- Name
- Hendrik Demey
I promised (remember @Irene McC?) to post a travelogue of our trip to Zimbabwe and South Africa in 2022, so here goes! This report will take several days to complete.
First, some genenal remarks. It was a family trip, including 2 parents and 2 twin daughters of 23 years. The purpose was to experience nature and animals in all aspects (so You won’t see pictures of local inhabitants, villages, towns, etc). There were 2 participants taking “real”photos, namely one daughter carrying the Olympus EM5 Mark II (and Pany 100-400mm) and myself with an EM1 Mark III (and Pany 100-300 mm). The others used their cell phones. Must confess that the Pany 100-300 performed better than I imagined under safari conditions; however focus is clearly slower than the 100-400 mm. The only time we unpacked a tripod was to try some pictures of the night sky.
Our trip fell into 2 parts: we started in Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls and a one day excursion to the Chobe river in Botswana followed by a short flight to Johannesburg in South Africa and the further with a rented car.
I was glad that we always were accompanied by a local tour operator while crossing borders ( a lot of paper work, from time to time the “small sum in hand” gift!). One tip: on entering Zimbabwe it is best to buy the visa onsite instead of having a printed copy of an e-Visa through the internet (ours was only accepted after a hefty “bakshish”).
The Victoria waterfalls are immense, You are unable to see them completely from the ground, You really need a helicopter flight. On ground You can only walk from viewpoint to viewpoint in order to see small to larger parts of teh falls, and in the meantime getting soaking wet (our walking shoes took 3 days of drying even after using the hair dryers in the bathroom).
Taken from our hotel room:
A visit to the falls. You can rent rain wear when entering the park. Do it! Best to wear flip flops. Our cameras and lenses survived.
First, some genenal remarks. It was a family trip, including 2 parents and 2 twin daughters of 23 years. The purpose was to experience nature and animals in all aspects (so You won’t see pictures of local inhabitants, villages, towns, etc). There were 2 participants taking “real”photos, namely one daughter carrying the Olympus EM5 Mark II (and Pany 100-400mm) and myself with an EM1 Mark III (and Pany 100-300 mm). The others used their cell phones. Must confess that the Pany 100-300 performed better than I imagined under safari conditions; however focus is clearly slower than the 100-400 mm. The only time we unpacked a tripod was to try some pictures of the night sky.
Our trip fell into 2 parts: we started in Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls and a one day excursion to the Chobe river in Botswana followed by a short flight to Johannesburg in South Africa and the further with a rented car.
I was glad that we always were accompanied by a local tour operator while crossing borders ( a lot of paper work, from time to time the “small sum in hand” gift!). One tip: on entering Zimbabwe it is best to buy the visa onsite instead of having a printed copy of an e-Visa through the internet (ours was only accepted after a hefty “bakshish”).
The Victoria waterfalls are immense, You are unable to see them completely from the ground, You really need a helicopter flight. On ground You can only walk from viewpoint to viewpoint in order to see small to larger parts of teh falls, and in the meantime getting soaking wet (our walking shoes took 3 days of drying even after using the hair dryers in the bathroom).
Taken from our hotel room:
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