CHAPTER 1 -THE DARK CONTINENT

Have been back from the latest holiday of a lifetime with Sandwich Bird Tours for 3 weeks now  and it has taken a long time to sort out 6000 photographs, oh the joy of digital.
This trip took us to Zambia,Botswana and Namibia and we also landed in South Africa and went into Zimbabwean and Angolan waters on boat trips.
The flight from Heathrow to Johannesburg was on the new Airbus 380 a double decker carrying nearly 500 passengers.
Eventually we arrived in Livingstone Zambia and the best views of the Victoria falls were definitely from the air,unfortunately my camera was not to hand.
Our guides for the trip were Neil and Mark from Safari Wise and everything worked perfectly,cheers guys.
Camp Nkwazi was our first stop for two nights,and a cruise on the Zambezi river soon followed.

 VIEW FROM THE TERRACE

ON THE ZAMBEZI RIVER

GREEN BACKED HERON

BLACK BACKED PUFFBACK

 AFRICAN PARADISE FLYCATCHER

 IMPALA IN ZIMBABWE

 NILE CROCODILE

 BABOON

Next morning an early walk around the camp before breakfast----

 MILLIPEDE

 ASHY FLYCATCHER

 BEARDED SCRUB ROBIN

 GREY HEADED KINGFISHER

 BLACK COLLARED BARBET

 WHITE FRONTED BEE EATER &VILLAGE WEAVER

 WIRE TAILED SWALLOW.
After breakfast it was off to the Victoria Falls for the morning

DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE I PRESUME

 SCHALOWS TURACO

 CRICKETS OF VARIOUS SHAPES AND SIZES WERE ALL EMERGING TOGETHER.

 COLLARED SUNBIRD

 VILLAGE WEAVER

WHITE CRESTED HELMETSHRIKE

 AUGUR BUZZARD

 WHITE WINGED WIDOWBIRD

 DAY 3 INTO BOTSWANA

 BLACK COLLARED BARBET

 AFRICAN GOLDEN ORIOLE

 TRUMPETER HORNBILL

 HADEDA IBIS

 BLACK CHESTED SNAKE EAGLE

 YELLOW BILLED KITE

 CARMINE BEE EATER

 FERRY CROSS THE ZAMBEZI

 LILAC BREASTED ROLLER

 ELEPHANT IN A THUNDERSTORM

IMPALA STAG

AND PART OF HIS HAREM

 GREAT WHITE EGRET

 SPUR WINGED GOOSE

 ELEPHANTS

 BLACK EGRET

 ELEPHANTS

 WHITE FACED WHISTLING DUCKS

 ELEPHANTS AND GREAT EGRET

 CAPE BUFFALO A VERY DANGEROUS BEAST.

 HELMETED GUINEAFOWL

 RED HORNBILL

 BLACKSMITH PLOVER

 SPUR WINGED GOOSE

 EGYPTIAN GOOSE

 IMPALA

 YELLOW BILLED EGRET {INTERMEDIATE}

 WHITE FACED WHISTLING DUCK

 AFRICAN JACANA

 YELLOW BILLED EGRET

 BLACK EGRET

 JACANAS PLAYING LEAP FROG

 BLACKSMITH  PLOVER

 SACRED IBIS

 HIPPOPOTAMUS -ANOTHER DANGEROUS ANIMAL

 AFRICAN FISH EAGLE

 LITTLE BEE EATER

 SQUACCO HERON

 PUKU

 WATER THICK KNEE

 YOUNG BUCKS -IMPALA

 TRAFFIC JAM OF ELEPHANTINE PROPORTIONS

That will do for the first installment,look out for more soon.