Tubu Tree Camp Okavango Delta

Good Afternoon

Today we went on a walking safari - though i think its better to call it a nature walk, we saw lots of lovely birds, antelope and one lone bull elephant, who didn't look to be doing so well, but we did see enormous elephant footprints and Vertabra, even seeing them wild they are too far away to get a real idea of how big ...

I didn't really even think to look back over the packing list before embarking on this trip. Turns out, I pretty much forgot everything – soap, shampoo, towel, bug spray, local payment, extra spending money – I mean everything!

Anyway, our group was awesome. As I mentioned – it was five girls: two Brits – Victoria ...

6am: We woke up to the sunrising over the Okavango Delta, we peaked our heads outside our tent relieved that we survived our first night with our wild animal neighbors. We examined the tracks on the ground and saw that the animals were circling around the car and many were walking through the campsite. We identified some kind of jackals and also...

7am we were out of the gate roaring to go! We hit the road for the National park and reached the entrance to Moremi National Park--South Gate by 9am. We stopped in a small village half way through to visit a craft shop and make some coffee, also shift some things around in the back (an event which would occur at least 10xs a day). The craft shop...

Early-ish start this morning and we are heading to the infamous Ngepi camp (18 shots at the bar!). We arrive early afternoon and quickly set up tents (in the middle of another overlander's group Frisbee game, but we don't care!) and set off to check out the legendary toilets. Each is themed and they're brilliant! One is a boys and girls shared, ...

Today we drove to Maun and stayed close to the Okavango Delta. The next day we drove to the Delta and got Makurus (small local boats with a local guide using a pole to push us along). We left all comforts behind to sleep in the bush. We had no toilets, electricity, gas etc. The Makuru took about two hours to get us to our bush camp. We just stre...

March 1st - Okavango Delta The boys from Delta Rain picked us up this morning at 7am to take us to the makoro launching point A makoro is a traditional Botswanian canoe carved from a tree. We drove for about an hour in an open truck like cattle through tradional villages and viewed cemetaries that have canapies over the graves to help protect th...

today was the day we went for the cruise. It was literally in the middle of no where, tents, fire, meat, giraffes, zebras, hippos, total nothing ness. We went to the river delta, and met our guides, got in a canoe and got poled(sounds so wrong!) to our destination! Set up tents and went on an evening game walk, met some zerbra's and got some nic...

After our morning game drive (where we saw mostly hyenas, elephants and buffalo), we headed over to the Chobe river where we went on another sunset cruise.

The next day we drove 650km (!!!!) to our new camp, not far from the Okavango Delta - the largest inland delta in the world. From here, we drove to the edge of the delta where we ea...

Having left Livingstone, we headed to the border for another crossing, this time into Botswana. This is a country I have visited before, albeit briefly, and I was looking forward to returning. Our first experience there was a game cruise in Chobe National Park, an area that is known for getting tourists up close and personal with the animals, wh...