Girls Botswana have fun!

For spring break 2012 I went to Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe!!! We left Saturday morning at 430 to fly to Jo'berg where we would pick up our big safari bus that would drive us around. It was named Armstrong and was a tank! Camping for ten days has given my a new appreciation for a warm shower and a soft bed and pillow! The first two days were consisted of lots of driving up into Botswana! Botswana has more cows then people!! They are everywhere! In Botswana there were lots of check points were we had to get off of Armstrong and clean off both pair of shoes so that we were not spreading any disease to the cattle. The EU buys their cattle from Botswana so Botswana has to regulate the meat very carefully.On our third day we stared our morning off at the Okavango Delta.  We loaded our stuff and ourselves into mikaros, which are carved out of wood and are similar to a canoe but much longer and has shorter sides. Our guide called herself Kenny and did a great job taking us around the delta. Later that day I got to try to stand and steer the mikaro. It is like paddle boarding but the pole touches the ground because you push off of it to get the boat to move. The next day we went on a early morning game walk and saw tons and tons of Zebras. That night our guides took us on a sunset "cruise" on the mikaros. Kenny picked some waterlilies and made them into necklaces for us! The sunset was spectacular! The only unfortunate about staying in the delta was that there were no bathrooms. aka you used a hole in the ground. The next day we went to Planet Baobab. A Baobab tree is in Lion King! The next day we were off to Chobe! Went on early morning game drive and saw lions eating a freshly killed Impala! That night we went on a sunset cruise and saw tons and tons and tons of elephants and hippos.  Even saw a 2 week old elephant! It was the size of a Great Dane. The next day we drove into Zambia and spent 3 days there! Victoria Falls was at its peak because of all the rain that was coming from upstream due to it being the rainy  season! I have never seen such a beautiful force of nature before! I went to an elephant safari and played with lions! I even flew over the falls in something called a micro flight! it had a propeller (ugh) We went into Zim. our last day so see the falls from the other side!