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Mokala National Park

Leaving Karoo National Park , we took again the road less travelled towards Victoria West and Mokala National Park . We passed some (big) bits and pieces of a wind turbine, passed over a lonely straig...

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Feb 8, 2022

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Goodbye Botswana...Hello South Africa

Our last stop in Botswana was Palapye where we needed to take a PCR test before being able to enter South Africa again. The PCR test was a quick and painless process and by 9am the following morning, ...

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Jan 5, 2022

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Boteti River, saltpans and elephants

We spent our last night in Maun, sleeping somewhere along the road side and then we set out into the direction of Francistown. As said… the exorbitant park fees for Trokkie had made any visit to parks...

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Nov 6, 2021

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Caprivi Strip part 2

We left Mudumu park and continued to Nkasa Rupara National Park , further south, situated along the Kovango River which makes a natural border between Namibia and Botswana. As we wouldn’t make it into...

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Oct 23, 2021

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Epupa Falls to Etosha National Park

We woke up to the sounds of rushing water from the Epupa Falls and went for a walk. We walked further down the valley to “the beach” where Stefaan hoped to see a crocodile, but he had no luck. It was ...

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Oct 5, 2021

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Kaokoland part 2

So far we had done better time than anticipated coming up from Puros so we decided that we would like to venture into Marienfluss … even though we realised it would be a return trip because the only o...

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Sep 25, 2021

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Rhino tracking and river bashing

So, at the advice of the rangers we met at Doros , we set the alarm at 6 am, snoozed for another 10 minutes, got up and packed up our home and left Doros Crater for the spring. In landscapes like thes...

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Sep 20, 2021

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Twyfelfontein and Doros Crater

After our night stop along the road we drove the last few km’s to Twyfelfontein and got ourselves a guide who took us on an hours walk to see the rock engravings of this World Heritage Site . Seeing t...

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Sep 16, 2021

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Brandberg and Fairy Circles

We left Uis and made camp close to the start of the White Lady hike . We all went exploring a bit around the camp site and found different spoor and tracks: elephant and giraffe being the most promine...

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Sep 14, 2021

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Messum Crater

Where we had turned right off the main coastal road at mile 108 towards the Messum Crater and had found a spot to sleep, Stefaan had seen a Welwitschia, right there on our doorstep. Welwitschia’s are ...

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Sep 10, 2021

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Dead Sea Swimhole and Cape Cross Seals

We eventually left foggy Henties and the ocean behind and headed towards the desert. We have figured out already that, no matter where we go, signage in is not always what we expect. We had calculated...

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Sep 10, 2021

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Namib Sand Sea: Sossus and other Vleis

To get an early go into the Unesco World Heritage Site Namib Sand Sea , we booked in at Sesriem Campsite because we knew that insiders may leave for Sossus (and the other vlei’s) an hour earlier than ...

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