Out of Africa Day 5

our FastJet plane

We had a 6:30 AM pickup time for our van ride from Karongwe to the Nelspruit Airport. It took about three hours to get to the airport. Once there we boarded a FastJet plane, which is a local airline servicing Africa. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but we had a great experience with them. It took a little over 2 hours to fly to the Victoria Falls Airport.

on the way to Victoria Falls Airport

The terrain definitely got more mountainous on the way to our destination. Because Victoria Falls is in Zimbabwe we had to go through Immigration and Customs when we arrived. The lines moved okay, and we also had to purchase a VISA as we were going to travel to Botswana as well. We ended up meeting a couple of other people from the Charlotte area as we were standing in line, which is pretty crazy.

We were met at the airport by our local guide, Mehluli. He took great care of us during our time in Zimbabwe and Botswana. He took us to the Shearwater Explorers Village lodge, where we stayed for the next three nights. After checking in, we relaxed a bit before having dinner at the lodge. We had another full day coming up, beginning at 8:15 AM, so we turned in early.