Another early morning for us... this time we had to leave the hotel by 6:30. Only some of our group participated in the first event of the morning... microlight flights! Somehow I ended up being the first one to go. It was amazing! We flew over our hotel, Victoria Falls, hippos in the river, a giant crocodile in the river, elephants wondering around... it was incredible!
After a quick breakfast on our return, we were off to the next adventure - jumping off the Zim Zam Bridge! (So named because it links the countries of Zimbabwe and Zambia). Our options were to do a zip line across the river, bungee from the bridge or swing from the bridge. Ben and I opted to do a tandem (the two of us together) swing jump. The swing really was a lot like the bungee, but instead of bouncing up and down to stop, we swung back and forth. It was so much fun! Unfortunately, Paul took a video of our jump with his thumb in frame the whole way, so we don't have proof of our adventure.
The bridge was an interesting experience. Scott was there. But not really wanting to be. He was upset and swearing at us for "making" him be there. When it was his turn, he was panicked! They told him to let go of the hand rails they had to pry his fingers off. And then he quickly grabbed back on. Finally, they got him to let go and he jumped! And it was a perfect swan dive! It was glorious! When he got back up he had huge hugs and thanks for us for making him go through with it. And then, Poto convinced Sophia to do the swing with him. I am so proud of how people conquered their fears and embraced the adventure!
After the bridge we raced back to the hotel to pack up and leave Zambia. We took a commercial flight into South Africa, then hopped on small (Cessnas) planes to fly into Ulusaba! Ulusaba is Sir Richard Branson's resort. The reception of the resort is located at the end of the runway. They greeted us with champagne. We quickly changed into game drive gear and loaded up into land rovers for our first drive!
Our driver and ranger was Jason and our tracker and bait was Don. I really liked both of them. Anyway, on our first drive we saw some various deers, zebras, elephants, water buffalo... and lions! We found two lionesses and two adolescents. It was right at sundown. It was so cool to see them up close and in the wild. And then, they two cubs went on the other side of our vehicle. Then it got a little creepy... I started to feel like dinner. We left there and met up with the other land rover and had light snacks and drinks. I asked for a vodka soda and somehow ended up with a whiskey ginger ale. It was pretty good! On our way back we rounded a corner and there were rhinos! It was so cool! It was hard to see them in the twilight, but it was cool.
When we got back we quick changed and had a fabulous meal and evening.
The bridge was an interesting experience. Scott was there. But not really wanting to be. He was upset and swearing at us for "making" him be there. When it was his turn, he was panicked! They told him to let go of the hand rails they had to pry his fingers off. And then he quickly grabbed back on. Finally, they got him to let go and he jumped! And it was a perfect swan dive! It was glorious! When he got back up he had huge hugs and thanks for us for making him go through with it. And then, Poto convinced Sophia to do the swing with him. I am so proud of how people conquered their fears and embraced the adventure!
After the bridge we raced back to the hotel to pack up and leave Zambia. We took a commercial flight into South Africa, then hopped on small (Cessnas) planes to fly into Ulusaba! Ulusaba is Sir Richard Branson's resort. The reception of the resort is located at the end of the runway. They greeted us with champagne. We quickly changed into game drive gear and loaded up into land rovers for our first drive!
Our driver and ranger was Jason and our tracker and bait was Don. I really liked both of them. Anyway, on our first drive we saw some various deers, zebras, elephants, water buffalo... and lions! We found two lionesses and two adolescents. It was right at sundown. It was so cool to see them up close and in the wild. And then, they two cubs went on the other side of our vehicle. Then it got a little creepy... I started to feel like dinner. We left there and met up with the other land rover and had light snacks and drinks. I asked for a vodka soda and somehow ended up with a whiskey ginger ale. It was pretty good! On our way back we rounded a corner and there were rhinos! It was so cool! It was hard to see them in the twilight, but it was cool.
When we got back we quick changed and had a fabulous meal and evening.
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