Cape Town Airport
17 stycznia 2020, Afryka Południowa ⋅ ☀️ 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 Czytaj więcej
Johannesburg Airport
17 stycznia 2020, Afryka Południowa ⋅ ☀️ 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 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
Border Zambia - Zimbabwe
17 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
Meeting the group
17 stycznia 2020, 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, Czytaj więcej
The 3 monkeys
17 stycznia 2020, Zimbabwe ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Nice dinner, but wealthy tourist prices. But the food was excellent! I had Giraffe, impala and beef. Amazing!
Shopping and lunch
18 stycznia 2020, 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 stycznia 2020, Botswana ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We have a beautiful campsite with a river view over the Chobe river.
River cruise
18 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
Sunset
18 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
Chobe to Elephant Sands
19 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
Elephant Sands
19 stycznia 2020, 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" Czytaj więcej
Elephant Sands II
19 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
On route to Maun
20 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
Sedia campground, Maun
20 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
Nothing
21 stycznia 2020, 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 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
Border crossing into Namibia
23 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
Etosha game reserve here we come!
24 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
Rundu
24 stycznia 2020, 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 stycznia 2020, 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 stycznia 2020, Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
We are in! And we saw giraffes right away.
Animal kingdom
24 stycznia 2020, 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. Czytaj więcej
Etosha gamedriving
25 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej
Okaukeujo camp
25 stycznia 2020, 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 Czytaj więcej