Total Solar Eclipse 2001 in Zambia

A safari to Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Airport at Lusaka. Note the small baobab trees in the front.

Typical view when driving from Lusaka to Livingstone.

Some people trying to get a seat in a very popular means of transport.

Potholes.

Upper Zambezi at Victoria Falls.

Rafting on the lower Zambezi near Victoria Falls.

A sausage tree in Chobe National Park (Botswana). There is a story about it but it's not advisable to tell it here.

Close encounter with a lion at dusk in Chobe National Park (Botswana).

Pelicans at Nata (Botswana).

View from the hill where Cecil Rhodes is buried (Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe).

Bushmen paintings in Matobo National Park (Zimbabwe).

Close encounter with ostriches in Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe).

Acacia tree at dusk in Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe).

Sunset at Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe).

Southern sky at Bulawayo (Zimbabwe). The red cloud is neta Carina, below the southern cross (Crux) is visible, and to the right the fly (Musca).

Solar eclipse.

My fellow travellers. Thanks to Jaap.

If you would like to see close ups of animals have a look at the site of Niels Zagers. Other sites about the same trip are made by Jos, Jaap, and William and Petra.

Click here to read about the trip.


 
This is some selection from photographs taken by Rene de Bruijn, except for the pictures about rafting and the group. Send comments, questions, and suggestions to rene.debruijn@wanadoo.nl
Version: 26-11-2001