Sneaky Hippos
On our last morning at Toka Leya we arranged to be taken back out on the Zambezi to hopefully see some hippos. They generally are morning creatures, nap during the…
Toka Leya Game Drive
Toka Leya isn’t known for it’s wildlife owing to it’s location in a very small national park and being adjacent to Livingstone town. So we didn’t have high, high hopes…
White Rhinoceros
The white rhinoceros is one of the most endangered species in the world. In all of Zambia there are only nine left, and each of them are under armed guard…
Victoria Falls
Coming to Victoria Falls is a lifelong dream, one that I never thought would be possible. But here we are. Our camp is located about 18km upriver from the Falls…
Our First Day in Africa
After 35 hours of our journey we finally arrived in Livingstone, Zambia. We couldn’t really believe our eyes! Zambia always seems like one of those made-up places, an African country…
Qatar Airways
We are finally on our way to our next adventure in Africa! After our obligatory 1+ hour trip to O’Hare, we boarded our Qatar Airways flight to Doha. Our full…
So It Begins
Our total journey time from Chicago to our first multi-night stop is 34 hours and 55 minutes. We are flying Chicago-Doha-Johannesburg-Livingstone. That final stop is in Zambia — ZAMBIA! Livingstone…
2019 Africa
We’re really going to do it. Africa has always seemed like one of those aspirational trips that you might never get to because it’s too hard. Just getting there is…
2019 Africa, May 11-27, 2019
What an incredible trip this was. I don’t think we ever imagined how much it would stay with us. But it has and we’d encourage everyone to do this trip…