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Victoria Falls Crocodile Ranch

It's not really my thing, but I paid a visit to the Victoria Falls Crocodile Ranch to see what all the fuss is about. At the start of the tour you have the option of holding one of the baby crocs. I gave some love and stroked the back of this one's head, and in return it tried to bite my finger off! These are not tame animals, and the guide showed us some of his croc-bite scars.

Here's a full-length photo of one of the babies.

Feeding time

They seem to spread the feeding of the crocodiles out, so that during each tour they can show crocodiles being fed. We arrived at 10h45 and joined the start of a tour. Here are the crocodiles being fed elephant meat (there's a problem with overpopulation of elephants in Zimbabwe).

Albino crocodiles

Here's an albino crocodile at the Crocodile Ranch. All the albino crocodiles are kept in the same enclosure, to ensure the crocodile children have the same albino skin.

Crocodiles basking

Crocodiles are the perfect animals for captivity, as they love lying on top of each other (many sport bite marks and have missing fingers and toes from being bitten).

Iguanas

The Crocodile Ranch is also home to iguanas and lions as show animals (unfortuanately the lions do not have enough room to run around in).

Stuffed crocodiles

There's a variety of stuffed crocodiles you can purchase. I bet this baby croc never thought he'd end up like this.

Getting to the Crocodile Ranch

On the drive to the Crocodile Ranch it's common to see wildlife. Here's some warthog we saw at the side of the road.

Crocodile photos

Welcome to our collection of dead stuffed children.	Crocodiles piling on top of each other.

Crocodile face reminds me of a snake.	One of the crocodile pens at the ranch.

Crocodiles relaxing with their jaws open.	The large crocodile pens are 14 females to a male