Cape Town Airport
17. Januar 2020 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 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 weWeiterlesen
Johannesburg Airport
17. Januar 2020 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 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.
Livingstone Airport Zambia
17. Januar 2020 in Sambia ⋅ ☁️ 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 thereWeiterlesen
Border Zambia - Zimbabwe
17. Januar 2020 in Sambia ⋅ ☁️ 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 whoWeiterlesen
Meeting the group
17. Januar 2020 in Simbabwe ⋅ ☁️ 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,Weiterlesen
The 3 monkeys
17. Januar 2020 in Simbabwe ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Nice dinner, but wealthy tourist prices. But the food was excellent! I had Giraffe, impala and beef. Amazing!
Shopping and lunch
18. Januar 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.
Campsite Chobe
18. Januar 2020 in Botswana ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We have a beautiful campsite with a river view over the Chobe river.
River cruise
18. Januar 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 smallWeiterlesen
Sunset
18. Januar 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 howWeiterlesen
Chobe to Elephant Sands
19. Januar 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.. someWeiterlesen
Elephant Sands
19. Januar 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"Weiterlesen
Elephant Sands II
19. Januar 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 meansWeiterlesen
On route to Maun
20. Januar 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 willWeiterlesen
Sedia campground, Maun
20. Januar 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 campsiteWeiterlesen
Nothing
21. Januar 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
Hot hot hot
22. Januar 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 amWeiterlesen
Border crossing into Namibia
23. Januar 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 thatWeiterlesen
Etosha game reserve here we come!
24. Januar 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 oatWeiterlesen
Rundu
24. Januar 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.
A very long drive...
24. Januar 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.
Etosia Park
24. Januar 2020 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
We are in! And we saw giraffes right away.
Animal kingdom
24. Januar 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.Weiterlesen
Etosha gamedriving
25. Januar 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 giraffesWeiterlesen
Okaukeujo camp
25. Januar 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 countWeiterlesen