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Caprivi Strip and Angola in sight
This is a top pick! ... in was called the Caprivi Strip. A thin piece of land that intersects Botswana and Angola and connects Namibia to Zambia and Zimbabwe. We arrived in Rundu, did some shopping and got to our camp site around 6:30. From the campsite on the Okavango River ...
Into Africa
This is a top pick! ... to get the best view. Further North we stayed at Cheetah Park, which splitm opinion amongst the group we're travelling with. Namibia has the World's highest population of cheetahs, and as such they are considered pests by farmers who try to kill them. ...
Mahango National Park
This is a top pick! Our next stop was Mahango National Park (check out the sign for Yield)- with its rivers, magnificent indigenous woodlands, riverine forests, floodplains and reed - lined channels. A wide variety of wildlife species, including elephant, hippo, ...
Cage swimming and illegal immigration
This is a top pick! ... being bothered by hippos and crocodiles!) From there, the next day we set off west along the northern border of Namibia to the town of Rundu. One evening we took a sunset boat cruise on the Cubango River and at the turnaround point pulled the boat up ...
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Waving at Angola
This is a top pick! ... , we cannot cross the border to Angola for a day: my passport is no longer valid for more than 6 months, so I cannot re-enter Namibia afterwards. We go for a meal in the hotel. Here, maximum a forth of the wines on the list are available. Why they do ...
Etosha National Park
The last couple of days have been spent game driving around Etosha Nationakl Park, the only game aprk where you can actually drive around in your own vehicle. So we have ben game driving in the massive yellow truck....you would think that we'd scare ...
Retour dans le véritable Afrique
Le nord est de la Namibie est beaucoup moins touristique. Par conséquent beaucoup moins développée. On a plus l'impression d'être en Afrique. On retrouve les cases de bois ou de terre, les vaches le long de la route, des arbres. Les rires des enfants ...
View from the loo...
1st Jan - Ngepe Camp, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, 18.1172S 21.6709E1009.5m View from the loo! Keywords - Loss of innocence, The kids at Etsha village, Developing Africa for the Africans / Undeveloping the West Border crossing, Camping in a first class ...
Rundu, Namibia
... ; The truck already looks like a chinese laundry with clothes and towels hanging everywhere. We did another border crossing back to Namibia and stayed in N'kwazi lodge. When we arrived at the river edge a few people were a little nervous as it ...
Back to the true Africa
... ou de terre, les vaches le long de la route, des arbres. Les rires des enfants et les rythmes de l'Afrique. Northern Namibia is less touristy. That means less developed. It feels like you actually are in the Africa you've heard of. There are ...
Day 12 - Rundu
... . After Etosha, we were back on the rode eastward. We would spend the next two nights in Rundu, on the banks of the Okavango River that separated Namibia and Angola. It was a peaceful place and we all enjoyed the relaxation and local cultural ...
Rundu
... about two hours before sun set. As we drove into our camp site we could see the Okavanga river that separates Angola from Namibia. after pitching camp three of us headed down to the river banks in search of hippos and crocs which are abundant in ...
Premiere tentative angola
J'avais reçu le conseil de faire mon visa Angola à Rundu car le consulat à Oshakati les délivre à présent plus difficilement. Résultat j'ai eu un niet du consul et impossible de passer ne serait-ce qu'une heure du cote angolais comme les locaux ...
Day 13 - Sunset Cruise
On our second day at Rundu a number of us went on a short sunset cruise down the Okavango River. Very peaceful, although a bit contriversal. Not only did we drift past a number of people trying to take their evening baths, but we did also made a brief, ...
Transit
Les chutes Pupa. Pas vraiment des chutes d'eau mais agréables quand même. Et puis c'est le dernier arrêt avant le Botswana. Je prends la route vers le sud. Presque à regret. Je ne m'arrête pas prendre de l'essence comme je le devrait. Le chemin ...
Last stop Namibia
... over to the truck waiting for their photos to be taken and a look at themselves on the digital camera. Stopped off in Rundu, a hectic town but as Dom said it was our first taste of Africa rather than Afrikaans. Stayed at a scenic campsite on the ...
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Les chutes Pupa. Pas vraiment des chutes d'eau mais agréables quand même. Et puis c'est le dernier arrêt avant le Botswana. Je prends la route vers le sud. Presque à regret. Je ne m'arrête pas prendre de l'essence comme je le devrait. Le chemin ...
The long ride
... see it from here ,across the river. A long ride today so tomorrow we will enter Botswana and the Okavanga delta. Namibia has been amazing increadable views, great people and not a single problem. The ride today took us from savanna desert to ...
Rundu, Rundu, Rundu!
... kilometers. I slept the entire first half which made the drive not seem as long. On this day, we entered a "different" part of Namibia; a stark contrast to the sections we had visited. The houses were far less "developed" than those we had seen. The ...
The coolest camp ever..
In continuing with our vacation from our vacation, Kelly and I drove just a few hours east towards the Caprivi Strip and camped in a place known as Ngepi Camp. This was the coolest camp on the planet. Once again, we stayed on the banks of the Okavango, ...
Outside Baths Showers and Loos
... , gold and other coloured body but electric blue wings that you see when it takes flight. Apparently this is the national bird of Namibia, so pretty. On the walk I saw herons, ibis’s, fish eagles, kingfishers, rollers, ox-peckers (on cattle backs ...
A long, but eventful, driving day!!
... eventful day for some! 23.38 We have had a very, very late night (for us!) and are now at Hakusembe River Lodge which is near Rundu on the River Kavango. It is lovely here – clean and dust free and we have even been in the bar tonight! This is being ...
Staring at Angola
... boss, wasn't as skeptical about the toughness of Snowflake, but he wanted to know why we were there in the middle of Black Namibia. "I'm Brad Pitt and this is Angelia Jolie" I said while pointing to Kelly. I then started laughing at myself like I was ...
Namibia - Bushmen and animals
We have now have two weeks in Namibia, a vast, sparsely populated desert country, formerly colonised by the Germans. It is not like any of the other countries we have been to so far, the people certainly arent as freindly and there is a lot more western ...
Kaisosi camping
Divundu to Rundu -Straight hot road passed many villages, cows and goats on road. First lodge we visited had to take a boat as flooded. Found Kaisosi lodge and decided to stay. Thatched buildings, very german and small pool over looking Okavango. ...
Discovery Channel Live
... in me grows a little. That expansive feeling settled over me again on our first dusky game drive in Etosha National Park, Namibia. This, I remember thinking, is my Africa. This is what called me back. Though, if I'm being honest, Etosha isn't pretty ...
Oct 12, 2011
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