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Zambia
Victoria Falls
Photo Credit: © Alissa Kempler
from Men’s Fitness Magazine
In Zambia’s Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Victoria Falls, one of the world’s most spectacular waterfalls, plummets 355-feet into a mile-wide gorge. Raft or kayak the rapids just below the thunderous water or fly above the mist for a panoramic view. On park safaris see zebra, giraffe, warthog, and rhino. At the nearby Twabuka Community School, teach computer skills to elementary school children as part of Henny’s Kids.org, a program to bring solar-powered laptops to rural schools in Africa started by this article’s author and named after her mother, Henrietta, a teacher. Henny’s Kids works with Children in the Wilderness, the non-profit educational and environmental division of Wilderness Safaris.
Stay: Upmarket Toka Leya Camp with en suite bathrooms.
Toka Leya Camp rates, including meals and safaris, from $620 per person. Contact Wilderness Safaris specialist Travel Sommelier, www.travelsommelier.com.
by Candyce H. Stapen, 10/6/2015
from Men’s Fitness Magazine
In Zambia’s Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Victoria Falls, one of the world’s most spectacular waterfalls, plummets 355-feet into a mile-wide gorge. Raft or kayak the rapids just below the thunderous water or fly above the mist for a panoramic view. On park safaris see zebra, giraffe, warthog, and rhino. At the nearby Twabuka Community School, teach computer skills to elementary school children as part of Henny’s Kids.org, a program to bring solar-powered laptops to rural schools in Africa started by this article’s author and named after her mother, Henrietta, a teacher. Henny’s Kids works with Children in the Wilderness, the non-profit educational and environmental division of Wilderness Safaris.
Stay: Upmarket Toka Leya Camp with en suite bathrooms.
Toka Leya Camp rates, including meals and safaris, from $620 per person. Contact Wilderness Safaris specialist Travel Sommelier, www.travelsommelier.com.
by Candyce H. Stapen, 10/6/2015
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Zimbabwe
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© Candyce H. Stapen
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© William S. Liebman
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© Candyce H. Stapen
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© William S. Liebman
Zimbabwe Linkwasha Zebra
© William S. Liebman
Zimbabwe Linkwasha Cheetah
© William S. Liebman
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Rwanda
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