Sunday, June 16, 2024

2024 African Safari Plus: Victoria Falls Hotel (6/16/2024)

Sunday, June 16, 2024 (continued)
After the helicopter ride, we were able to check into the Victoria Falls Hotel.
The general lounge
Bulawayo Room (private lounge)
Stanley's Bar
Central courtyard
Hotel room
Hotel room bathroom
Edwardian-style Livingstone Room/restaurant
Kent on Stanley's Terrace, where we had lunch
Tamiko with a turkey BLT club sandwich (KSS)
Kent's veggie bruscetta
Ipomoea tricolor/Heavenly Blue Morning Glory
What are these creatures on the back lawn?
Mungos mungo/Banded Mongooses
Hotel flagpole 1647 miles from Cape Town
and 5165 miles from Cairo, yet the Cape-
to-Cairo railway was never completed
The rear of the hotel
Vines along the back path
Hotel pool (KSS)
Pool cabana
Stone Dynamics Gallery (KSS)
Day to Remember (by Dominic Benhura) (KSS)
Jungle Junction/outdoor restaurant
Personalized television screen
Half of the grand stairway
Armed guard keeps watch for wildlife; other
guards had slingshots to scare off baboons
Larry Norton Gallery in the Palm Lounge
Painting of Victoria Falls Hotel (by Larry Norton)
Cartoon of the Lower Zambezi River rapids
(by Larry Norton)
Fitness centre
Baboon eating flowers (KSS)
King George of the United Kingdom
(from a painting by Sir William Llewellyn)
as seen from the front (KSS)
On the left, the forward foot seems
to point left ... (KSS)
... and on the right, it points right (KSS)
The women's restroom
The men's restroom
Next: Victoria Falls Sunset Cruise.

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