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Botswana Slideshow
Botswana
Travel Blogs from Botswana
Hippos, Crocs and so much more
This is a top pick! The last National Park of the overland tour - Chobe NP in Botswana. The landscape is quite different to the other parks we've been to because of the Chobe River, which runs along the side of the park. This means there are still the same arid areas as in ...
Ode to a Crappy Canadian TV Show
This is a top pick! This is in appreciation of a crappy Canadian television show that was made in the 70's and early 80's. I never realized how much impact it had on me. It was called "The Littlest Hobo". Those of you who know it, sing along. "Maybe Tomorrow" ...
"there is a lake about 100 metre's away do ...
This is a top pick! ... no doubt - you have been warned" - said our guide! Good Morning All from Maun - the supply town to the Okavanka Delta (Botswana). It is about 9am here and some of the group have headed over to the airport for a scenic flight over the Delta. The ...
Bill's Farm
This is a top pick! Anyone what has spent some time in Kang will know that there is little to do other than relax. Just as I though I had DONE IT ALL we stumbled across a beautiful lodge is the makings. The couple that owns the local butchery also owns a huge farm. It is ...
Christmas at Camp Okavango
This is a top pick! Christmas at Camp Okavango Spending Christmas alone and overseas was more than I had bargained for. So, in an attempt to make myself feel better I decided to book myself into a luxury lodge in the Okavango Delta. They say Camp O serves the Delta on ...
Okavango Delta
This is a top pick! Botswana was fantastic. There isnt a huge amount to see in this beautiful country, hence the reason why we diddnt spend long there, but what we did see were the 2 main sites and they were both well worth seeing. The drive from Vic Falls across the ...
Oasis in the Bush
This is a top pick! ... . Of course it wasn't always like this. A protectorate rather than a colony, with little arable land or resources, Botswana was never developed as much as other British-controlled African countries. When it gained independence there were just 7 ...
Mokolodi Nature Reserve
This is a top pick! ... is located just outside gabs and it a must see if you are planning on being in the area for some time. Unlike Northern Botswana Mokolodi is a home for injured and orphaned wildlife, it functions more like a zoo than a game reserve. So why did I go ...
Botswana
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Botswana in our entry from Cape Town, South Africa entitled 'Cape Town at Last!!!'. Cheers, K & ...
On the Trail of the Lady Detective
This is a top pick! In the shadow of Phuthadikobo Hill, the village of Mochudi stretches rocky, serene and sunburned into the southeastern Botswana countryside. At first glance it's a sleepy little town of 20 000, a population swelled by rural migrants arriving in search of ...
The Chobe National Park
This is a top pick! Our goal was to make our way to Chobe National Park, in northwest Botswana, which has one of the largest concentration of animals in Africa. We came looking for hippopotamus, which we had not seen so far on the trip. The best time to see them is on a ...
Goin' Up the Country
This is a top pick! ... dry riverbeds, salt plains, and the thorn bush-bordered kraals, or paddocks, that cover even the most remote portions of Botswana. Straight lines and intersecting right angles mark the cattle fences, the system of fence "highways" that divide almost ever ...
Botswana Bus
This is a top pick! ... The place is even clean! Clearly the country's diamond wealth has been well used. And how the British must have kicked themselves. Botswana gained independence in 1966. It was a year later that diamonds were discovered. It's dark when we get into Gabs but ...
Elephants, Elephants, Elephants!
This is a top pick! ... out, a short ferry ride across the Zambezi, and we (I was travelling with an Israeli Canadian name Aric) were through customs and into Botswana. While we were waiting on the Zambian side for the ferry, I thought we might be able to get a ride into ...
Lodge Life
This is a top pick! The Kang Ultra Stop is located along the Trans-Kalahari Highway and is just south of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Most people that stay in Kang are just passing through (not living here) When I was researching Kang I found little information on ...
"Choc-a-bloc Chobe" Game Park, Botswana
This is a top pick! ... was a feast for the eyes of African wildlife and our guide was incredibly informative. We really recommend doing a camping trip into Botswana from Vic Falls. The company was "Chobezi" but we booked it through the hostel where we were staying "Fawlty ...
Moremi Game Reserve
This is a top pick! After 3 days of Bush Camping in Savuti we were off to explore Moremi Game Reserve. The drive from Savuti to 3rd Bridge was breathtaking but ohhhhh so long. Luckily the time passes quickly when you start the drive by passing a family of Lions relaxing ...
Chilling in the Delta
This is a top pick! Into Botswana, for a complete change of scenery... After weeks of nothing but sand and very parched landscapes, the Okavango Delta is quite a shock to the system - suddenly the landscape is lush green, with lots of plants and trees! We spent 3 days ...
Arriving in Botswana
This is a top pick! We have a little breakkie and I call the girls with our Namibian SIM, before crossing the Botswana border. We have a foot and mouth check and disinfection at the border. The friendly girls is surprised to finds nothing but drinks in our cool box. At ...
My hubby, my hero
This is a top pick! ... drive and here, you never know how long it will take. The road LOOKS OK. We are heading for Maun, in the centre of Botswana. We cannot go straight: that road is only accessible for 4X4. We have to do a big detour triangle. Elephants are walking just ...
Where Dr T and M ALMOST rent a toilet
This is a top pick! ... shine to chairs flying over the terrace and pouring; pouring! We have to go inside. At 19h, we go for diner: I take a typical Botswana dish: oxtail. It is yummie but very fat. Will we have a rim tomorrow? With no spare tire: we are prisoners! ...
Will we have a rim today ???
This is a top pick! Check out of our Sedia and check into Maun Lodge. On our way to the new lodge, we drop buy at AVIS. No tire, or what do you think? I get upset with this chick. 'like I told him, yesterday, ...' (where I come from, one does not refer to people as him or ...
Monkey business and blabbering, by Roman
This is a top pick! Nous voici au Botswana...je ne traduirai pas l'anecdote suivante (de Roman)... du bla bla, pour rire et nous rappeler nos conversations, disons souvent débiles! Gros bisous Corinne Oct 18, Chobe Safari Lodge, Bostwana Monkey Business and blabberingBy ...
Clutch plate, who needs them anyway?
This is a top pick! Monday afternoon we departed for Kasane, a town just a few km south of the Zambia border. We arrived at camp and took a quick swim in the pool. From our elevated view at the bar, we watched with blind eyes as the security guard stood smiling and ...
Safari in Chobe
This is a top pick! ... ... Nous savons plus ou moins l’endroit où nous souhaitons aller... alors, quand j'ai entendu les nouvelles des parcs nationaux au Botswana, mon cœur a sombré et tout ce que j’ai pensé: un autre endroit! Le Kenya et la Tanzanie ont ...
A day talking to you
This is a top pick! We sleep in and at 10h Dr T wants to call AVIS. It is not clear how to do it from the hotel phone, is he asks the reception. It goes via an OPERATOR. Like in the American movies from the 60s! The instruction: dial 100 and you can talk to the operator ...
Baobabs galore
This is a top pick! Version traduite plus bas Oct 21, Baobabs galore, Gweta We camped at Planet Baobab "It's hard!! Laughs Fabyan... his hands at the wheel, at the same time looking at the rpms on the dash board, trying to change feet at the pedals and shifting gear at the ...
Maun
This is a top pick! Version traduite plus bas Oct 22, Maun We camped at Island safari lodge "Yesterday was a good day: I had an English muffin getting up and smores in the evening!" exclaims Peggy laughing... Hum, how happiness lies just above the belt (and not below as ...
We eat worms !
This is a top pick! Today, we sleep in. Lazy breakkie at 10. We drive to town: do our laundry and go to the internet cafe. The connection are very slow. Cannot send you my movies! Then: a bad thunderstorm and I mean: bad. The internet crashes every 10 minutes. After an ...
The glorious bush walk
This is a top pick! ... desperately wishing for a one minute snow storm. In the afternoon, we all went to the swimming hole and amused ourselves - Botswana style. The boys first took to doing flips off the embankment into the shallow water (no comment.) Activities then turned ...