Cape Town Airport
17 января 2020 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 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 weЧитать далее
Johannesburg Airport
17 января 2020 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 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 января 2020 г., Замбия ⋅ ☁️ 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 thereЧитать далее
Border Zambia - Zimbabwe
17 января 2020 г., Замбия ⋅ ☁️ 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 whoЧитать далее
Meeting the group
17 января 2020 г., Зимбабве ⋅ ☁️ 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,Читать далее
The 3 monkeys
17 января 2020 г., Зимбабве ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Nice dinner, but wealthy tourist prices. But the food was excellent! I had Giraffe, impala and beef. Amazing!
Shopping and lunch
18 января 2020 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ⛅ 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 января 2020 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We have a beautiful campsite with a river view over the Chobe river.
River cruise
18 января 2020 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ⛅ 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 smallЧитать далее
Sunset
18 января 2020 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ⛅ 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 howЧитать далее
Chobe to Elephant Sands
19 января 2020 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ⛅ 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.. someЧитать далее
Elephant Sands
19 января 2020 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ⛅ 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"Читать далее
Elephant Sands II
19 января 2020 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ⛅ 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 meansЧитать далее
On route to Maun
20 января 2020 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ⛅ 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 willЧитать далее
Sedia campground, Maun
20 января 2020 г., Ботсвана ⋅ 🌙 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 campsiteЧитать далее
Nothing
21 января 2020 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ⛅ 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 января 2020 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ☀️ 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 amЧитать далее
Border crossing into Namibia
23 января 2020 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 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 thatЧитать далее
Etosha game reserve here we come!
24 января 2020 г., Намибия ⋅ ☁️ 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 oatЧитать далее
Rundu
24 января 2020 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 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 января 2020 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 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 января 2020 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
We are in! And we saw giraffes right away.
Animal kingdom
24 января 2020 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 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.Читать далее
Etosha gamedriving
25 января 2020 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 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 giraffesЧитать далее
Okaukeujo camp
25 января 2020 г., Намибия ⋅ ☀️ 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 countЧитать далее