Cape Town, Victoria Falls and Chobe National Park were the three destinations for our African workshop with Travelrite. We were kept busy with painting, sketching, site seeing, game drives and river cruises. The wildlife was fantastic and the villages and cities picturesque and interesting. We had a wonderful group and enjoyed ourselves immensely.

In Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, every house is painted a different color

Bo-Kaap is also the home of some beautifully decaying old cars with rusting patinas, makeshift repairs, flat tyres and no rego.

Down along the waterfront is a hive of activity. Ship yards fishing boats, cargo ships and tourism all spread out along the waterfront.

Painting above the Haute Cabriere vinyard, Franschhoek

Haute Cabriere cellars

Sunset on the Zambezi River

Spectacular Victoria Falls from Helicopter

From the ground the falls are huge, impressive and very wet

Raincoats on a sunny day

From Victoria Falls we moved on to Botswana and Chobe National Park. We saw a great variety of birds and animals on two afternoon game drives and a chilly 6am drive, plus a boat trip down the Chobe River late in the afternoon.

Elephant sketch

Cape Buffalo

Black Backed Jackal

Male Kudu

Young lion – mum was sound asleep a couple of meters away

Zebras

We came across this pack of African Wild Dogs beside the road very early one morning

Cheetah – slowly through the grass

Red Billed Hornbill

Pied Kingfisher

Red Billed Oxpecker – on the back of an Impala

Lilac Breasted Roller

African Skimmer

Carmine Bee Eater

Carmine Bee Eaters

Hippos in the Chobe River

Happy looking Crocodile

We stayed right on the river at the Cresta Mowana Resort

Impalas are common throughout the National Park.

We were sad to be leaving Africa and saying farewell to our great group of painters and fellow travellers. Lots of places still unseen, so we will definitely be back.