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Serowe Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Serowe, Botswana
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Le Petit Prince
This is a top pick! ... I was even able to locate the fox, my favourite character. A particular trip in Botswana in the Okavongo Delta, "Le Petit Prince" re-surfaced when we boarded the very small plane that would fly us over the ...
House of Hope
This is a top pick! ... walks to work, an hour each way. With three kids at home and one in university, her monthly wage is not nearly enough. Next year Botswana is introducing school fees, so Alice will have to find the money to pay the bill on top of what she already pays for ...
Driving with Rhinos
This is a top pick! ... reins again than the Khama Rhino Sanctuary an hour outside Palapye. When I heard that the place existed--one of the only areas in Botswana where you can see rhino--I put it high on my wish list. And when Catherine heard that I didn't drive she put ...
The first field trip
This is a top pick! ... completely foiled by the first sign of resistance, therefore making gathering data particularly difficult. Serowe itself is not particularly interesting but has a part in Botswana's history, as it is the family seat of the first president of Botswana ...
Botswana - an appetizer
... dinner, Blessed worked some magic on the brai (African BBQ) and we had wurst, chops and salad. Feb 24th - Kasane (Botswana) to Livingstone (Zambia) Another short drive today as we exited Botswana, entered Zambia and drove to Livingstone. The border ...
Goodbye S A, hello Botswana
... photos of them, before you know it our truck was surrounded by kids. we were happy to oblige. Driving up towards Botswana we drove through Drakenberg- "Dragons Mountains", the scenery was really green, full of banana and pineapple plantations, it was ...
THANK YOU FROM JUSTINE & RICHARD
... day ! ok so some might have thought this is bizarre and maybe a little mad but hey , i can show everybody i know how amazing Botswana and Africa and Malcom and Judi are . So this is part one and part two , the 2nd week will follow shortly. Thank you ...
19/10/2007
... around this morning. After a pretty good breakfast we were picked up outside the hotel and were soon heading west towards Botswana (and Namibia and Angola), where we were due to spend the day in the Chobe National Park. The short drive ...
Gaborone to Serowe
... people were in a truck with about 100 school kids in the back - embarrassing!!). Then we got stuck again, and soldiers from the Botswana army pushed us out! Others were getting stuck too, funny they don't think to warn you about these things. We saw ...
Botswana
We have moved west into Botswana. Much healthier and happier people. They are very protective of their animal life and when we crossed the border we had to get out of the van and walk across a mat that was covered with gasoline (I ...
ELEPHANTS!!
Hi, We arrived last night and our camp is attached to a big Safari Lodge - they have a real swimming pool and white table cloths! We all feel so out of place we look so young and scruffy in dirty shorts and vests (we haven't been able to do much ...
Serowe - Khama Rhino Sanctuary
... experience, where the horizon is far away and the fata morganas fool you with lakes in short distance. We finally arrive at the Serowe Rhino Sanctuary, where we just make it to the camp ground and enjoy a nice dinner at the very nice restaurant ...
Into Botswana
... traveled north on a 6 lane toll road. Eventually one of them led us to the Limpopo River, and the border with Botswana. Formalities took about an hour. Botswana seems to be quite quarantine conscious, and confiscated all of our meat, vegetables and fruit ...
Beautiful Botswana -- Safari in the Savannah
... Five" (Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Rhinoceros and Water Buffalo) can be found if you are lucky. Not only is Botswana sparsely populated, but also the Government created vast game reserves where a small number of safari camps were permitted. ...
Rhino Sanctuary
Our last day in Botswana and we spent it in the Rhino Sanctuary near Serowe. An early morning game drive was a great way to finish our time in Botswana. ...
Rhino territory
21/8/11 Early start on the road at 6am heading to Botswana. We crossed the border in the pm changed our rand into Pulla then arrived at the sanctuary at 430pm. We went straight onto a game drive and saw giraffes, rhinos, warthogs, deer ...
Botswana
... with us makes us amazing traditional local meals everyday so we are well taken care of. Today and tomorrow our are last days in Botswana and then we cross the border into Zimbabwe and head to Victoria Falls. I cant wait!! I will hopefully be able to ...
Wednesday 21 September
Palapye to Khama Rhino Sanctuary A "rest day" was in order, we took a leisurely ride into Serowe and visited cultural sites and a museum before going to a school where The Kings Foundation donated some sports equipment (part of the fund raising) and then ...
Ay caRhumba
After a good bush breakfast we packed up the camp and headed off from the rhino sanctuary. As we continued further into the Kalahari sand basin things became increasingly dry, hot and arid. We arrived in Mopipi, situated on the huge, empty Makgadikgadi ...
Call me Mr Makoro
With the aim of seeing a few more animals than yesterday's game walk we rose early, skipped breakfast and headed off to the island adjacent our own. Once again the animals seemed to be feeling shy because there was not a great deal of wildlife to be ...
Now we're talking
We are now on Sept 9, crossing the border into Botswana. The landscape below is dry and bushy. We land on a tar runway and clear customs and refuel. We are driven into the Mushatu Lodge in an open Land Rover. This is on a private 18,000 acre game reserve ...
Botswana
Left J burg at 8 and headed for the border with Botswana. getting there about 2pm. Easy border crossing. No forms on the SA side and a simple form on the Botswana side. All done in 20 minutes max. Then onto the capital - Gaborone and finally Morupule ...
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Finally the Big Five are done.
We drive from Maun for the whole day east to Kharma Rhino Sanctury still in Botswana, we have an afternoon drive through the 4000 acres and spot heaps of Rhino, finally we can tick all the Big 5 off our list, (on our last day no less). We see the more ...
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