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Kasane Slideshow
Kasane
Travel Blogs from Kasane, Botswana
Across the mighty Zambezi,Floating in Hippo Heaven
26th Dec Thebe Campsite, Kasane, Chobe Game Park, Botswana, 17.7857S 25.1822E Alt 939m ... across the mighty Zambezi Keywords - Crossing the border, four countries touched ... but nobody cares, poor truck drivers, drive, chillin ...
LIONS, HIPPOS AND ELEPHANTS, OH MY
We had 2 exciting days and 3 game drives in our open-sided Land Rover Defender 4 WD vehicle in Moremi Reserve.We saw lions, hippos, elephants, jackals, servals, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeest, malibu, letchwie, kudu, and a great variety of ...
The Gang Goes on safari
... key chain with keys to the truck and safe around their neck. We suffered a few hours on the truck before arriving at the Zambia/Botswana border crossing. We could see Botswana from across the river and just had to wait for a boat to come get us and the ...
A dream come true.
We are now in Kasane. The drive from Francistown yesterday was really good! WE got up early and ended up in Pie City for breakfast - which was actually really nice (the breakfast of champions) and then packed up the car, checked out of the lodge and ...
Across The Caprivi
A lovely morning in Hakusembe River Lodge. Gary's car is fine, he just has to drive using gears 1 – 4, Mike is with his car in the garage in Rundu and we are now packing ready to leave. The boys have been fishing this morning, but they didn’t ...
The long, long road to Livingstone
... since the tin is so shiny and silver, and the shacks are usually spaced into grids. Also ubiquitous are Mercedes and BMW's. Botswana is relatively prosperous for an African nation and there are more of these luxury cars than you think, cruising along the ...
River Cruise with the Elephants
... were on, was Botswana and the other was Namibia. Farther down the river, there was a point where four countries meet - Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Chobe National Park is famous for their elephant population and it definitely lived up to ...
The Gap Tour Begins....
... the night. The next day we had breakfast and bordered the overland truck to travel to the border crossing to enter Botswana. This involved a 'ferry' (simple flat metal decking boat!) across the Zambezi, where the 4 countries of Zambia, Botswana, ...
Chobe
... into your browser to get it to work: http://picasaweb.google.com/tree2222/BotswanaChobeRiverCruis e So we left Vic Falls and headed to Botswana on the truck - I can't tell you how amazing it feels to be on the truck and no having to try to navigate ...
Zambezi River and Victoria Falls
... adventure. Last Sunday we climbed aboard our home for the next two weeks (an open-sided 12 seater 4x4) and traveled across central Botswana. Our first two nights we camped (really camped ... no fences ... just in the middle of the bush in a bundle of ...
réserve de Chobe
... un camp près de la rivière Chobe, affluent du Zambèze. C'est près de là que se rejoignent 4 pays africains : la Namibie, le Botswana, la Zambie et le Zimbabwe. Le camp est bien, mais pas question de sortir après la tombée de la nuit : du côté ...
A slice of southern Africa
... all those teeth, the folks at Crest would make a killing. Interestingly, for a country so interested in conservation, Botswana's animal protection policies have been so successful that the profusion of animals in this and other parks has become a ...
Chobe National Park
May 17: We broke camp in Maun and started the drive to Kasane for a Chobe national park excursion. We did see an elephant next to the road on the way. We arrived in Kasane and immediately pitch camped and the caught the transport to the Chobe river ...
Maun to Kasane
Maun to Kasane is the longest drive we have had so far - 650 km taking 10 hours. Had to go through a foot & mouth station and have all shoes treated, then arrived early evening. Next day we were picked up in an open truck at 5.45am, wrapped ...
Into the Chobe Nat'l Park
... if everyone got a good picture and we were off headed back to the lodge. We were quite pleased to hear that the Botswana military also serves as their border patrol and, more importantly, their anti-poaching team. No night drives were permitted in the ...
Day 188 - Botswana, Kasane - Chobe NP
... going for a while no doubt having covered thousands of km's so we gave em a cheer and wave as we drove by. Arrived in Kasane just after 2ish. Stopped off in town for shopping. Wanted to get on the net to check credit card but all internet down so did ...
Chobe update
... in good time to Meet Kirsty (granddaughter) on 19th May - it may be that we'll forget Namibia for now and spend longer in Botswana and cross from here - we'll see. Still having a wonderful time & Justine & Richard and already planning a ...
Victoria Falls - Bungi Jumping
Victoria Falls, Zambia - This is the gateway to East Africa - The gateway is parted by some of the largest falls in the world. Absolutely incredible. We have been basically relaxing, reading, seeing the town and admiring the falls. We'll be entering ...
Ahh! This is Africa!
Gweta, Botswana to Kasane, Botswana After leaving camp on Saturday after the delta we headed into Gweta to stay at Planet Baobab, a campsite with one of the greatest collections of the mighty baobab tree. These trees get to be thousands and thousands of ...
The home of elephants
This is a top pick! ... recover, as we passed through the uninteresting scrub scenery of the Caprivi Strip, had come at an opportune time. Although in Botswana, Kasane sits at the meeting point of four different countries – Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. But ...
Botswana Have Fun (with apologies to Cyndi Lauper)
... next day we began the two day process of emerging from the Delta and have now made our way to Chobe National Park, still in Botswana. Rising before dawn today (we do that a lot), we had a very relaxing game drive along the river where we saw many birds, ...
More Game Viewing in Chobe
More game drives and viewing from the river cruise. Today's highlight included having a group of elephants cross our path on the road. I was a bit surprised how close our driver let them get to us but they simply crossed the road and headed on their ...
Border crossing ... foot and mouth dip ...
... with the abolition of slavery. After lunch we were back on the road for a couple of hours to get to Kasane in neighbouring Botswana: - a short 10 minute ferry crossing across the river border but with just 2 trucks at a time. We went ...
Thank God We finally got here
We awoke in the Kwai camp to another thunderstorm. I just got the tent down and it pored with rain, nice one. During the night were awoken from a peaceful slumber by the sounds of Elephants eating very close.. as there was distant lightning i decided to ...
from Maun to Kasane
... It was pretty dull! And one point we even had to bring out the travel chess! We eventually pulled into Kasane which is the meeting place of 4 countries: Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia. It's not really much of a town, but we were able to stock ...
Elephants in Botswana
... Milena and I are headed off on a short road trip to South Africa. We left today, and have made it as far as Kasane in Botswana, which is only just over the border. We are staying with Nathan's Gogo (grandma). After dinner, we were watching tv when ...
Back to Chobe Safari Lodge
After our morning elephant ride in Zimbabwe (see previous day's entry) we took our minibus transfer back to the Chobe Safari Lodge. We signed up for another 3 hour game drive from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm. We saw the usual including giraffes, buffalo, and ...
Chobe National Park
We crossed into Botswana; our first stop wasn't too far from the border - Chobe National Park. The Zambia / Botswana border is a bit unusual. At only 700 meters, it is the world's shortest international border. You can see Zimbabwe and ...
Game watching in Chobe
... , elephants (lots and LOTS this time!), giraffe, impala, guinea fowl and Franklins, buffalo, baboons... and the national bird of Botswana, the Lilac Breasted Roller. Making our way out of the park we found ourselves in the middle of a herd of about 30 ...