I have just spent the past several days reading every comment in this thread. I had to walk way at times because my face and stomach muscles were sore from laughing.
My friend and I were passengers travelling from Victoria Falls to Makololo Plains, Zimbabwe. We knew we were definitely in Africa when we looked out the window on landing to find that there was a giraffe racing us down the dirt path which doubled as a landing strip. Our pilot must have been a little competitive because he didn't seem to be so much as braking but trying to outrace the giraffe!
On our return to Zambia, the same pilot took us on a couple of loops over Victoria Falls, not for our benefit, but so that
he could take extra photos.
I can't wait to go back.