Chobe and Vic falls, 2nd part of the tour

Last morning in Savute we got up 5am again, packed up and drove the whole way to Chobe river front. We arrived at around noon, Mike& Spoeks( our guides/drivers) dropped us off at Elephant Valley Lodge and started their long journey back to Maun.
After a few hours of rest, it was again time to go for a game drive in Chobe, we drove next to Chobe River and saw buffalo, hippos and lions, just next to the road in the sand, it was 2 female lions and 1 beautiful male lion.

The following morning we started our day with a river safari on Chobe river, we saw hippos close by, elephants coming down to the river to drink water, lots of birds, as we had seen all trough the tour,the Delta area is really a bird watchers paradise After our relaxing morning we packed our bags and moved over to the Zimbabwean side, as expected it took a while to go trough the border post at the Zimbabwean side, the cost for a single entry VISA is US 30$ and in euros 25. We arrived at Matetsi Water Lodge around 15h00 and it is a beautiful place by zambezi river, the bungalows where huge and every room had its own plunge pool. Very relaxing! Me& Nico skipped the afternoon game drive and enjoyed the pool instead. In the evening we ate outdoors, with lanterns around us and tables set with white tablecloths.
The next day, the last full day of the tour, we went to Victoria Falls. Victoria Falls are the biggest waterfalls in the world, 1,700meter wide and 70-108m deep,with 5 falls on the Zimbabwean side and 1 fall on the Zambian side. At the moment it is the low season,waterlevel very low, makes it easy to see the falls, as in the high season the water levels are very high and the waterspray from the falls makes a fogg over the falls, very difficult to see them, and lots of rain dripping on you. Because of the spray from the falls there is a permanent rainforest by the falls.
The first white person to discover the Falls was David Livingstone, in year 1855, and he named the Falls after his queen Victoria.

While we where at the falls it was very hot,over 40c. We visited a curio market after the falls and managed to bargain ourselves a few wooden baskets:)Some guests decided to go on a helicopter ride over Vic Falls, and they did enjoy it.
In the evening we did a sunset cruise on the zambezi river and it felt like a hot summer night in Finland in the middle of summer, you know those calm evenings, no wind, sun still in the distance giving a magical feeling. It was a great end to the day and to the tour.

Following morning we packed for the last time and it was time for us get over the border to the Zambian side. I had tried very hard finding out what the cost would be to cross the border, some said nothing as we only where on our way to the Livingstone airport, but when we finally got there we had to pay 50$ dollars! If we had visited for the day we would have paid 20$dollars!
The tour was coming to an end.It was time to say goodbyes at the airport. I do think the trip has been an experience for all,and the group really looked after itself. It was a joy for us to show this part of the world to our fellow finnish people.
Now we are looking ahead, relaxing a few days before we start our journey down to Cape town.

Sunny greeting from Johannesburg. Take care!

Jannika