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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 7, 2022

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Karoo National Park

After we left SALT in Sutherland , we headed into the direction of Beaufort West , criss-crossing our way through the wet Karoo via back roads and dirt roads, past some vanilla and chocolate sheep and...

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Feb 4, 2022

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Tankwa and Sutherland

When we left Cape Town for Johannesburg we had a few weeks time before flying to Australia to visit kids and grandkids and we decided to spend some more time in the Karoo. One of the things we still w...

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Jan 24, 2022

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Moremi part 2

We woke up in Xakanaxa to buffaloes grazing their way through the campsites as campers were enjoying their morning coffee. They behaved like domesticated cattle, but we would definitely not give it a ...

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Nov 1, 2021

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Moremi Part 1

When we arrived in Maun , gateway to the Delta , we looked up where the Parks department was so we could arrange for our stay at the various camps in the Delta and Botswana in general. There we got th...

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Oct 31, 2021

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Border Crossing and Mohembi Tusk Bridge

After we had our PCR test in Katima Mulilo , we got Trokkie on the road, put pedal to the metal as we wanted to cross the Botswana border that same day! We only had one short toilet break along the wa...

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Oct 27, 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 22, 2021

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Grootfontein and Okavango River

After our amazing week in Etosha , we headed east towards the Caprivi. Actually first south towards Grootfontein and then north again towards Rundu, where we would follow the Cubango River towards Div...

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Oct 15, 2021

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Etosha National Park part 2

The pan Etosha National Park is a game park… so yes… animal spotting is the biggest activity all around. Various waterholes, where animals congregate especially in the dry season, are spread along the...

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Oct 9, 2021

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Etosha National Park part 1

And eventually we arrived in Etosha National Park . We had heard so much about it and were curious about what we would see. We weren’t sure how long we would stay there, so we started off with paying ...

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Oct 6, 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 19, 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 15, 2021

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