Day 8 Victoria Falls

 Day 8 September 23 started with a Latte We woke up early enough to have a leisurely breakfast of some of my fave foods. A latte and Eggs Benedict. Did I expect to get that in Africa—No, but delighted I did. Today we started off with a  Victoria Falls walking tour on the Zimbabwe side and helicopter ride. Our evening was a Night game drive with a bush dinner. The day was not so rushed and the hours were doable. No 3am wake up calls!

I’m in heaven

Unfortunately there is a drought in Africa!


The falls are not as wide


Still, they are spectacular

We didn’t get as wet as we did in Argentina and Brazil


A view of the falls from the helicopter 




A cocktail for lunch

Yum

 A relaxing view from our room


A sunset Safari


Young male elephants fighting as young males do 


A different species of Zebra with a thin tan stripe between the black on the right of the photo

Another wonderful sunset

The Burchell Zebra has black and thin Brown stripes


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