Sandblasting!Our last stop in Botswana unbeknown to us was Kubu Island. This had been recommended by numerous people as a very stunning and spiritual place as it’s been used for thousands of years by the local tribes for initiation ceremony’s of various sorts. Sadly for us our only initiation was to an African sand storm … More Shoo! Where do I start?
Post from Kevin: After a long drive we arrived in Maun for a re-stock and rest before venturing into the Central Kalahari and the Nxai pan. The Okavango lodge was a nice retreat next to the river with shade and grass although the time went quickly as we soon realised we had lots to do! … More God has an amazing palette
Botswana conjures up images of the Lion King, basically the whole country is a wild life park. From the moment we left the border crossing seeing large game on the side of the road is a regular occurrence. We have been to Chobe waterfront (don’t think the v&a in Cape Town), then we headed to … More Botswana part 1
There was no hurry to leave for Botswana as we were only hopping across the Chobe river. Upon entering the country after an interesting exchange with the Namibian side (and this isn’t even darkest Africa) we had seen elephants, kudu, rhone antelope and giraffes and this was before we were in the Chobe reserve. Setting … More Entering Botswana, first stop Chobe
Driving towards the Caprivi really feels like a whole different country to what we have previously experienced in Namibia. It’s a lot more lush and the villages next to the road are more akin to the western idea of Africa. We are spending the last few nights at different sites on the Namibian side of … More Farewell Namibia
Etosha is our first game park experience of the trip so far and we were not disappointed. The breeding season is well underway as the variety of baby animals we have seen has basically mirrored the game. Both camps that we stayed at had lit waterholes where we spent a good deal of our evenings … More Babies, babies and more babies
Yes I know I am behind on the updates, it’s in part due to lack of Internet but also due to a broken motherboard on my computer so this is now being typed on my iPhone. We were always going to head for Swakop as this is home for my cousin Moira and we were … More Rain in the desert!
Before leaving the UK we had talked about the things we really want to do – ballooning over the desert was certainly on both our lists! With an extremely early start we headed into the Namib desert for this treat. The ride was so peaceful as you are moving with the wind it doesn’t … More Ballooning over the worlds oldest and driest desert
This is the claim of our guide book and I have to say it was stunning driving north with the Namib desert on the left and the Tiras mountains on the right, 2 hugely contrasting worlds. What was also stunning was the wind – holy moses – it felt as if we were in a … More One of the most scenic roads in the world
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