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Our Overland Trip Begins (July 17th to 24th)In the evening of July 17th, we met with the others who were participating in the Gap Overland trip to Cape Town. Our first encounter with the tour leader, Andre, made me a little nervous about what we were getting Posted by danjali in Africa Through Our Eyes | May 21, 2011
Chobe, land of the leopard Day 53 22, March 2011 What is a better way to start the day than going looking for animals in an open top jeep? We had a very early start at 5:00 to get out into Chobe. There Posted by ourlife in Life & Liberation | Mar 31, 2011
Okavango Delta - the Venice of Africa Day 50, 18 March 2011 After packing up camp we headed off to the Botswanan boarder (C -they have the happiest immigration officers in the world there!). After a quick shop in a very dodgy supermarket (C- at Posted by ourlife in Life & Liberation | Mar 31, 2011
Cruising to The Cape From Livingston it was on to Botswana! The two countries share a very small boarder, a single point in the middle of the river! The expanse of the river isn’t so wide, but with out a bridge the only Posted by pmunson in Peter and Meghans Big Trip | Oct 27, 2010
BotswanaOn the 20th we left Johannesburg at 5:30, aiming to be north of Pretoria before rush hour, and at the border with Botswana by 9:00. After a long drive, we finally arrived at the border, which was pretty unexciting - Posted by julietooo in Juliet does Africa | Oct 18, 2010
The journey southHello from the Namibian German colonial town of Swakopmund! My apologies due to the ridiculous length of time from my last entry...blame limited internet and my laptop screen breaking. Way back a month ago I left Zanzibar on a modern, bumpy Posted by antony25 in Escaping the Rock | Sep 25, 2010
The country that hates cheese..... Botswana!After Victoria Falls it was on to Botswana, the country that obsessively checks for any meat and cheese products due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease! We had to routinely hide our cheese/meat under the floor of the Posted by ctravelbug in escape to africa | Sep 25, 2010
My brief interlude with BotswanaBecause of my change of plans and 3 week later arrival, all my plans were up in the air. Some things i'd had to cancel, some rearrange. Something that I hadn't been able to change except to delay it was Posted by Gelli in Gelli goes South-ish | Jul 12, 2010
Savuti Camp (Botswana)Since we did not have Internet access at Savuti Camp, we are posting a single entry for all three days. SAVUTI CAMP DAY 1 We left our hotel in Livingstone and on the way out of the gates we saw giraffe. Posted by pmonahan in Africa Trip 2010 | Jul 7, 2010
Zimbabwe & Botswana Safari PhotosAn assortment of photos from our Zambia & Botswana safari trip can be found at the following link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=180744&id=661392130&l=528eea6c16 Trevor & Rebecca Posted by usroyal in Ke Nako. Celebrate Africa's Humanity | Jun 16, 2010
Wild camping in ChobeIt’s nice to be leaving Maun, but very sad to be leaving Shep behind. He’s been one of the most faithful campsite dogs we’ve come across and has slept under our tent for the last two nights. There has been Posted by dawniecoz in Bob in Africa | May 3, 2010
Smash and Grab in Audi Camp, MaunThis morning is an absolute nightmare. We have had very little sleep all night and now it’s 7.30am and the police are back again. I ask them to come back later, but Joakim ‘reminds’ be that they are not our Posted by dawniecoz in Bob in Africa | May 2, 2010
The Moremi ChallengeToday we’ve planned to drive into Moremi Game Reserve. It’s part of the Okavango Delta and what I should probably add is that last night it poured torrential rain all night long! We are expecting obscene amounts of water in Posted by dawniecoz in Bob in Africa | May 2, 2010
Central KalahariWe wake up in the Kalahari Game Reserve to a grey, foggy, miserable morning. It is not a great start to the day. There isn’t much desire or enthusiasm to go out game driving this morning, and certainly nobody is Posted by dawniecoz in Bob in Africa | May 2, 2010
Dust and termitesSorry it's taken me so long to get back on here. Hopefully I'll catch up now I've found a nice cheap internet cafe in Hermanus. 23rd Sept We left Victoria Falls this morning, only an 8.30 start (which is a long lie-in Posted by wendyec in Wendy in Africa | Oct 21, 2009
Days 0-1: In the beginning...In the beginning the trip is without form, and void. We have our backpacks & camping gear, but no fixed plans and nothing booked except for the flights into and out of Africa. Need to be in Casablanca, Posted by asmodean09 in Africa Trip 2009/2010 | Oct 18, 2009
Road tripping – lakes, waterfalls and wetlands ⁃ Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ⁃ Lake Malawi, Malawi ⁃ Zambezi River, Zambia ⁃ Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe ⁃ Chobe National Park, Botswana ⁃ Okavango Delta, Botswana Chloe's Photos (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chloezylstra/) [url=http://w Posted by rolando in Chloe & Rolands Global Adventure | Oct 17, 2009
Summary of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa Posted by julesfsmit in Julie's Journeys | Aug 18, 2009
Elephant Encounters NOW WITH PHOTOS!!! On our last night in Planet Baobab we met 2 cool Saffa's (South Africans)who were returning from a fishing trip in the Okavango. Both were very experienced in the bush.. one was a Kruger game ranger.. they were Posted by robandpol in LongWayHome | Jul 20, 2009
Bombing along in BotswanaCrossing the border into Botswana was an interesting affair. After negotiating the 30km of sandy track we were the 4th people at the border post which was a good thing as it took the border guy at least 40 Posted by robandpol in LongWayHome | Jul 16, 2009
Is it Africa time?As landed in Johannesburg in knew that things were going to be vastly different to India! I had flown in via Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Though only saw it as we landed, Addis Ababa looked very much like a small farming Posted by machine in Jamie's Travel Blog | Jul 6, 2009
Week 4 - Namibia to BotswanaSpitzkoppe Known as the "Matterhorn of Namibia", Spitzkoppe is a series of rock formations in a little camp site that overlooks vast plains and mountains where we were to stay for the night, we managed in our rock climbing gear (a Posted by guypearson in Brothers Pearson RTW 09 | Apr 12, 2009
'Backroads of Botswana' SummaryWhere did we stay? Twana Lodge, Pretoria; Khama Rhino Sanctuary; Sitatunga Campsite, Maun; Okavango Delta; Thebe River Campsite, Kasane; Zambezi Waterfront, Livingstone Favourite food: Pap & Beef Curry (a la Johnny boy) [b]Favourite drin Posted by deepaksuma in Running 'round the world | Apr 11, 2009
Chobe National ParkElephant banks Our first sleep in - and grateful for it! We hit the road in an open vehicle on our way to Chobe National Park (home to 85,000 elephants) - our first view of which would come by river, Posted by deepaksuma in Running 'round the world | Apr 11, 2009
Road to KasaneWalk of Shame Deepan's April Fools prank has come back to bite him in the ass, literally. Enough said. Bump and Grind Today was a long driving day, making our way from Posted by deepaksuma in Running 'round the world | Apr 11, 2009

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