Bullsport Guestfarm

Naukluft Mountains

Namibia

May 31, 2024

Hello,

Today my geo tour group departs Windhoek.  We drive southwest towards the Naukluft Mountains.

Our first stop is the Aris Quarry.  Here we find Tertiay-aged phonolite lava that is being quarried for road aggregate.

Our guide cracks open a rock.  Using a loupe my companions find minute evidence of ancient water!

I am delighted to watch them as they are delighted to peer into the deep past.

Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe

May 28, 2024

Hello.

Welcome to the Lookout Café. 

The Café seats 260 visitors and is open for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner.

The restaurant sits on the edge of a rim high above the Batoka Gorge.  The Gorge lies below Victoria Falls. 

Carved by the Zambezi River, the Batoka Gorge runs more than 120 km (75 mi) long with vertical walls that are on average four hundred feet high.

Victoria Falls

Zambia

May 29. 2024

Everything you wanted to know about Rainbows:

A rainbow is a multicolored arc made by light striking water droplets.

The most familiar type of rainbow is produced when sunlight strikes raindrops in front of a viewer at a precise angle    (42 degrees). Rainbows can also be viewed around fog, sea spray, or waterfalls.

A rainbow is an optical illusion—it does not actually exist in a specific spot in the sky. The appearance of a rainbow depends on where you are standing and where the sun (or other source of light) is shining.

Victoria Falls

Town of Victoria Falls

Reepublic of Zimbabwe

May 28, 2024

Hello,

Here are some facts about Victoria Falls: *

1. Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in the world

Victoria Falls is neither the widest nor highest waterfall in the world, but it’s the world’s largest sheet of falling water. It is twice the height of North America’s Niagara Falls, and is only rivalled by Iguazu Falls in South America. It is 108m tall (354 ft) and 1708m wide (5604 ft).

Zambezi River

Victoria Falls Town

Republic of Zimbabwe

May 27, 2024

Hello,

Below are just a very few details and highlights of the course of the Zambezi. 

The fourth longest river in Africa travels through five countries:  Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique.

The Zambezi rises in a black, marshy dambo (shallow wetland) in dense, North-Western Province, Zambia, at about 1,524 meters (5,000 ft) above sea level.

The river flows to the southwest into Angola for about 240 km (150 mi), then is joined by sizeable tributaries such as the Luena and the Chifumage flowing from highlands to the north-west. Zambezi turns south where it re-enters Zambia.

Chobe National Park

Republic of Botswana

May 26, 2024

Hello,

In my very limited experience, a Game Drive is certainly not a continuous stream of animal and bird sightings.  On the contrary, the day is usually a series of brief encounters.  And also, a matter of luck.  Of course, the Guide/Driver uses his knowledge of “the bush” to locate the animals.   Maybe we will see a giraffe today.  Maybe not.

Today the Main Feature is Elephants.