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January 21, 2008/0 Comments/in Africa, Travelogue, Zambia /by allan

At the immigration office in Botswana in Kasane on the Chobe River I noticed a large poster posted above the water cooler when I first passed through on my way to the houseboat. But it wasn’t until I came back into Botswana did I take notice and let the message sink in. I’ve seen condoms […]

Chobe River. Chobe National Park. Ichobezi Houseboat.

January 21, 2008/3 Comments/in Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Travelogue /by allan

The next morning with our bikes parked safely at the Chobe Safari Lodge, a small “tender” boat with a 40hp engine met us at the Botswana Immigration office and ushered us ten minutes across the Chobe River where we hiked up a muddy track to a tiny one room shack filled with a collection of […]

Chobe River. Chobe National Park. Ichobezi Houseboat.

January 20, 2008/0 Comments/in Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Travelogue /by allan

The next morning wiith our bikes parked safely at the Chobe Safari Lodge, a small “tender” boat with a 40hp engine met us at the Botswana Immigration office and ushered us ten minutes across the Chobe River where we hiked up a muddy track to a tiny one room shack filled with a collection of […]

Riding Through Herds of Elephants.

January 20, 2008/0 Comments/in Africa, Botswana, Travelogue /by allan

Botswana, like Namibia, is both blessed and cursed with dry, desolate and inhospitable deserts to the south, a massive swamp to the northwest and lush green forests and fertile greenbelts to the northeast. But getting to many of these areas can be challenging. As such, Botswana could be one of the most expensive tourist destinations […]

Exploring the Okavango Delta

January 17, 2008/0 Comments/in Africa, Botswana, Travelogue /by allan

First, I took an all day trip to explore the waterways by makoro - a shallow dug out canoe that is piloted by a "poler" - then Ronnie and I along with two German travelers charted a 45 minute scenic flight over the Delta - taking off and returning to Maun. ... One of the guys used his feat to kick the water out of the makoro (canoe) A good understanding of the local wildlife and certainly excellent makoro skills I relaxed and nearly sitting at the level of the water gazed through the reeds, into the water and up into the sky spotting herons, egrets, kingfishers, eagles, ducks and more as Daniel called out the names.

Solving Botswana’s Donkey Problem.

January 15, 2008/0 Comments/in Africa, Botswana, Travelogue /by allan

After a few nights at Ngepi Camp I would have to bid goodbye to Namibia and cross my fourth African border into Botswana, the least densely populated country in Africa. And while human population density may be minimal, I discovered that meant more room for donkeys. I’ve never seen more donkeys anywhere — including Mexico. […]

Ngepi Camp: Caprivi Namibia

January 14, 2008/0 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allan

The Ngepi Camp sits at the beginning of the Panhandle of the Kavango River which flowing from Angola dumps into the vast swamp known as the Okavango Delta – a vast wildlife reserve of wetlands and bush, and the largest Most of the delta sits in Botswana but here at Ngepi camp we spent a […]