoriaRovos Rail

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Evening requires a little dressing up.

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12-Jan-14 South African penguins

Our new friends

African penguins (3-5 kg each) near Simon’s Town, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

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