Vulture Feeding

Each day a platter of meat, bones and left over's from the adjacent Boma restaurant, is laid in a clearing below the deck at the Vic Falls Safari Lodge for the vultures to divulge on.

Hundreds of raptors gather in the skies above, circling overhead waiting for their daily portion of delicacies. White backed vultures, hooded vultures, marabou storks, yellow billed kites even a single tawny owl has been spotted. Spiralling downwards in ever decreasing circles, the birds descend and gather just to the edge of the clearing waiting eagerly for the guide to step back and make way for the onslaught of hungry scavengers. No time is wasted as they fight ferociously for their share, stealing from one another's mouths if necessary. The feeding starts at 1pm daily; don't be late because within about twenty minutes the table is cleared!