Blogs from North-West, Botswana, Africa - page 29

October 2005 After our brief initial stay in Zambia, we crossed to Botswana at the Kazangulu Ferry border crossing. The Zambian side of the border crossing on the Zambezi was chaos - queues of trucks, queues of people and queues of pretty much anything else you could care to mention. It didn’t seem conceivable that all these large trucks were going to get across the river on a couple of minuscule ferries and indeed as this is written, a copper truck rolled off a ferry at this very crossing a few days ago. It also didn’t seem a good bet that we were going to get across in a big hurry either. However as with the border formalities on arrival in Lusaka, the experienced guide obviously knew the processes, procedures, people and how to make that ... read more

It's a very different Africa. Not one of dust and sand and great fiery sunsets, but of the wettest desert on Earth. In the middle of dry land a great river spills out onto to the sands of the Kalahari Desert in the northern corner of Botswana to create an extraordinary watery jungle. Like an immense oasis surrounded by desert, the Okavango Delta is filled with mysterious waters, lush vegetation and entrancing wildlife. perfect settings for a luxury safaris The Okavango, "The river that never reaches the sea," flows south from the uplands of Angola winding it's way into Botswana, and then spreads out over the parched plain irrigating 6,000 square miles to create the largest inland delta on Earth. The area that was once part of Lake Makgadikgadi, an ancient lake that dried up some ... read more

It started with the ride from the Vicfalls to the boarder!! We had a nice cab-driver who stopped for us when we saw our first big wildlife! an Giraffe and some Elephants!! The only way for us was to book a tour so we were picked up at the boarder, driven to the riverside and our boat was waiting for us. A bit more than 2 hours on the boat brought us back from animalplanet to the nice resort!! We had seen plenty of wildlife, Elephants, Hippo's to many impala's, Buffalo's Crocodiles and lots of birds!!! The game drive afterwards showed us even more!! Great place Chobe...wanted to stay and relax a bit...but the campgrounds was fully booked the next day.. Got up at 04:30....to make it in time to the only local bus from Kasane ... read more

Chilly Start Up at 5am for the game drive, another wonderful early start. As we emerged from the tent, an elephant trumpeted loudly, sounding really close by. Apparently, our guide had to chase him off the campsite because the staff had left the gate open - scary stuff! Definitely prefer the friendly mongoose family that were running riot around the camp. We all piled onto the open Land Cruiser, realising we had left all our warm gear on the truck. On the journey we dodged antelope lurking in the dark road and a herd of big buffalo munching away on the roadside. The Game Drive Entered the National Park at sunrise and immediately drove by a hyena, lolloping off into the bush, as we listened to its eerie laughter. We journeyed along the Chobe riverbank ... read more

Day trip to Chobe Africa » Botswana » Chobe National Park By BJJune 14th 2007Brian Johnson On Tuesday we headed over the border to Botswana on an organised tour to visit the Chobe where elephants are supposedly in the greatest number than any other part of Africa. After an hour's drive and border formalities we started a cruise down the Chobe River. The area is rich in bird life but it was the big animals we came to see. No sign of elephants but we meandered gently past many hippo's and croc's in the water, and saw plently of other wildlife on the shore. It was on our way back that we caught our 1st elephant sighting.....one of many. After lunch we set off on a dr... read more