View from room at Stanley Safari Lodge, spray from Victoria Falls in distance on far left. The Zambezi River. Elephant crossing Zambezi River. River cruise boats. After his swim across from big island in the Zambezi to Zambia. Hippopotamus in the Zambezi. Crocodile waiting for a snack. Sunset Cruise on the Zambezi River. Clare & Ashley. Sunset over the Zambezi. Moonrise over Zambia. Elephant crossing in the twilight Zambezi. Moonlight over Livingstone. First of many delicious meals at Stanley Safari Lodge. The biggest one! Not as fast as a horse. Elephant salute. The garden at Stanley. Clare relaxing with the iPad. Infinity Pool, Victoria Falls in the distance. The main lodge at Stanley. Working on holiday as usual. Red headed weaver bird. Lizard with spider on its chin. More yummy food! Victoria Falls. Double rainbow. Victoria Falls from Livingstone Island. Devil's Pool is on the edge. Afternoon tea on Livingstone Island. Pimms o'clock! Back at the lodge for an enjoyable evening. One of many different dinner location options. Serviette origami. More food. Moon from the room. What a view to wake up to. No walls, no windows. Breakfast! Beak-feast. View from the inside of the room. Victoria Falls walking tour. The falls are at their lowest in Oct due to the dry winter, the summer rains make the falls cover all the rock on the right. Getting there early means the rainbow is in the gorge. Dr Livingstone I presume. He was here in 1855. Victoria Falls Bridge to Zimbabwe on the left. After the rainy season, all of this rock would be covered in waterfall, and you would need a so'wester to stand here. Livingstone Island. Can you see the face in the rock? Worth about 10p! They now use US Dollars in Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls market. Our purchases. Our room at Stanley Safari Lodge. Even more yummy food! Shots from a helicopter ride through the Zambezi Gorge. It was like being on Airwolf! Victoria Falls from the helicopter. Livingstone Island at the top. The island with the elephants on. Can you spot the elephants? There they are! ...loads of them! Our Zambezi River cruise boat at the Livingstone Hotel. Excellent piloting by Anna in the helicopter. Sunset approaches, another dinner location option. Eagerly awaiting another feast of epic proportions. Epic. Proportions!. Truly. A waterhole visible from the lodge. Relaxing on the last day at Stanley Safari Lodge. Pebbles! What a view! Look into my eyes.... The most amazing ravioli ever! So good, Ashely had it again! Getting ready for the final dinner at Stanley Safari Lodge. Great setting in the pool. The bath in the en-suite was outside! The room with a view. A wierd nest outside the room. Sun setting over the dinner table. The sun takes 3.5 minutes to set here. What is going on here? Some sillyiness, obviously. Dinner in the pool. Waiters in the pool! Dessert in the pool. Clare's birthday cake 1 of 3. Bryony put bags on her feet to keep them dry. hahahaha! Wild Painted Dogs on the first morning at Jaci's Tree Lodge in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. A rare sighting. The bush. Madikwe Game Reserve is 100,000 acres and takes 1.5 hours to drive across it. Zebra at a water hole. Giraffe. Impala having a difference of opinion. Eastenders or Coronation Street? Grrrrr! Fancois was our excellent guide. Time for tea! (Actually, hot chocolate with Amarula cream liqueur). Young Impala male. Senior male. Brunch at Jaci's. Hornbill. Impala, warthogs and wildebeest. Ostrich, one of only 8 in 100,000 acres. Yawn. Snacking can be so tiring. Hurry up with dinner! Young male. Rhino. Warthog. Giraffe with Impala in the background. There they are again. Young male. The Daddy. Second sighting of the painted dogs. Dinner out in the bush. This image was taken in near-complete darkness (see next photo). These elephant were wandering around while we were eating dinner. Dinner is served! The bar! Oxpecker awaiting dinner. Wildebeest & guinea fowl. Elephant's a'roamin. Can you see the squirrel in this tree? Yup! Snoozing brothers blocking the road. They were not bothered by our presence. Majestic. Moo! (Buffalo) Buffalo are considered to be the most dangerous of the 'Big Five' because they are so unpredictable. Some American tourist thought that someone had been around and hand-painted all the thorns white on the Acacia trees. Another healthy brunch. A hide by the waterhole. With a bed! Our room at Jaci's Tree Lodge. A Francolin joined us for brunch. The main lodge at Jaci's. Our room at Jaci's. Room and walkways are on stilts. The outdoor shower. Bryony hard at work on the Internet, even out in the middle of nowhere! Cheeky Monkey! Clare's birthday cake 2 of 3....before it was lost somewhere. :-( Wheeee! Happy Birthday Clare! Lovely lamb shanks. Eagle Owl. Buffalo spotted on a night game drive. Rhino in the dark. Lions at night. Ribbit. Chameleon spotted in the dark. Female Kudu. Male Kudu. A view from one of the hills. Everything in view is the Madikwe Game Reserve. Yolandi took us for our final game drive. Herd of wildebeest. Baby elephant. ...and Mumzie. Terrapin. Glossy starling. George, the Ground Hornbill. Eyelashes! Feet! Brunch before leaving. Service with a smile. Wildebeest at waterhole seen from our room at Ant's Hill Lodge in the Waterberg Region. Clare riding Zulu. Millipede. That's a lotta legs! Can you imagine the size of the shoe shops around here? Viewing wildebeest from horseback Ant's Hill main lodge. Banded mongoose. Hornbill & impala. Female kudu mid-leap. They can jump over 2 metres. A massive thunderstorm than took out 19 transformers in the area and caused power to be off for 24 hours. Zzzzzt! One of many feasts at Ant's Hill. Weaver birds busy building. ...and snacking. Squirrel finishing up the leftovers. Blue waxbill. The horses at Ant's Hill are free to roam, they come back to the stables for food, and are then ridden. Push-me pull-you. Blesbok. Crested barbet. Blesbok. Chasing down buffalo in the bush while the riders ride. Found more wildebeest. Munch munch. Zebra hiding. Ant's Hill & Ant's Nest lodges are in a 10,000 acre reserve. The lodges from afar. Waterbuck. Snake Eagle. Wandering around with giraffe. Les was our excellent guide. Hamerkop. Ribbit. Stalking Rhino on foot. Not for the faint-hearted. Uh oh! Sable antelope. This is not what sable paintbrushes are made from! That's the sable marten. Red hartebeest. Eland. Lunch in the making. Christine & Beatrice. All very yummy food. Impala sausages. Hake fish. Very tasty bush lunch. Our room with outdoor shower on the end. Bathroom with a view. Glossy starling. Monty or Diesel, the attack puppies! 'No rhino is safe!'. Les's pride and joy. Our room. Main lodge and our room. Left to right: The cottage, Clare & Ashley's room, the main lodge, our room. Male kudu. Blesbok. Euphorbia. a tree-like cactus. Francolin. Sunset at a sundowner. Sundowner. drinks and nibbles in the bush at 6pm. The stars in the southern hemisphere. Constallation of scorpio on the right. Despite the powercut, dinner goes on! Eland from horseback. Giraffe from horseback. Riding a horse gets the rider closer to the wildlife and are not restricted to the tracks. Drift HD170 stealth videocamera in action. Gave fabulous videos. Impressive impala male. Sable. Waterbok. The sap of the Euphorbia is extremely toxic. Weaver bird with his unimpressive mansion. The female was not amused. Warthog, up close and personal. Frisky giraffe at waterhole. Sables. Bryony's horse, Sashi. Five new young fresian cross horses almost ready for riding. The indoor shower / waterfall. Our bedroom. The veranda. View from the veranda. Pool by the main lodge. The main lodge. Metal warthogs! At sundowner. Dinner at the boma. Our room from the main lodge. Peek-a-boo! Secretary bird's nest. Lilac-breasted roller. Hornbill. Wildebeest. Got it! Riding close to zebra. Blesbok. Kudu. Hornbill. Buffalo. White rhino. Approaching sundowners. After sundownser, the horses are let loose in the reserve to find their own way home. Sunset. Look closely and you can see a sunspot. Les chilling. Beatrice. Les. Frog on the path to the room. Clare's birthday cake 3 or 3. This one did not get lost! Special birthday dinner for two. Crocodile bread. Ant's Hill lasagne. Last lunch before heading home.

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