The Best of Wildlife viewing in Zimbabwe and Botswana, and maybe Etosha, late September 2023
THE Hide (www.thehide.com) in Hwange National Park, winner in 16 of the last 19 years for Lodge of the Year’.As you sit drinking your gin & tonic, you can watch others quenching their thirst.A walking safari in Hwange National Park gets you up close to the locals.You don’t even have to get out of bed to watch the herds making their way to the water hole, they pass right in front of your deck.Enjoy watching a cackle of hyenas.The size of the herds that visit the water holes is always a delight to see.See the beautiful painted dogs, one of SARF’s non-rhino projects. Victoria Falls is quite rightly one of the 7 wonders of the world.Visit one of SARF rhino projects; hear about the levels of security needed to protect local rhinos.Experience colonial history as we stay at The Victoria Falls HotelThe magnificent Kudu.Your host, Nicholas Duncan, President of SARF takes a break as we cruise along the Chobe River.Watch the fish eagles catch their dinner.Let’s give the hippos some space!Leopard showing us how to relax.Join SARF at the Okavango Delta, a simply magical place!We are sure you can tell what these two have been doing.Stay at the luxurious Xakanaxa Lodge (www.xakanaxa-safaris.com).Boat trips on the waterways.Where you see the African Jacana chick trying to disguise itself as a water plant.The glamorous birdlifeAnd, the dangerousNamibia, watching rhinos at the floodlit waterholesThe magic of Namibia is difficult to describe and needs to be seen.And, is unforgettable.
