Kanyemba Lodge - Mini Vacation on the Lower Zabezi River

I just got back from an amazing four day break. Six of the Zimba staff have been making plans for a little vacation for the past few months. The dates of their trip co-incited with the week that two other IWU staff would be here visiting, so I was able to take a few days off! We stayed at this great lodge along the Lower Zambezi River - about 50km upriver from Lower Zambezi national Park. It was about a 5 hour drive from here in Choma. The photo below was taken our last day there, just before we ate lunch. The patio looked over a lagoon that was often frequented by elephants... our little chalet/cabins on stilts, were just a short walk along the ridge. Amazing sunsets, sunrises and all kinds of adventure!!!
We stayed on a 7 mile long island in the middle of the Zambezi, called "Kanyemba Island Bush Camp." We could hear the lions roaring at night from across the Zambezi, in Zimbabwe. The first night we were there, an elephant was traipsing along just by our cabin and eating some leaves off the tree next to us! The next morning, on our way to the boat, another elephant almost started stampeding us! After dark we had escorts back to our cabin's so we would be safe!!
I woke up to this view every morning, and a fresh pot of coffee!! I was reminded of holiday's with the Lambert family in Goa, tea in bed was always a priority:)

This is supposedly the oldest Baobab tree in all of Zambia - 20m around, so nearly 2,000 years old!! BEAUTIFUL!!

The sunset's were absolutely AMAZING... This was on Friday evening as we took the 90min boat ride back up river after our safari... I am grateful for a refreshing break!!! God is ever faithful!!!!