Today we left Bulawayo at 5am and drove over to Victoria Falls. Because of the massive drought the Falls are drastically diminished, but there is still smallish section that is running, and quite impressive. Unfortunately the whole section of the Falls by Danger Point, which is supposed to be the most dramatic part, was completely dry today. You could have rock-climbed up the places where the water is usually thundering over (apparently sometimes people do rock-climb those cliffs when the water flow is low like this, but we didn't see any climbers today). Nevertheless, we had a great time.
After a rest at the beautiful lodge where we are staying, we went down to our game-viewing cruise on the river. Wow! I feel like we totally hit the jackpot! We saw about 10 or 12 hippos that we watched for a long time, and then further along we came across five elephants munching grass right by the river. We also saw some giraffes in a meadow through the trees, and also some more common animals like warthogs, baboons, impala, and some really beautiful birds. It was so lovely to be out on the river and we also got a spectacular sunset. Can't complain about this day one bit!
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