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bridge walk to Zambia

cuzin GJ

Any previous Elegant Adventure Taucksters ? - On day 11, we plan to take the helicopter ride over the falls. Will there be time to walk the bridge to Zambia before heading to elephant sanctuary ? How close is hotel to the bridge ? If bidge walk not practical on Day 11, how about the Day 12 journey home day - will there be time in morning to walk the bridge before trip to airport ( what time is flight from Victoria Falls to Jo'burg ) ??? thx in advance !!!

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Smiling Sam

I did the tour in April. Here were the Day 11 and Day 12 events/times.

Per Google Maps it is a 35 minute walk from the Victoria Falls Hotel to the bridge.

AlanS

For the last few hundred yards as you near the bridge, expect to be accosted by street vendors! We walked from Zambia to Zimbabwe during the Botswana tour.

British

Or you could zipline half way to the border over the river which is what my husband did!

cuzin GJ

Thx for the replies. Can always depend on Sam, Alan, and British for info. Thinking of skipping high tea and using that time to trek to bridge with another Tauck couple. ( is High Tea worth taking a pass ?? ) Tauck now encourages Visa for Zimbabwe and only good for 30 days from approval. So gotta wait until mid August to apply. This TN lad will pass on the zip line. Haha!!

Goddess

It's too bad High Tea is the same day as the farewell dinner. On my tour last fall, many folks skipped high tea - feeling that our good sized lunch at the elephant sanctuary and then the farewell dinner was enough food. I spent the time packing for next day departure, since there was an interesting lecture that morning.

Smiling Sam

cuzin GJ - Your call on the high tea. Here are a couple of photos of people that partook of the High Tea (we passed).

Smiling Sam

cuzin GJ - forgot, but if zip line isn't your thing then since you'll be at the bridge anyway you can try bungee jumping. If you look closely you can see the bungee jumpers in the photo below.

cuzin GJ

Smiling Sam. Even after a few bourbons, I’ll pass on bungee. The helicopter ride will be my high point ! Goddess is correct, plenty to eat. Tauck trips require elastic waist bands. Leaving all sport coats at home.

British

It’s years since we took the tour. It was really bad timing to have a big lunch and an early farewell dinner scheduled with a chance for high tea on the same day. Judging by the photos, it looked like a run of the mill food selection but of course the view amazing. And where are the china cups and saucers?? Tea tastes much better from china. Just have a cup of tea and enjoy the view.
Book a trip to London or Bath and enjoy high tea there. It’s all just a tourist thing anyway.

Smiling Sam

High Teas are everywhere. 😁 Been to them in Victoria, Canada, Singapore, and Hanoi, Vietnam as examples.

Lotusgirl

I remember that we spent time at the pool, rather than high tea.

buonviaggio

cuzin GJ - If there is something you’d rather do, I wouldn’t hesitate to choose that over the High Tea. We did do the tea and enjoyed it. But we had debated taking a private tour into Zambia to see the Royal Livingstone Hotel (it wasn’t part of the Tauck tour) but didn’t want to miss having High Tea in such a great atmosphere. But in hindsight, I wish we had done the tour instead as I think it would have been more unique. I don’t recall there being any time the morning of departure to do anything other than have breakfast - at least, when we were there. It may depend on the flight schedule. This is an amazing tour! Enjoy!!!

OurTravels34

Personally and only personally, I would rather see something that I’ve never ever have seen and most likely not ever see again, than having high tea.

SandyFeet

Lotus girl, I loved that hotel pool! 🏊‍♀️

Lotusgirl

I will add that 3 or 4 from the group did walk over to the bridge on departure morning, and were glad they did. They did it quite early in the morning.