Victoria Falls is considered the largest waterfall in the world. It can be found on the Zambezi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. You can access the waterfall from either country. I flew into Zambia and then took a quick car ride over to Zimbabwe. If you are flying into Zambia make sure you bring some cash with you to pay for a visa. The visa costs about 30 USD. If you plan on doing any shopping most places in Zimbabwe prefer American dollars. Most of the activities listed at the lodge were also priced in US dollars. Hotel We stayed at the Victoria Falls Safari Club.  Everywhere we went in southern Africa the hospitality was amazing. The…

When we were planning our trip to Africa we originally only allotted for enough time to go on Safari and to Victoria Falls. I had wanted to visit Cape Town since before I even began medical school so I begged my friends to make a quick trip to the beautiful city. Of course this meant I only really had one day to see everything. So here is my one day guide to seeing Cape Town. (I’m definitely planning a trip back though because I missed so much the first time around.) While in Cape Town we stayed at the Hilton near the City Centre. Since we only had one day to explore we asked the concierge the best way to…

Ever since I went to South Africa I’ve been asked by multiple people about my trip, so finally by popular demand here are all the details of my African adventures. I spent a total of 9 days in Africa and it was a lot of traveling to and from the destinations that we wanted to visit. In this post I’ll be covering just the safari aspect of my trip. The Safari that I went on was through the Elephant Plains Game Lodge. There is no direct flight that will get you there. I initially flew into Johannesburg and then bought a separate flight to Hoedspruit (HDS). From HDS it is a 90 minute drive to the lodge. You can arrange transportation…