Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi - 2011
We returned to southern Africa during August and September for an extended safari through some of the national parks of Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. We started in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, where we last visited in 1990 on our 1st African safari. We saw many changes in the area but the Falls are impressive as we remembered. From there we flew to Hwange National Park to stay at Little Makalolo Camp and then onward over Lake Karibe to Ruckomechi Camp in Mana Pools National Park. We saw many animals in Zimbabwe. We took a boat up the Zambezi River to cross into Zambia and eventually reach Shoebill Camp in the Bangweulu Wetlands to see black lechwe and shoebill storks. We went west to Busanga Bush Camp in Kafue National Park and saw many red lechwe. After a great stay we flew to Malawi to Lilonde National Park for another great stay and eventually to Likoma Island in Lake Malawi. For more details see our blog at Southern Africa Trip, Aug. 25 – Sept. 19, 2011.
- Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
- Zebra
- Dueling buffalo
- Thirsty elephants
- Secretarybird
- Giraffe and Zebra drinking at Broken Rifle Pan
- Elephants drinking at Back Pans
- Lioness pair near Linkwasha Camp
- Lion cub near Linkwasha Camp
- Marc photographing elephants from the logpile hide Little Makalolo Camp Hwange National Park Zimbabwe
- Buffalo at sunset, Makalolo Plains
- Buffalo & hippo, Makalolo Plains
- Zambezi River
- Canoes on the Zambezi
- Elephant outside our tent window! Ruckomechi Camp Mana Pools National Park Zimbabwe
- Hippopotamus
- Mana Pool hippos
- African Wild Dogs
- Hammer & us Shoebill Island Camp Bangweulu Wetlands Zambia
- Shoebill Stork chick sitting on the nest Bangweulu Wetlands Zambia
- Peggy in the Papyrus Bangweulu Wetlands Zambia
- Black Lechwe
- Yellow-billed teal, Bangweulu Wetlands
- Wattled cranes, Bangweulu Wetlands
- Spotted hyena, Bangweulu Wetlands
- Monitor Lizard
- Roan antelope, Kafue National Park
- Busanga balloon ride
- Red Lechwe from the hot air balloon
- Rosy-throated Longclaw, Kafue National Park
- Puku
- Crowned crane, Kafue National Park
- Pied kingfisher, Kafue National Park
- Bushbuck
- White-fronted bee-eater
- Sharpes Grysbok, Kafue National Park
- Male Kudu
- Serval
- Guinea fowl, Liwonde National Park
- Sable antelope, Liwonde National Park
- Bush Pig, Liwonde National Park
- Lichenstein Hartebeest, Liwonde National Park
- Kudu & impala, Liwonde National Park
- Shire River Crocodiles
- African openbill
- Eland bull, Liwonde National Park
- Lizard on our pool deck Mbamba Room Kaya Mawa Likoma Island Lake Malawi
- View of Kaya Mawa and Lake Malawi, behind are hills in Mozambique Kaya Mawa Likoma Island Lake Malawi
- Marc riding his mountain bike past a large Baobab tree while schoolgirls watch Likoma Island Lake Malawi
