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- Back to MaunThe big man's big day Today was Innocent's birthday - and after leaving the Delta this morning, we made our way back to Maun. Showered and sorted, we celebrated in gusto. The beverage of choice for most was 'Hunters Posted by deepaksuma in Running 'round the world | Apr 11, 2009
- Okavango Delta - Day TwoDelta Force Another 5am start (getting used to it on this trip) - in order to begin a 4 hour bush trek, on foot, at first light. Our guide Phillip leading and Charlie bring up the rear, we head off Posted by deepaksuma in Running 'round the world | Apr 11, 2009
- Okavango DeltaJourney into the Delta With day packs at hand, we hit the open air bus and made our 2.5 hour journey into the delta. Tarred roads turned to dirt roads and soon we were off-road, with trees scraping past and Posted by deepaksuma in Running 'round the world | Apr 11, 2009
- MaunMa-uuun Another early start and long drive brought us to Maun (pronounced Ma-uuun), a small town known as the adventure capital of Botswana, or gateway to the Okavango Delta. To get a better idea of what the Delta actually is, Posted by deepaksuma in Running 'round the world | Apr 11, 2009
- Pretoria to Khama Rhino SanctuaryInnocent - honest! Last night we made some new friends and re-acquainted with some surprise guests - Rosh and Nosh arriving to join us on our 10 day tour that they had secretly booked and flown in for. All up, Posted by deepaksuma in Running 'round the world | Apr 11, 2009
- Illegal Ivory TradeIVORY TRADE China’s booming economy is still fuelling the black market trade in elephant tusks and rhino horn. When the ban on the ivory trade was implemented in the 80’s, 1kg of top quality ivory sold for US$ 100 and Posted by hilarywh in Botswana | Apr 10, 2009
- Chobe National ParkChobe NP Huge concentrations of wildlife roam the banks of the Chobe River. We spend another night bush camping in the NP with honey badgers mischievously searching our pots and pans for leftovers after dinner. [img=http://photos. Posted by hilarywh in Botswana | Apr 5, 2009
- Okavango DeltaNot just hype about Hippo's Maun (pronounced Mau-Uunn) slightly north of the centre of Botswana is the gateway to the Okavango Delta and the last opportunity to pick up supplies for 3 days. The Delta is a vast wetland Posted by hilarywh in Botswana | Apr 5, 2009
- BotswanaAn Orange Overland Truck Landlocked and bordered by South Africa in the south, Namibia in the west and north and Zimbabwe to the east. It also borders Zambia in a tiny north eastern corner, separated by the Zambezi River and Posted by hilarywh in Botswana | Apr 5, 2009
- Khama Rhino SanctuaryGood Khama Our first stop was a town called Serowe, location of the Khama Rhino Sanctuary, a private game reserve created by the local residents to protect the country’s declining Rhino population. 30 White and 1 Black Rhino, Botswana’s Posted by hilarywh in Botswana | Apr 5, 2009
- Why?Jimmy Buffett has a song about the stories we could tell... Talkin to myself again Wondering if this travelin is good Is there something better we'd be doing if we could And oh the stories we could tell And if this all blows up and Posted by Koriquest in The Kurrent Kori Kaper | Nov 28, 2008
- The Floor is Alive(p.s. I have a feeling by the time I post this update that it will go over one page so look for a “next page” link or something when you get to the bottom - in fact, I'll do 2 Posted by Dodgey in Farewell Peckham | Nov 26, 2008
- From Maun, BotswanaJust a quick update as I'm about to enter the Okavango Delta for three days and have no running water let alone internet connection! I'm currently in Botswana and have been since leaving Zimbabwe on Monday. After rafting on the Posted by pullboy in Lawrence's travels | Nov 5, 2008
- Okavango Delta and Victoria FallsI dozed as we floated through the rivers of the Okavango Delta. We were travelling in style: inside a 'makoro' (a type of dugout canoe). The sun beat down relentlessly through the reeds and illuminated the beautiful white Posted by chris89 in Travails of the Wide Eyed Wanderer | Jun 7, 2008
- Mombo CampMombo Camp is in Botswana’s Moremi Game Reserve on the northern tip of an Island called “Chiefs Island”. The Island’s name sake, the local tribe’s chief, had been the only person allowed to hunt this sacred place over Posted by Blakei in On the way Home | Apr 9, 2008
- The Kalahari Desert Allison Nolting had recommended that we go to the Kalahari Desert as part of our safari itinerary for a couple of very good reasons: The Kalahari was only an hour away by charter, an Posted by Blakei in On the way Home | Mar 31, 2008
- The Moremi Game ReserveOur Cessna 260 lifted off from Tubu Tree and headed toward the south eastern corner of the Moremi game reserve. As we lifted from the airport and cleared our first tree line we looked down and saw a herd Posted by Blakei in On the way Home | Mar 28, 2008
- The Okavango Delta, BotswanaThe Okavango Delta is located in the northern most regions of Botswana and is the only place on earth where rivers dump into a flood plain, without any exit. The Okavango river and a few others, pour into Posted by Blakei in On the way Home | Mar 28, 2008
- OkavangoThe notion of a houseboat on the Panhandle of the Okavango Delta may be unusual, but we did it. Driving with our AfriFriends guide from Vic Falls through Chobe and the Caprivi Str Posted by AfriFriend in When Roads Become Tracks | Feb 25, 2008
- Botswana -- the Okavango DeltaI am here in Botswana. In Maun, on the edge of the delta. Two days ago it was +40, it has been hoter than usual lately here for this time of year. It is quite pricy here. Posted by OhnoBonobo in African Adventure | Sep 25, 2007
- BotswanaFrom 26 July to 1 August, we spend six nights camping – yes, camping!! – our way across Botswana. Stops en route include Chobe National Park, the Okavango Delta, and the Kalahari. After our tremendous experience in Kenya, Posted by jacquiedro in travelling right, travelling light | Aug 1, 2007
- Made itHi All. We're here at Maun due to start our trip taoday. Harrowing trip over and now I've finally found civilsation the internet is so slow I wion't have time to write much. It appears my yahoo email; site isn't working Posted by altech in Africa and Beyond | Jul 14, 2007
- BotswanaAfter putting our truck, 21 people and a twelve-seater bus onto a very, VERY dodgy ferry, we completed a mountain of paperwork and finally made it into Botswana and headed straight for Chobe National Park. We took a couple of game Posted by TDL in The Departure Lounge | Jul 28, 2004
- Botswana and a little bit of ZimOur non ac bus has large windows that have, thus far, offered a pleasant breeze in times of need. As we enter Botswanan and journey across the Kalahari Desert our transport has been transformed into a fan forced oven. It’s Posted by Nat and Ev in Nat & Ev | Apr 30, 2007
- Botswana!Taken me a while to get round to doing this and it will probably take me equally as long to get up to date!! But here goes! After Zimbabwe we travelled to Botswana, through the Chobe National Park where we Posted by baluba in Baluba goes Backpacking | Apr 15, 2007
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