Arriving a day earlier at Chipinda Pools was a bit of a challenge for the lady on duty, as they only receive the bookings for the day on the day.
A call was made and 2 very official looking chaps arrived in a Merc and sat chatting in the car! In the meantime we waited patiently for something to happen.
The officials sat in the vehicle for about 10 minutes before one of them came to the office to chat to us. After a further 10 minutes the second chap joined us and confirmed that they still hadn't received the bookings for the day from Harare. He then advised us that he didn't have any airtime to phone HO, and after we paid for his airtime, we were allowed to proceed to the campsite! Only in Africa!
After the Mabalauta campsite, Chipinda Pools was luxury! Nice river-view with a nice big shady tree, lots of hippos in the river and elephants walking about 30m from our tent. Clean ablutions and even hot water!
This was what we were hoping for.
View of ellies on the bank below our tent
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