Written by African Explorer on October 3, 2000
- 6:00pm.
Limpopo river Botswana.
Today was an exciting day; we left early this morning from Johannesburg driving northwest to Gaborone.
We followed a dirt road out of Gaborone heading northeast attempting to find a nice location along...
Written by Peregrine on April 15, 2002
- When we were rough-housing as kids, my mother used tell us we sounded like a herd of elephants. I doubt she realized the compliment. The eles (pronounced Ellie) we encountered were quiet, regal...
Written by Peregrine on April 15, 2002
- We had a little bass boat to skim us along the Chobe River after lunch every day. First day out, we were barely past the Lodge grounds before we watched our first drama unfold....
Written by Peregrine on April 15, 2002
- My backside hitting the cold metal of the jeep’s seat did more to wake me up than coffee. One tends to think of Africa as hot. Well, it is in summer, but we...
Written by Linda Hoernke on June 18, 2007
- From Maun we traveled 142km of dirt road in small 4WD safari Land Cruisers. We set up camp at the Xaxanaka area of the Moremi Game Reserve in the northeast section of the Okavango Delta....
Written by Linda Hoernke on June 18, 2007
- The Delta is one of Africa's last remaining wilderness regions of papyrus-lined waterways, floodplains, lagoons, forest glades, and savanna grasslands. Covering 6,000km², the area is pristine and untouched. We drove to the Maun airport where...
Written by Linda Hoernke on June 18, 2007
- The drive through Botswana to our camp at Dqae-Qare took us past remote villages, donkeys, and bright yellow flowers. Our camp is in the Kalahari on a game reserve owned by the Ncoakhoe people from...
Written by Linda Hoernke on June 18, 2007
- Chobe National Park is the second largest national park in Botswana and covers 10,566km² with one of the highest concentrations of animals in Africa. The park is divided into four separate eco systems: the...
Written by Heynurse3 on February 25, 2007
- January 10, 2006, I started my adventure by taking multiple planes (Chicago-London-Johannesburg-Maun-Sandibe Lodge) the total time it took to get to my first destination was 30 hours. The last plane was an 8 seated prop...
Written by soleil17 on January 30, 2005
- If you have already been to a traditional land-based Big 5 reserve, try something new in the form of Jao Camp.
I found that the staff at Jao really made the camp. The managers, Rebecca...
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