Today we started the morning with a river cruise at Camp Kwando before making the drive to Chobe River Camp, right on the border with Botswana. Confusingly we started the day with Botswana 50m to our west, and finished with it 50m to our east. The drive was very easy with tarmac, not all of which was good, all the way to the turn off for the camp. We stopped en route to do a bit of shopping and to try and get some Botswanan currency, we succeeded with the shopping, but again failed with the Botswanan currency. As we arrived into Chobe River Camp, the look of the chalets overlooking the river was too much, so we paid more money than was probably sensible to upgrade. This was however well worth it for the wonderful view from our bedroom, as the sun was setting we were watching a memory of 70 elephants in the setting sun over the river, wonderful. Morning River Cruise We started the day with another river cruise, this time it was just us and the guide on the boat, which made for a very peaceful. Read the full article…

Today the plan was for a very early start to be in the Mahango Core Area of Bwabwatwa National Park as soon as the gates opened, but when our alarms went off there was a significant amount of rain so we decided to have a lie in. We finally got up when the rain eased a while later, and decided to stick with our plan. In the end we spent the entire morning in the park, enjoying the varied wildlife. Morning Self Drive in Mahango Core Area of Bwabwatwa National Park  We arrived in the park much later than planned, but it was still overcast and cool so we were still hopeful that we would have a good game drive. Within minutes of entering the park we were excited to see a single elephant in the distance, munching his way through some large tree branches. While we were admiring the elephant, we noticed that there was a tower of giraffe out of the other window! The giraffe then walked across plain, which was also littered with a dazzle of zebra. We decided to stick entirely with the 4×4 track which. Read the full article…

Today we woke up early for a morning boat cruise on the Okavango hoping to see Hippo and Crocodile, while we did see some hippos, it was not that successful as all of the local females swam down the river to the dominant male, so we couldn’t get very close. The rest of the cruise was lovely, with some nice bird life and enjoyable views of the river, unfortunately there were no crocodiles. We then made the short drive to Npegi camp, further down on the Okavango. Instead of going straight to camp we headed to the Mahango area of the Bwabwatwa national park for a lunchtime self drive. We knew we were really too late, but were very happy to see the wildlife we had seen, and then we found a herd of elephants who were washing in the river, wonderful. After our safari we went to camp, where we sat on the deck watching Hippos in the river while drinking a beer, before going on an evening boat cruise. Morning Boat Cruse As we arrived for the morning boat cruise we were informed that just 3 min before. Read the full article…

Today the plan was for a morning self drive in Etosha, before we departed to head for the next phase of our trip in the pan handle of Namibia. Due to rain the morning self drive was fairly chilled but we enjoyed seeing loads of zebra and giraffe. En-route to our destination we took a detour to stop at the Hoba Meteorite, the largest single meteorite to have been discovered on earth. Morning Self Drive We woke up early for our final self drive, and were very surprised to find out that it was raining. Thankfully it seemed to be passing and by the time we set off the rain had stopped, but there was still a dramatic electrical storm not very far away. From a wildlife perspective, this was probably our least successful safari of the trip, however it was still wonderful seeing the zebra and giraffe in the morning, a particular highlight was a very small zebra foal. Drive The drive was all very easy, as the road for pretty much the entire duration was good tarmac. We stopped todo some shopping in Grootfontein, and to try and. Read the full article…

While today was never going to beat yesterday, we also had a pretty phenomenal day. We started they day with another early morning game drive, but this time it started even earlier at 05:30, how unsociable! The game drive was a lot slower than yesterday’s, but in the end we saw a good amount of wildlife, including more Cheetahs, before returning to camp. After packing the truck, we headed out on a self drive from Halali Restcamp to Namutoni Restcamp. It was fairly hot by this point in the day, so for the first part we didn’t see much wildlife, but once the scenery opened up to lots of luscious green meadows, we saw lakes, birds and then hundreds of Zebra, Springbok and Gemsbok. We even saw a lion hiding under a tree to get out of the sun. Our afternoon game drive was wonderful with so many zebra and giraffe in the lush green environment, the highlight was definitely the giraffes crossing the road in front of us, and walking next to us multiple times. Game Drive After the success of yesterday’s game drive, expectations were high, and while. Read the full article…

Today we had very little travelling, as we were just travelling between camps in Etosha, which also meant that the short drive was just another part of our self-drive safari. We started the day with a paid-for safari as we thought that it would give us a better chance of seeing some wildlife, and how right we were! After this had finished, we did a bit of a self drive to go and see the lion again, before heading east to get to our second camp at Halali Restcamp. After arriving here and checking into our little chalet, we went off on a self-drive safari, which was very slow to start with, but finished in an amazing fashion, as a great end to a brilliant day. We cannot really see how tomorrow can better today! Morning Game Drive Our day started horribly early with a 5am alarm call so that we could be ready for the game drive at 5:50. No sooner as we had left the camp we saw our first wildlife, while it was still essentially dark, a spotted hyena. This was definitely a sign of things to. Read the full article…