Tag: Wildlife


Zimbabwe – Victoria Falls

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Victoria Falls sits on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe with different views of the falls form each country. I was staying in Livingston on the Zambia side of the fall, but decided to make the walk over to Zimbabwe to see what the views were like over there.

From my hotel in Zambia, it took about 30 minutes to go through immigration and walk across the bridge that separates Zambia from Zimbabwe to get to the park entrance.

But like on the Zambia side, the thick mists hide much of the falls and you could only see small sections at a time.

Entering Zimbabwe

Entering Zimbabwe

The view from the bridge separating Zambia and Zimbabwe. Behind that wall of mist is Victoria Falls.

The view from the bridge separating Zambia and Zimbabwe. Behind that wall of mist is Victoria Falls.

On the walk from Zambia to Zimbabwe I passed a group of elephants having lunch

On the walk from Zambia to Zimbabwe I passed a group of Elphants having lunch

Victoria Falls From The Zimbabwe Side

Victoria Falls From The Zimbabwe Side


Zambia – Wildlife

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There was quite a lot of wildlife around Victoria Falls.

Zebra

Zebra


Namibia – Day 17 – Cheetahs

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Our last day in Namibia started with a sunrise game drive to photograph a group of cheetahs. We had seen some cheetahs on our first afternoon at Okonjima, but they were dirty, sleepy, lazy-ass cheetahs that didn’t make for good photos. So this was another opportunity to see some cheetahs. This group turned out to be much more photogenic. After that it was a race to the airport to catch our flights back to Johannesburg.

Cheetah

Cheetah


Namibia – Day 16 – Leopards

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Today day was leopard day. We started out the morning on a game drive to try and find leopards. Many of the leopard at Okonjima have radio tracking collars and our guild was using that to help find a leopard. Even with knowing roughly where the leopard was, it took several hours to find one. But when we finally found him we were able to get really close. Then in the late afternoon we went to see a leopard that was kept in a special area because he was unable to be released back into the wild. We were able watch from a blind to see him being feed.

Leopard

Leopard


Namibia – Day 15 – Okonjima

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Our final stop for our Namibia photo tour was two nights at the Okonjima Guest Farm, which is also home of the AfriCat Foundation that researches and rehabilitates Namibia’s wild cat population. The day we arrived at Okonjima we went on two game drives. The the first was a late afternoon/sunset drive and then after dinner some of us went on a nighttime game drive.

Giraffes

Giraffes


Namibia – Day 14 – Black Rino

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Our next stop was the Grootberg Lodge where we hoped that we would find Black Rinos. We spend almost a full day of searching in our trucks on incredibly rough roads and we had about given up when our guilds spotted fresh signs of rino. The guild were able to track the rino and we were finally able to see a mama rino with her child. During out search we saw lots of other wildlife and had a very close encounter with an elephant.

A Mama Black Rino With Her Child

A Mama Black Rino With Her Child


Namibia – Day 11-12 – Wildlife

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Our next stop was the Palmwag Lodge where we did several game drives to look for wildlife.

Zebra

Zebra


Namibia – Day 10 – Cape Cross

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Our day started with a morning shoot at the Cape Cross Seal Colony.

Seal Close-Up

Seal Close-Up

Seal Argument

Seal Argument

After the seal colony it was another long drive to our next lodge. But we had a few stops along the way to take take some photos.

Little Girl and Her Mother

Little Girl and Her Mother


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