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Africa » Botswana » North-East September 20th 2019

VRIJDAG 20-09-2019 8e vakantiedag We doen vandaag wat rustig aan. We hebben nog een reisdag te gaan vandaag. We maken koffie en dan poog ik nog de laatste foto's voor mijn blog te uploaden. Nadat ik ontdekt hebt dat er midden op het grasveldje de wifi versterker zit en ik vlak daarbij ben gaan zitten, gaat het eindelijk wat minder langzaam.? Dus de laatste foto's, nog snel wat bijschrijven en dan klaar! We zoeken de laatste spullen bij elkaar, checken uit en gaan dan naar de Choppie om nog wat boodschappen te doen. We kopen wel wat groente en fruit en water. Vlees is er niet en we wilden ook nog een blikje bier kopen, dan onderweg nog maar eens kijken. We rijden Selebi Phikwe uit en rijden richting Francistown. Dit is vooral doorrijden op een ... read more
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Africa » Botswana September 4th 2019

HIER VOLGT ALLE INFORMATIE UIT DE TRAVEL KEY APP Johannesburg - Panorama Route - Kruger National Park - Soutpansberg Mountain Range - Botswana - Nata - Chobe River Front - Chobe National Park - Moremi Game Reserve - Maun - Boteti River - Makgadikgadi Pans National Park - Khama Rhino Sanctuary - Marakele National Park 13 September 2019 - 03 October 2019 In plaats van alle papieren / boekwerk die men voorheen kreeg met reisroute, bezienswaardigheden, tips, douaneformaliteiten, weg condities, enz. enz. enz. is er nu een mooi app ontwikkeld waar al deze informatie instaat. Nu wil ik wel graag alle informatie die ik heb bijelkaar hebben en dus ben ik flink aan het kopiëren en plakken geweest en heb screenshots van een aantal pagina's gemaakt en dat staat nu dus allemaal in dit blog! ... read more
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Africa » Botswana » North-West » Moremi Game Reserve September 3rd 2019

Zurück in Maun verbringen wir eine Nacht im Crocodile Safari Camp. Nach der einen Nacht in festen Mauern wurden wir von Mob, Mike und MD (Emdy) abgeholt. Nach mehreren Stunden über Sandpisten erreichten wir unsere Campingsite bei Xakanaxa im Moremi Game Reserve. Nach zwei Tagen wechselten wir die Campingsite in die Nähe vom Dorf Khwai. Auf unseren Ausflügen war Mod nicht nur unser Guide und Fahrer, wir lernten auch viel von ihm und wurden gut von ihm unterhalten. Unser Igluzelt war komfortabel gross und hatte direkt anschliessend auch eine Toilette und Dusche. Jeweils am Abend machte MD uns eine Dusche bereit. Das Essen von Mike und MD war sehr abwechslungsreich und immer ausgezeichnet. Wir staunten immer wieder, wie Mike mit einer einfachen Feuerstelle im Freien beste Gerichte, Wähen, Brote und Desserts herzauberte. Um 5.30 wurden wir ... read more
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Africa » Botswana » North-West » Okavango Delta September 2nd 2019

Nach einer ersten Nacht in Johannesburg gings am Morgen früh wieder zum Flughafen und dann Richtung Maun in Botswana. In Maun wartete Marshall mit seiner Cessna auf uns. Auf dem Privatflug konnten wir erste Blicke auf das sehr trockene Okavangodelta werfen. Das Flugfeld „Delta“ liegt unmittelbar neben Oddballs Camp. Gleich bei unserer Ankunft bot sich ein Anblick der National Geographics TV in den Schatten stellt. Das Camp ist sehr einfach. Zelte auf erhöhten Plattformen mit dem Badezimmer unter freiem Himmel, die Dusche wird durch einen Eimer mit Schlauch und Brause versorgt, dieser muss selbst befüllt und hochgezogen werden. Geweckt wurden alle Gäste um 6.30 Uhr. Mit Congo, unserem persönlichen Guide unternahmen wir nun jeden Tag zwei Ausflüge. Jeweils um 7.00 Uhr gings los und für einige Stunden zu Fuss und zum Teil im Einbaum „Mokoro“ durch ... read more
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Africa » Botswana » North-West » Kasane August 28th 2019

Sad to say it's our last day in Kasane, travelling to Namibia tomorrow morning for the next leg of the adventure, but what a last day it was. We headed into the reserve at around 8 hving heard so much about it but not knowlking what to really expect. Got to the gate and sorted the day permits out and got ready to go in and noticed all these people letting their tyres down. Normal behaviour when driving in sand but why would they do it here I thought, we'd find out later. The first 10km was pretty uneventful with a few sightings of Impala, some beautiful brds and a few Baboons. Once we got to the river trail though it all changed. Rafts of Bufallo all over the river banks, Impala and Water Buck everywhere. ... read more
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Africa » Botswana » North-West » Kasane August 26th 2019

Day 3 started with a cheekly little lie in until 5. Away from Palapye by 5:45 and heading north again, this time to our final destination in Botswana, Kasane. Leaving early gave us an opportunity to see another amazing sunrise and within a couple of hours we were tucking into a Wimpy breakfast in Francistown. After Francistown the landscape became more and more African with endless grassy savanahs either side, absolutely stunning. The traffic was extremely light with the majority of other traffic being intermittent lorries heading south presumably back to Gaberone and South Africa. Reaching Nata after about 4 hours we stopped for fuel and a wee in probably the least disirable toilets you've ever seen, fortunately though Reet had bought wet wipes, a flannel and soap. After Nata the A3 trurns west and we ... read more
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Africa » Botswana » South-East » Gaborone August 25th 2019

African Diary 2016 Thursday, February 1, 2016 Saturday, January 30 was a strenuous day. At 3:30 AM I had to get up in Burgdorf at Ilsabe’s. The cab picked me up at 4 and I was at the Hannover Airport by 4:30 AM, 90 minutes before departure of a KLM flight to Amsterdam. The check in with a business class ticket was a breeze, I felt privileged and grateful for Nicky that he made me take this step. Also Martin and Ilsabe are supportive of me spending their inheritance. We landed in Amsterdam in stormy weather around 7 AM and I had three hours to kill. The way to the lounge was long and even this early the stores were already busy. I had a cup of coffee in a comfortable chair. A few minutes after ... read more

Africa » Botswana » Central » Palapye August 25th 2019

So day 2 started the same as day 1, at 4am. Found a great coffee stop en route (or so we thought). A brand new gas station with an OK Supermarket, sadly though they don't sell coffee on a Sunday, the lord must be detoxing or something. On the road heding north through the Northern Cape and into the NW Provice got us to the Botswana border for 8am. I have to be honest the process was a little daunting at first as noone really tells you what you have to do. There's a few things involved and yep at one stage you have to part with cash surprise surprise (vehicle permit and insurance aparently). It's the first time I've been in a proper no-mans-land and it was qute an experience. All in all the guys ... read more
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Africa » Botswana August 18th 2019

Today was amazing. Our first day of Safari. Seeing beautiful animals up close and quite personal. First I’ll give a quick rundown of Shabbat and early this morning. Friday we went rafting. We were all wiped out when we returned and some took a nap while others prepared Shabbat. We had a lovely and very entertaining dinner where we rehashed everything about the rafting trip over and over. It was quite animated and lots of fun. Shabbat morning was our one “sleep in” day and most of us took advantage of it. It was a relaxed sleepy day. In the afternoon we went in search of a lodge near a waterhole where you can have coffee at the cafe and watch the animals come to drink. It wasn’t much to go by but being that the ... read more
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On our way to the waterhole.
With coffee and   hot shoko, chillin’ by the waterhole

Africa » Botswana June 19th 2019

We’re back on the grid after three days in the Okavango Delta area at Rra Dinare. The last three days have been unique and very reyas even when we started to worry about work, there was nothing we could do. We got here by bush plane which was an experience by itself. Great planes and nice flight but landed in an airstrip in the middle of no where - elephants crossed the runway as we were deplaning. Our camp host met us at the airstrip in jeeps and we headed across the savanna to camp. The camp here is actual high end tents complete with a toilet, dink’s and outdoor showers. They are very breezy and comfortable during the day this time of year - but we can only imagine how hot they would be in ... read more
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