Safari in Chobi

Yesterday was unbelievable. We went for our long awaited safari. They picked us up in a large van at the Waterfront at 7:15. They made a few other stops and then we headed out of town. (One of the stops was the newly opened David Livingstone Safari Lodge. It was beautiful.) About 40 minutes later we had to go through Zambian immigration to get an exit permit. They then took us across the Zambezi in motor boats and we had to go through immigration to get into Botswana. The Chobi National Park was near the river and we boarded boats there. We saw all kinds of birds, hippo, elephants, water buffalo, impala, wart hogs, kudu, lions, and crocodiles. We went back to this amazing lodge for a great lunch (I looked everywhere for a gift shop to get some postcards but could never find it.) and then we boarded open Land Rovers for our trip along the bank of the river where we had been before. We saw all the same animals and added giraffes. We headed back and repeated the process to get back to Livingstone. It really was an amazing day. I will add photos as soon as I am back in the States.