Tag: Botswana
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Official Name: Republic of Botswana Established: 30 September 1966 Population: 2,254,068 (2018 estimate) Religion: 73% Christianity, 20% No religion, 6% Traditional faiths Language(s): English, Setswana Capital: Gaborone Order of Visit: Sixty Sixth First Visit: 28 December 2017 Last Visit: 07 January 2018 Duration: 9 Days Visit Highlights: Chobe National Park; Water Safari, Dusk Game Drives,…
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Sunday 07 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Group Dinner Today I farewelled amazing Botswana and entered Namibia for the first time. This is the second last country of my 2017-18 Africa Trip and my passport is almost completely full, in fact it is over full as I had to remove the Brazil Visa to make room.…
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Saturday 06 January 2017. Photos. Highlights: The San people / Bushman Experience Today we truly become venturing into more desert areas of Africa as we continue our march further south. We left the Delta Rain Campsite at a late time around 8.30 am as our drive today was only 500 km on great roads meaning…
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Wednesday 03 January 2017. Photos. Highlights: Dodging cattle on the highway Today we travelled 600 kms to Maun on the outskirts of the Okavango Delta however unlike earlier long distance travels we completed this in around 8 hours. The further south we get the better the infrastructure (roads, toilets, shops) but the more arid the…
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Thursday 04 January 2017. Photos. Highlights: Mokoro Canoe Ride, Dusk Walking Safari, Bush Camp under the stars We headed out for the Delta at 8.30 am after loading up our gear truck. The drive to the delta took roughly 1.5 hours with the last 25-30 minutes being rough driving conditions as we past though several…
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Tuesday 02 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Morning Game Drive – Chobe National Park Last night I slept very well in our bush camp, maybe it was the fact we didn’t have animals chasing us yesterday unlike the las time I was in Chobe National Park but I suspect it was having a cot bed in…
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Monday 01 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Dusk Game Drive – Chobe National Park Today I formally met the new tour members for the last leg of the trip Victoria Falls to Cape Town, officially this tour started started on 30 December but I missed the group meeting as I was on a night game drive…
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Friday 29 December 2017. Photos (Botswana and Zimbabwe) Highlights: Morning Game Drive (Chobe, Botswana), Sunset Cruise On the Zambezi (Zimbabwe) The overnight bush camping went well, while a few animals could be heard in the background nothing really came into the camp ground itself. Still hearing lions in the background and only having a thin…
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Thursday 28 December 2017. Photos Highlights: Chobe Water Safari, Chobe Dusk Game Drive, Bush Camping In many ways today was the most dangerous day I’ve spent travelling when in the space of a few minutes I experienced upset elephants undertaking mini charges at our 4WD and having past them saw a lion jump out of…
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