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By Kirstie Cadger
November 9th 2009

Croc Farm, Tsodilo Hills and Other Recent Escapades + Photos Africa » Botswana » North-West » Okavango Delta

Sam

Written: Monday November 9th, 2009 at 10:00pm I paid a visit to the local crocodile farm the other day which is a few kilometres away from Shakawe and home to 9000 crocodiles including a massive one named Sam. The purpose of the farm is to breed crocodiles and release them into the wild, for tourism purposes and to produce crocodile leather which is then exported. I went there just to check it out but then I went back a second time for a different reason and found out that someone had left the door open to one of the areas where [View Full Entry]

By Tamserku
October 30th 2009

Beautiful Botswana I will Never Forget You Africa » Botswana » North-West » Okavango Delta

Wild Dog, Chobe National Park, Botswana

After Leaving the natural wonder of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, we headed west into Botswana where the highlights were camping out in Chobe National Park and then two nights in the Okavango Delta. More animals and natural beauty abounds in this small country. Only about 1.6 million people; there seems to be more wildlife than humans. Chobe is a large national park that is famous for its large elephant herds. Whether it was driving through in 4x4s or floating down the Chober River, you quickly understand why. Huge elephants everywhere. The Delta is the largest inland delta in the world. [View Full Entry]

Elephant Baracade, Chobe National Park, Botswana

By chimelleinoz
October 21st 2009

Discovering Botswana Africa » Botswana » North-West » Okavango Delta

Cruising the delta in the Mokoro

27/09 - 2/10 I must confess that my main reason for wanting to visit Botswana was because of a beautiful photo I had seen in a guide book of a Mokoru boatsman poling a dug out canoe through the Okavanga Delta. Other than that, I'm ashamed to say how little I knew about the culture and history of the country (ok....and also the precise location...yikes). Anyway, I guess this is what travelling is all about - putting something tangible to a name and fleshing out a point on the map with faces and colours and sounds. We had found Zambia [View Full Entry]

By KaylaRichard
October 6th 2009

Botswana Wild Day 9 - October 6 Africa » Botswana » North-West » Okavango Delta

Thamalakane River

Up the creek without a paddle Where yesterday was all about land with a little water, today was all about water with a little land. Power boat for 3/4 hour to reach a local village in the Okavango Delta followed by 2 hours of mokoro (dug-out canoe) through reeds of the delta powered by a 6 metre pole manned by a local mokoro poler. At one point on the way, we broke out into a deep channel and Kayla asked our poler if hippos were around. He said yes, but mostly in the evenings. We could clearly see the sandy bottom [View Full Entry]

By AdamandLouise
September 27th 2009

Okavango Delta Africa » Botswana » North-West » Okavango Delta

Sept 21-26 Arrived in Maun and booked a last minute trip to the Delta, for the next day. The Okavango Delta is the world largest inland delta, and one of the few delta’s in the world that does not drain into the ocean, instead all the water from the Kavango river floods a huge area of Botswana and slowly drains into the Kalahari sand. We got a great last minute deal to one of the best camps in the delta called the Kwara camp for three nights, very excited as we will have a bed and its all inclusive so free [View Full Entry]

By marhug
September 11th 2009

Delta and Etosha Africa » Botswana » North-West » Okavango Delta

mokoro travel

Mokoro trip in the Okavango Delta (Botswana) and the Etosha NP (Namibia) Twice now we’ve signed our lives away: for the microlite flight over the Victoria Falls and now for the 3 day mokoro trip on the Okavango delta. The indemnity form that we signed for the latter said that it was an “inherently dangerous activity”. It crossed my mind that our travel insurance would surely exclude both of these kinds of activity - and here’s us thinking that we are being very conservative and not so intrepid at all. This blog is evidence that we survived to tell the tales. [View Full Entry]

By jennifc
August 11th 2009

Okavango Delta Africa » Botswana » North-West » Okavango Delta

Delta

August 1, 2009 We visited the Okavango Delta. To reach the Delta, you must take an hour long bumpy truck ride to the water's edge. Then, we have a three hour boat ride. The boat is called a "mokoro" which is a shallow, hallowed out canoe pushed through the water by a poler. The poler uses a long pole to push through the shallow delta waters. The ride was nice and peaceful. We had our sleeping mats and pillows out so we rode in comfort! The ride is through swampy reeds. That means, a lot of spiders, webs and millions of [View Full Entry]

By krystie
August 11th 2009

The beauty of the Okavango Delta... Africa » Botswana » North-West » Okavango Delta

Makoro Station

I had been in Africa just under a month now and while I had seen so many incredible animals, met so many incredible locals, I still wouldn't say that I had "fallen in love with Africa" yet. Maybe it was the hustle and bustle of long days on the tour bus or simply because I'd been too worried about taking good photos that I forgot to enjoy it but I was still willing to give Africa a chance. The Delta was a favourite of my travel agent who spoke highly of Botswana when I was booking; and luckily I had been [View Full Entry]

By FricksAroundTheWorld
August 10th 2009

Beautiful Botswana Safari Africa » Botswana » North-West » Okavango Delta

Okovango Delta Botswana

Hi Everybody! We just returned from safari. It was fantastic! There were 2 other people and our guide. We could'nt have asked for better, we all got along so well. Angela from England and Danny from Australia. We had to camp en-route to Botswana which gave us a chance to get to know each other. Our first adventure was the Okavango Delta. We met up with local native guides who took us into the Delta by Mokoro, a dug out canoe carved in one solid piece out of a tree trunk. The guide is also the poler. He stands in the [View Full Entry]

By SmithyWorldWide
August 6th 2009

On and over the Okavango Africa » Botswana » North-West » Okavango Delta

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Alongside the Maasai Mara and Serengeti/Ngorongoro, the Okavango Delta is undoubtedly one of the most famous natural wonders of Africa. It is our next destination as we cross the border into Botswana. At this time of year, the delta is flooded, and this year’s floods are particularly high. We camp in Maun, the hub of all delta activities, then gear up to be poled into the delta on mokoros, small two-person dugout canoes. It takes us roughly thre hours to reach our campsite in the middle of the delta, making our way slowly through knee-deep water filled with reeds, lillies and [View Full Entry]

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