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- Day 1
- Friday, January 17, 2020 at 7:30 AM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
South AfricaCape Town International Airport33°58’17” S 18°36’8” E
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 weRead more
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- Day 1
- Friday, January 17, 2020 at 11:00 AM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 1,680 m
- South AfricaOliver Reginald Tambo International26°8’12” S 28°14’28” E
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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- Day 1
- Friday, January 17, 2020 at 1:00 PM
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 992 m
ZambiaLivingstone Airport17°49’23” S 25°49’30” E
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 thereRead more
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- Day 1
- Friday, January 17, 2020 at 2:30 PM
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 816 m
- ZambiaVictoria Falls Bridge17°55’43” S 25°51’26” E
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 whoRead more
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- Day 1
- Friday, January 17, 2020 at 3:00 PM
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 921 m
ZimbabweVictoria Falls17°55’35” S 25°50’16” E
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,Read more
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- Day 1
- Friday, January 17, 2020 at 7:00 PM
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 912 m
- ZimbabweDevil's Cataract17°55’39” S 25°50’26” E
The 3 monkeys
January 17, 2020 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Nice dinner, but wealthy tourist prices. But the food was excellent! I had Giraffe, impala and beef. Amazing!
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- Day 2
- Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 10:20 AM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 932 m
BotswanaKasane Airstrip17°47’46” S 25°9’12” E
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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- Day 2
- Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 1:00 PM
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 931 m
- BotswanaSidudu17°48’33” S 25°8’42” E
Campsite Chobe
January 18, 2020 in Botswana ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We have a beautiful campsite with a river view over the Chobe river.
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- Day 2
- Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 3:30 PM
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 924 m
- BotswanaSidudu17°48’48” S 25°7’51” E
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 smallRead more
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- Day 2
- Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 7:40 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 927 m
- BotswanaSidudu17°48’31” S 25°8’41” E
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 howRead more
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- Day 3
- Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 7:45 AM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 1,069 m
- BotswanaChobe District18°14’59” S 25°26’20” E
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.. someRead more
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- Day 3
- Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 12:45 PM
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 936 m
- BotswanaTutume19°44’53” S 26°4’18” E
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"Read more
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- Day 3
- Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 8:00 PM
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: 937 m
- BotswanaTutume19°44’53” S 26°4’16” E
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 meansRead more
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- Day 4
- Monday, January 20, 2020 at 6:00 AM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 945 m
- BotswanaNgamiland East19°57’9” S 23°28’40” E
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 willRead more
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- Day 4
- Monday, January 20, 2020 at 7:50 PM
- 🌙 30 °C
- Altitude: 947 m
- BotswanaNgamiland East19°57’10” S 23°28’42” E
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 campsiteRead more
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- Day 5
- Tuesday, January 21, 2020
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 945 m
- BotswanaNgamiland East19°57’9” S 23°28’40” E
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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- Day 6
- Wednesday, January 22, 2020
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Altitude: 945 m
- BotswanaNgamiland East19°57’9” S 23°28’40” E
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 amRead more
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- Day 7
- Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 3:30 PM
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Altitude: 1,025 m
NamibiaDikundhu18°6’55” S 21°35’49” E
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 thatRead more
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- Day 8
- Friday, January 24, 2020 at 6:00 AM
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 1,011 m
- NamibiaBagani Airport18°6’33” S 21°36’40” E
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 oatRead more
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- Day 8
- Friday, January 24, 2020 at 8:40 AM
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 1,116 m
- NamibiaRundu17°54’52” S 19°46’16” E
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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- Day 8
- Friday, January 24, 2020 at 2:50 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 1,128 m
- NamibiaOshikoto18°43’46” S 17°13’53” E
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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- Day 8
- Friday, January 24, 2020 at 4:00 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 1,110 m
- NamibiaKlein Namutoni18°48’34” S 16°56’26” E
Etosia Park
January 24, 2020 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
We are in! And we saw giraffes right away.
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- Day 8
- Friday, January 24, 2020 at 7:38 PM
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 1,122 m
- NamibiaHalali Airport19°2’24” S 16°28’12” E
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.Read more
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- Day 9
- Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 6:44 AM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 1,110 m
- NamibiaHelio19°2’34” S 16°28’59” E
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 giraffesRead more
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- Day 9
- Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 2:00 PM
- ☀️ 34 °C
- Altitude: 1,111 m
- NamibiaOkaukuejo19°10’50” S 15°54’57” E
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 countRead more