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Kasane Slideshow
Kasane
Travel Blogs from Kasane, Botswana
IMAGES: Wonder in the wild
Snapshots from a weekend at Chobe National Park, arguably one of the best reserves in Africa. Serendipity, some might say. A last-minute trip that landed in my lap began as a scramble to make arrangements and ended up as one of the most exquisite ...
ticking of the BIG FIVE,six, seven,... @ Chobe NP
Yet another morning that started with sunrise. As the jeep for the morning game drive inside Chobe National Park was to start at six it meant yet another short night (but then again we're usually all in bed by 11 anyway as doing nothing can be very ...
Little African tales
... 2 nights before we head out of Botswana back into Zambia. We had a sunset cruise on the Chobe river, where the delta separates Botswana from Namibia. So on the other side of the river is Namibia. I thought I would tell you some of the African tales I ...
River cruising Botswana
... were fences. While much of the housing remained traditional huts, the presence of fences was an indicator of Botswana's stablility and wealth. The other thing we noticed was free condoms at immigration! One residents' account was that ...
Elephant safari
... day and one night safari for $280 each, this included 2 river safaris, and a 4X4 land safari. After crossing the border into Botswana we were picked up by our host Elephant Valley Lodge and taken to a boat for the river safari. As we cruised up ...
Victoria Falls/Chobe National Park
... time warp at the border crossing. A carbon tax, council levy, ferry fee, third party insurance purchase, disappearing Botswana customs agent, negotiation with a Zambian border official and 4 hours later we were through. Wow. Anyway, ...
Elephant Highway
Monday April 16th, Stage 72, Kasane, Botswana to Construction Site. 173Km Elephant Highway This morning we met Darryl who is a hunter/tracker hired by the tour to get us through this section safely. Born in South Africa, Darryl has lived in Botswana ...
Fascinating trip to Mumbwa in the heart of Zambia
About 7:00 am Kambani Banda came by to pick us for our trip to Mumbwa. Apren Moomba did not return until 10 pm from taking the first load of about 60 people to their homes in Mumbwa. The trailer carrying the luggage had a flat tire and ruined rim that ...
Got Bearings! Now Leaving Livingstone
Here's a short blog to say I'm back from an almost completely successful trip to the big city of Jo'Burg with a completely replaced bottom bracket, AND a set of headset bearings for Gretchen's bicycle (and a good thing too, as the ones in there had ...
Chobe National Park
... shit here, it'll be there." Boat cruise in Chobe National Park. Saw 4 out of the big 5 animals. Leopards I'm hoping to see in Serengeti. Cobra snake in the mens bathroom. Waiting till next campsite to take shower. In Kasane staying at Thebe River ...
Elephant Country
... going on and he told us that the guy was caught border smuggling, he only had 4 bottles of beer down his pants. Botswana was visibly richer as soon as we reached the immigration post. Their office had aircon and flatscreen computers! We arrived in the ...
Elephant Kingdom
Today we drove along the Caprivi Strip to exit Namibia for the last time and re-enter Botswana. As per our last entry the Botswanan immigration officers were extremely pleasant, casual and welcoming. From the border crossing we drove directly into ...
Bitter Sweet Game Drive
... Charles served up pancakes for breakfast. In the afternoon we went on a river cruise down the Chobe River which separates Botswana from Namibia. This was supposed to be a game cruise but pickings were slim, only seeing a couple of elephants, ...
Crossing the border to Botswana
... again managed to arrange post-payment. This border crossing is quite special since it the junction between Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia which are all separated by the Chobe river. Bargained a price with the taxi driver and told ...
Kasane update
... infrastructure (Kasane also had a nice new station). Peter Viner has a lot to answer for!!! (He was police adviser to the Botswana Police 1996 for several years & the reason why we ended up coming to Botswana often). I've gone from being an upright ...
flight for life
Justin did not have a lot of time to get back to Livingstone to catch his flight home so we decided to take a flight from Maun to Kasane to avoid the long bus rides. The flight was a single prop plane, as in tiny! It held five people ...
Chobe
... it's amazing and too good to miss while I'm in the area! The Chobe National Park was the first National Park in Botswana (after it gained independence from England in 1966) and is home to the densest population of elephant in Africa, with an estimated ...
Animals animals every where, even in your ........
... go freely where ever their hearts desire. If you are an animal lover or wildlife enthusiast, I would highly recommend putting Botswana on your list of places to visit. It was a experience that I will never forget. I took so many ...
Hungry hippos
... border control staff ever and headed for Chobe National Park. There was a stark contrast between the economies of Zimbabwe and Botswana. Sure, there were still people demanding money from us, but I couldn't help but chuckle at the beggar in Bosttswana ...
Chobe River Cruise
Sunday April 15th, Stage 71. Victoria Falls Zambia to Kasane, Botswana. 81km This morning we left the Zig Zag Bed and Breakfast and rode an easy 70km to lunch. After lunch we turned and came to the Chobe River which is the border between ...
Namibia - Botswana - Zambia
... the park only took about 30 minutes, then we reached the border control and ferry crossing at Kazungula to cross from Botswana to Zambia. Kazungula....... a great place if you love road rage! We waited for 4-5 hours for our car to be boarded onto ...
Botswana or Bust
hello all.. I'm sorry I haven't checked in more often. Phones and internet are much more of a rarity than I ever imagined. We've just spent the last two days at Ngepi park sleeping in tree houses on the okavango. Quite possibly the most idylic place I've ...
Last stop in Botswana
... Botswana and to prevent the import costs people just smuggle a lot of stuff to the Zambian site. Evaluation of Botswana It is a country of extreme landscapes and wide scenaries. Lots of things to offer but to keep on a budget is difficult ...
Chobe National Park
We stayed at Kasane for two nights and went on a boat safari in Chobe National Park. Sadly it was a bit dull and grey, but we saw lots of ...
Transit through!
... on the truck, drove to Spar...did some shopping and finally got on the road about 4pm. At about 5pm we were crossing into Botswana...another stamp in the passport from a lovely lady...and went to our campsite for the night...The Thebe river. Dinner was ...
Chobe Tour
... is done for you, you miss out on a lot. I decide to start looking up the places were going to. We get to a town called Kasane. It’s the main gateway’s too the Chobe national park. Sunset Cruise The Gap tour had us booked on ...
Into Botswana
... ...it's a hard life I tell you We left the campsite in Victoria Falls on Monday morning and crossed the border into Botswana. The journey itself was really quick and we arrived at Kasane shortly before lunchtime. We then set up out tents (which wasn't ...
Busy busy busy
... all drinks are included in the price! I'm in a world of trouble! I leave Vic falls in the morning where we set off for Botswana. I doubt I will get the chance to update this for a while because I will be out of towns for the next few days as we have ...