Zambia World Wide

We were late getting back as the lake was too rough to get the boat across back to the harbour.  We sheltered in the lee of Square Island and released three baby leopard tortoises which we had forgotten to release on Chete Island.  We were supposed to make land at Sinazongwe at 09h00 but only got there at 14h00.  This messed up our plans to get across the Zambezi to Botswana at Kazungula and we had to stay again at Maramba River Lodge in Livingstone for the night.

We left Maramba at 6 and crossed into Botswana without incident and again on the first ferry available.  Coming the other way there was a long queue of cars trying to get to Zambia – what a long wait they would have, we thought!  We got into Kasane with an empty fuel tank (due to price of diesel in Zambia) and got to the petrol station – no diesel!  We had to wait two hours to get diesel – thankfully the tanker had arrived – before setting off down south.  Our farewell to our adventure was a breeding herd of elephant crossing the road just outside Kasane – what a fitting end to a wonderful fortnight!

We eventually got home at 23h00 – a very long drive.  We were so pleased to see home and appreciate how lucky we are to live in Africa.  But we will be visting Zambia again, albeit at a slower pace. The sounds of the fish eagles calling us back.