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Overland trip from Victoria Falls to Stellenbosch/Cape Town. Read more
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    January 17, 2020
    Annette WaagemansSouthern AfricaTraveler

    Cape Town Airport

    January 17, 2020 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Anne dropped me off at 6:30 at the drop and go of Cape Town Airport for my flight to Johannesburg.

    Ready and excited, but also a bit anxious about the trip ahead. 22 days camping or some times we sleep in cheap accommodation.

    The flight to Johannesburg was not even half full. So I could sit wherever I wanted    Read more

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    Johannesburg Airport

    January 17, 2020 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    A smooth stopover at Johannesburg, this time the plane was not even 1/3 full, so again very spacious. It is only a short flight to Livingstone Zambia.

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    Livingstone Airport Zambia

    January 17, 2020 in Zambia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    I landed in a wet Zambia, they just had had a tropical down poor. So we walked in ankle deep water from the plane to the airport building. Got my visa for Zambia, and a taxi driver was waiting there to get me to the border of Zimbabwe. That was a new experience, to have someone with sign with your name on it, standing and waiting for you.Read more

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    Border Zambia - Zimbabwe

    January 17, 2020 in Zambia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    A new visa, this time for Zimbabwe.. The border is at the bridge over the Zambezi river. The Zambian taxi driver helped me through customs and loaded my stuff in the next taxi, a Zimbabwean taxi who drove me to the camp.Read more

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    Meeting the group

    January 17, 2020 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    Met up with the group, it seems to be a nice group of people. Some of them are already started in Nairobi at the end of November. Some left the group at Livingstone, and 4 other people and myself, joined the groupRead more

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    Shopping and lunch

    January 18, 2020 in Botswana ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    We arrived in Chobe. were we got petrol, did shopping, changed money and had lunch. After that we drove to our campsite. Where we arrived around 1 pm.

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    River cruise

    January 18, 2020 in Botswana ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    We are on the Chobi river with in the South West Namibia and on the other side Botswana. We are going into the Chobi Nature Reserve. It is so exciting!

    Spotted some Hippopotamuses, crocodile, a small herd of Kudu, African Jacana, buffaloes, African Darter, big Hurd of elephants, maribu stork.Read more

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    Sunset

    January 18, 2020 in Botswana ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Enjoying the last bit of the stunning sunset after a very blessed and beautiful day. With the sounds of crickets, hippo's and all different birds, filling the warm African night, I am pondering how blessed I am. To be able to be on a holiday like this, in the middle of the bush.....

    When we walked back, we came across a bushbuck. It stopped right in front of us, I could almost touch it... She was so beautiful, with little white spots on her back, and white socks...    Read more

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    Chobe to Elephant Sands

    January 19, 2020 in Botswana ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    After a night with beautiful sounds of all kind of animals, baboons, hippo's, crickets, birds, I woke up. Looking out of my tent, 2 meters away was this baboon familie, eating their breakfast.. some baby baboons, one big male and some mothers and aunties. After packing up the tents, having breakfast, we left at 7:45 to go to our next stop. Probably a 5 hour drive.Read more

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    Elephant Sands

    January 19, 2020 in Botswana ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    At the hottest of the day we arrived at our next camp ground. A quit open sandy field, in the middle of nowhere. On the way there we saw many elephants, and some giraffes, just along the "highway"

    After setting up the tents, the team responsible for lunch had made us a nice lunch with Apple, tuna, cranberries, mayo and raisons. On wholewheat bread.

    Chui, our truck, got stuck in the sand, but Often was able to get her out and parked in a better spot.

    From today onwards I have a tent for myself, as one person from the group left today as her trip had ended.

    There is a pool, and a great possibility that we will have elephants in the camp. They like to come for water. They even like to come into the bathrooms, despite the "defence system" that was built.    Read more

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    Elephant Sands II

    January 19, 2020 in Botswana ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    We had a lazy afternoon at the pool in the shade. Unfortunately the elephants didn't come. It now is almost 9pm, most people found their way in to their tents, and tomorrow we leave at 7am. That means getting up at 5:30.Read more

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    On route to Maun

    January 20, 2020 in Botswana ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Woke up at 5:30, packed up all our stuff, had French toast for breakfast and at 7:00 sharp we left the camp. No elephants spotted in the camp, but there where grey Hornbills having young.

    We will drive 50 km to our first stop to buy coffee and then proceed to MaunRead more

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    Sedia campground, Maun

    January 20, 2020 in Botswana ⋅ 🌙 30 °C

    We are sitting outside, after a meal that I cooked, and that turned out quite nice. We ate chicken, cheese, mushroom sauce with pasta, fruitsalade and cake for desert.

    We arrived at the campsite around 15:30. I was on cook-duty. I always like to cook, specifically if it is for a big group.

    Maun is the second biggest city in Botswana. It seems quite small.    Read more

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    Nothing

    January 21, 2020 in Botswana ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    A day of nothing...

    Laying at the side of the pool, reading, sleeping, listening to some music, relaxing, hydrating, doing nothing.. swimming,

    Holiday

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    Hot hot hot

    January 22, 2020 in Botswana ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

    An other lazy hot day. I have a bit of a sunburn, despite the fact that I have used sun block and I stayed in the shade. I had to put on my shirt and shorts, to protect me from burning more...

    I am NOT complaining, it is very relaxing again, and I feel very comfortable and happy.Read more

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    Border crossing into Namibia

    January 23, 2020 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    We left the camp at 7.00 sharp again, for a long road along the edge off the Kalahari towards the Namibian border. We stopped in Maun to do shopping for the next 2 dinners. We stopped for a lunch that we prepared quickly with, pineapple, ham,-cheese sandwiches and appels. Around 15:30 we crossed it entering Babwata national park. Saw some Kudu, springbok and zebra. A change of scenery after the dozens of donkeys we saw.
    An hour later we arrived at the Rainbow Springs, a beautiful campsite on the Okavango river. We quickly put up the tents and went for a sunset river cruise. It just was stunning!

    We ate grilled tuna melt sandwiches and pesto pasta with cream cheese. And went for an early night. As tomorrow the alarm will go at 4;45    Read more

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    Etosha game reserve here we come!

    January 24, 2020 in Namibia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    During the night we had some nice thunder and lightning, but it stayed as good as dry at the camp. At 5:45 the alarm went off, packed up my sleeping bag and camping mat, broke down my tent, ate oat porridge with appel for breakfast and then we left at 6.00 am sharp..Read more

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    Rundu

    January 24, 2020 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    We are in Rundu. Our shopping stop for the next view days. I hope to get a SIM card. We need to cook as cook group 3.

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    A very long drive...

    January 24, 2020 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C

    Except for the stop this morning for 1,5 hours, we have been driving.. it is almost 3 pm, so we have been driving for almost 7,5 hours now, and we are not there yet.

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    Animal kingdom

    January 24, 2020 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Wow, we saw so many animals. 2 times a lion, a cheetah with 3 cubs, giraffes, rhinos, elephant, Eagles, red hartebeest, dik diks, wildebeest, oustrich, impala, blesbok, kudu, too many to remember. Wow, so awesome. Most pictures I took with my camera, the ones I took with my phone, I can show nowRead more

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    Etosha gamedriving

    January 25, 2020 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    After a short night at Halali camp with many disruptions, of car alarms and honey badgers throwing over the bins. We woke up at 5:15 again, breakfast at 6.00 we drove out at 6:30. First 8 giraffes within 5 minutes.

    Looking forward to another adventurous day    Read more

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    Okaukeujo camp

    January 25, 2020 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

    Around 11 am we arrived at the 2nd campsite in Ethosia. On the way there we again saw all kinds of animals, new today was the black backed jackal.

    Now I am sitting at a waterhole. I think I can count 150-200 animals, zebra, impala, gemsbok, wildebeest, etc.

    It is amazing to sit here and see the beauty of God's creation. So much variation, the way animals are built, the way they move, how they survive in a semi dessert.

    The zebras are quite nervous, the whole time they start running from the waterhole, to then carefully come back.    Read more

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