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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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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 5, 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 25, 2022

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Okavango Delta scenic flight

After our amazing few days at Xakanaxa , we had returned to Maun and booked our scenic flight. We took off around 4 in the afternoon in our tiny helicopter… with doors off, for better viewing! An...

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Nov 4, 2021

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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 2, 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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Nov 1, 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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Caprivi Strip part 1

We arrived at Divungu where it was hot and humid. We decided to visit the Popa waterfalls and split ways: we went to the south side and Gavin and Lee went to the north side to see which side would be ...

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Oct 21, 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 10, 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 7, 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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