Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe

Originally Hamida and I had decided to take a trip to Namibia for a week, while planning the trip and trying to get our flights sorted out we found that our flights from Durban - Jhb - Windhoek will cost over R10 000 for both of us! Ridiculous! So thats when we decided that we should change the plans and rather go else where, thats when we found an advert saying "Victoria Falls from as little as R2499.99" and we were stuck! Eventually we found the perfect package to the Vic Falls for 3 nights accommodation, flights and breakfast included for a fraction of the Namibia trip!

Hamida wanted to spend her birthday in South Africa so we organised with a family friend of ours, whom we havent seen in 10 years, to spend the weekend with her and her daughters. So we spend Friday til Monday with them, what an eventful weekend. We met her kids for the first time, Layla - 10 years and Zeena - 8 years old, we also met Simon and his two sons, Dylan - 15 years and Gareth - 11. Jhb was awesome we had lovely family dinners and even went ice skating on Hamida's birthday (Sunday). Unfortunately our stay came to an end on Monday morning when we had to catch our flight out from O.R Tambo international to Zambia International airport.

Upon arrival in Zambia we had Thompson's Travel waiting for us to take us to Zimbabwe - We decided to stay in Zim because all our activities would take place there. We checked in at the hotel and rested a bit before going on our Game Drive where we saw 3 of the big five, we had dinner at the game park and returned back to the hotel to rest. Tuesday we went for a helicopter flight "flight of the angels" over the Victoria Falls as well as up the Zambizi River. Later that day we were signed up to walk with lions in the game park, they were three cubs ages 12 months, 15 months and 18 months. As young as they were, they were huge!

Wednesday we took the long walk along the Victoria Falls and learned about David Livingstone and the Falls. Unfortunately or fortunately we went when the falls werent as huge as in June/July so we got to take lots of pictures and enjoy getting drenched in the mist. Later the afternoon we went on a cruise up the Zambizi and experienced the first rain in 5 months. Thursday it was back to Jhb with a connecting flight to Dbn where we spent the night and back home on Friday afternoon.

Zim was amazing, everyone was super friendly and more importantly we felt completely safe, we didnt have to worry about anyone robbing us or messing with us. SA could learn a lot from them. We could feel the difference in service when we got to OR Tambo international, SA people in service are sooo sour! You getting paid to do a job, deliver and deliver well... with a smile ;)

It was a life changing experience for me, it wasnt just one of those holidays that when you get back and return to work it feels like you never left. NO! This was the best holiday ever! Definitely heading back to Zim next year :)