Sunday, August 14, 2016

Rainbow Hotel, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Another travel day. We left Chobe and, after fueling up in Kasane, made for the Zimbabwe border.

The border crossings into Zimbabwe are notoriously complex. There are stories of people being mobbed by people offering to 'help' but not doing anything. When we picked up the campers in Maun, the Bushlore people said to find the “Rasta Man” at the border to help us. When we arrived, a fellow in a bright red shirt and dredlocks came right up to us. We knew we had found the Rasta Man, or rather, he had found us. Apparently, he sort of works for Bushlore and looks for their logo on the campers. He handled the paperwork for getting the campers through the border with a minimum of fuss.

Then it was an hour drive to the hotel. This is an old world kind of elegant place. It's just a little tattered around the edges, but the service people are excellent. Bellboys to carry your luggage, laundry service, call the front desk for any thing you need.

The complex is built in a garden setting on the side of a hill and everything looks in to the garden.