After spreading ourselves around a nice big camp site for 3 days, it took us a while to pack up. This was not a problem as we had an easy day's ahead to Victoria Falls.
We were visiting Vic Falls for the second time this trip, this time staying on the Zimbabwe side. We had two main reasons for the visit; firstly Gray’s folks, Gus and Jill, were flying up for the weekend to see us and secondly Ga had not been there before.
Along the way we drove parallel to an old strip road, still in perfect condition. Gus said that when he had done a trip around Zim when he was about 15, his dad had travelled along that strip road.
We arrived in Victoria Falls town around mid morning and set about looking for accommodation. The first place was Rest Camp; the camp site was packed with overlanders, so we had a look at the family cottage. Gray took one look at my face and knew he best look further. We drove around, checking out some stunning but out of budget hotels and eventually settled on a nice, reasonable hotel, the Vic Falls Rainbow.
At 3:00 we headed off to the Victoria Falls Hotel, to meet up with Gus and Jill. This is the most famous and oldest hotel in the area. It is probably a century old but still holds all the old glory and colonial feeling of bygone days.
It was wonderful to see Granny and Grandpa after such a long time and to catch on the last 4 months. After tea on the veranda, where you can see the spray from the falls, we went for a walk to explore the area.
In the evening we had dinner in the outdoor restaurant at the Vic Falls Hotel, where we were entertained by local drummers and dancers. It was such a lovely evening, with such a lot of catching up.
Evening entertainment
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