Blogs from North-West, Botswana, Africa - page 30

Spent the last 3 days (7th to 9th) in the delta.. had so much anticipation to go into the delta.. especially after watching a documentary on lions eating elephants in the okavango delta on somebody's ipod.. well.. i think if you want a more exciting safari.. don't do it by mokoro (dug-out canoes).. probably fly into the inner delta and do some game drives from there.. The mokoro CRUISE started on 7th.. we took a transfer truck from Camp Sitatunga.. after an hour's drive, we arrive at the delta where numerous mokoros await our arrival to take us into the delta.. the mokoros are basically poled along the shallow depth of the delta.. max 2 passengers.. so you and another person sit in the narrow mokoro.. and your poler stands behind to pole the canoe.. the ... read more

northeast Botswana I'm sure I've been this dusty before, but I don't really remember when. Last year's rainy season never arrived, and northeastern Botswana is in the grips of a 30 year drought. The wetland area is shrunk, and low water levels severely limit traditional poling areas, so we never got to this particular form of travel. The thin veneer of grass and soil holding the underlying sand is nearly gone in places. Still, the countryside is beautiful, and our seven day backcountry trip is one of the highlights of our travels. Animals are only somewhat restricted from their historic ranges, as the natural areas are extensive and even cross international boundaries. We started out in Maun and traveled through Moreme Park to Chobe Park and Kasane, and finished with a boat trip along the Chobe ... read more

Its actually the 12th May, but im still behind having only just found decent internet! Well ... in Botswana we also went to Maun. The Chobe NP is very pretty. We saw lots more animals including some much bigger crocs, hippos and their babies and more of the now very familiar elephants, zebra's and giraffes. We were almost charged by an elephant at the side of the road because someone shouted from the truck forgetting the windows were open! Apparently it was only a mock charge though. Then in Maun we went in to the Ocovanga Delta, a bush camp where we saw hippos really close and elephants, then the following day we did a flight over the delta which was amazing, we saw croc's and hippos and elephants really close despite being in the plane. ... read more

Fri 30th Up at 5.30 for a quick snack then on a truck fro 25 to Chobe National park. We saw lions just after they had killed a buffalo and spotted a leopard which means I’ve now seen all the big five- Leopard, Lion, Buffalo, Elephant and Hippo. It was a shame the truck was so big as if you were sat on the wrong side from the animals you cant see very clearly. In the afternoon we went on the boat trip that I had paid extra to do on the way up. We saw loads more this time- Hippos again and then elephants, a breed of baboons only found in Botswana, eagles and Kudo. ... read more

BOTSWANA! Fuer mich schon immer ein Land, das auf mich eine grosse Faszination ausgeuebt hat. Obwohl noch nie da gewesen, wollte ich schon seit Jahren mal dorthin. Diverse Dokumentationen, v.a. ueber das Okavango Delta, hatten mir den Mund waesserig gemacht. Nun endlich! Mit "kleinem Schaedel" von der letzten heissen namibischen Nacht machten wir uns morgens an die letzten wenigen Kilometer bis zur Grenze. Nachdem Schuhe und Auto unter den wachsamen Augen einer ca. 300 Pfund schweren offizioesen Dame durch eine Desinfektionsloesung gegen die Maul-und-Klauen-Seuche getrieben wurden, fuhren wir - gewissermassen steril - in das Land hinein. Trauriger Bestandteil des border crossings war die bedauerliche und boesartige Konfiszierung meiner zwei Landjaegerwuerste durch die Lady. Darf man leider nicht einfuehren :-( Die hat sie bestimmt sofort vertilgt.... Kurz darauf waren wir auch sch... read more