Unfortunately we only had two
nights at this lovely, luxurious lodge and our next and last lodge, Kaingo,
wanted us there for 10am. The transfer
system is quite amazing and very well co-ordinated; from what we can gather the
receiving (new) camp sets the timings and the old camp delivers. For our transfer we had Ephriam as guide/driver and two other
staff joined us as it was their day off and they hadn’t been to Kaingo before
although two of their colleagues had worked there (and its one of the best and most renowned lodges in the whole valley). Like any other small industry, especially a seasonal
one, staff tend to move around and all know each other.
The drive started on the “road”,
yes it did have a bit of tarmac in places and Ephraim kept stopping to tell us
seemingly useless bits of info and we thought maybe he was just trying to pad out
the journey and make it last 4 hours – wrong – he was excellent and the drive
was actually through the National Park the whole way. En route we stopped for a cup of
coffee overlooking the Luangwa Rover.
Ephraim, our guide
The scenery seemed to change
every few minutes from trees to scrubland to sand. It was an amazing drive and we saw many
animals – apologies if they’re getting boring but when I see something it’s
completely fresh so I have to photograph it again (as before picture quality
may be poor as I really can’t see the sharpness/colours in the bright African
sun and the grunting hippos distract me :)
And these gorgeous Giraffe – the
collective term is a Tower, unless
they are on the move when it’s a Journey.
Cape Buffalo always remind me of Lego (TM) figures with their clip-on hair or Vikings' helmets.
Another female Kudu – I think their ears look
like table tennis bats
