Asher’s African Safari

Hi everyone! It’s been a blast in Africa so far. I’ve been on a river cruise,  we saw the Victoria falls, and went to a village!  The first thing I want to talk about is the river cruise. Starting off, the cruise was 3 hours long! My family and I got on a tourist boat that went around a river as the tourists spotted animals. Once we got on, we immediately saw a herd of hippos relaxing in the river! They kept on sticking their heads out of the water and going back in. There was even a baby hippo that was also doing it and snorting water! However, I fell asleep during the cruise and when I woke up 2 hours later, I saw a giraffe in the distance! I slept through the part where there was nothing in the water and I was glad that I did. It was a fun cruise with loads of cool wildlife. The next day, my family and I went to the famous Victoria falls! The falls were a lot bigger than I thought they would be and the mist in the air caused us to get very wet! We even saw 3 monkeys fighting over a piece of food! It was a hiking tour that took 2 hours, but was worth it. The last thing I will talk about today will be when we went to a house in a village. There, we met a kind villager that taught us about life in his village. He had many chickens that were used for bartering and a dog that kept patrol to make sure no intruders came into the village. He had a large family that was also very kind to us and told us that he had multiple small kitchens that each had a different purpose. The winter kitchen was where women gave birth and they also prepared their dead for the burial. Men also could marry more than one wife. So far, our trip so far has been awesome.