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    • ViajeroSüdafrika 11.2017
      Día 8

      Leopard am Abend

      7 de noviembre de 2017, Sudáfrica ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C

      Nach unserer Rückkehr zum Shingwedzi Camp hatten wir noch ein wenig Zeit bis es dunkel wurde (man muss bis spätestens zum Einbruch der Dunkelheit im Camp sein, sonst sind die Tore zu und man muss eine Strafe zahlen) und haben die direkte Gegend des Camps noch nach Tieren abgesucht und wurden zum Schluss mit einem Leoparden belohnt.Leer más

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    • TimeForAfrica
      Día 50

      Papaya zum Frühstück

      27 de agosto de 2019, Sudáfrica ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      Wir frühstücken wie immer kurz nach Sonnenaufgang und bekommen von unseren Nachbarn zwei leckere Papaya geschenkt. So fängt der Tag doch schon mal gut an 😋

    • Daniel KrebsSouth Africa and Zanzibar
      Día 4

      Louis Trichardt

      14 de julio de 2018, Sudáfrica ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Anna-Sophia und Sebastian wandern ganz früh zu einem riesigen, eindrücklichen kunstvollen 600-jährigen Baobab-Baum (Nationalbaum von Südafrika). Danach gibt es ein feines Frühstück.

      Um zehn Uhr unternehmen wir mit einem Guide eine Reise durch das Leben der Menschen von Louis Trichardt. Wir besuchen einen Laden mit einer riesigen Auswahl an Stoffen und Knöpfen. Auf dem Markt gibt es viele Einblicke in die Kochtöpfe (immer Fleisch/Innereien in Sosse und weissen Maisbrei Pap für die Reisenden). Wir erfahren wie die kunstvollen Frisuren entstehen (falsche Haare werden auf verschiedenste Weise eingeflochten). Die von einer fliegenden Händlerin gekauften Erdnüsse sind gekocht und schmecken uns nicht so.

      Wir fahren auch durch ein Township und lassen uns die Situation und die Bedingungen des Mandela-Hauses erklären, welches für die arme Bevölkerungsschicht entwickelt wurde. Townships sind im Grunde sehr gut funktioniere Stadtteile.

      Unsere Lodge wird von einem holländischen Paar geführt, welches stark auf Nachhaltigkeit achtet. So besuchen wir noch eine Töpferei, einen Metallkünstler und eine Gemeinschaft zur Ausbildung von jungen Musikern.      Leer más

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    • MTB Safari Botswana
      Día 8

      Bush Lodge Botswana

      10 de octubre de 2019, Sudáfrica ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Nach Kruger Nationalpark ging es weiter nach Botswana 🇧🇼!! Erste zwei Tage in ein schönen Bush Lodge mit candlelight Dinner und Bush Wanderung!!

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    • Daniel KrebsSouth Africa and Zanzibar
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      Día 5

      Punda Maria Gate

      15 de julio de 2018, Sudáfrica ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Morgens sehr früh reisen wie von Madi a Tharha ab und begeben uns auf die lange Reise durch den Norden von Südafrika. Es ist Sonntag und wir fahren durch spannende Gegenden. Es sind viele Menschen unterwegs, meistens zu Fuß und gut gekleidet. Am Strassenrand hat es immer wieder Verkaufsstände, meistens sitzen mehrere Personen zusammen, verkaufen Früchte oder kochen für die Reisenden. Bei diversen Händlerinnen kaufen wir Avocados, Orangen, Tomaten, eine Grapefruit und Bananen. Die Menschen sind sehr, sehr freundlich und fair. Wir sehen keine weissen Südafrikaans.

      Nach der Fahrt durch den Norden von Südafrika empfängt uns der Eingang zum Kruger Nationalpark. Ganz gemütlich mit maximal 30 km/h geht es dem Neuen entgegen.

      Ganz am Anfang unserer Reise durch den Kruger Nationalpark begegnen wir einem Cheetah (Gepard). Wooooww. Sehr, sehr eindrucksvolle Situation und Sebastian ist schon jetzt rundum zufrieden. Dann sehen wir auf unserer vierstündigen Reise zum ersten Camp riesige Elefanten, Zebraherden, Giraffen, Kudus und viele, viele mehr. Es ist fantastisch.      Leer más

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    • ViajeroSafari Zuid-Africa & Botswana

      Dag 3 - Ochtendrit – Nijlpaarden

      14 de julio de 2019, Sudáfrica ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      Goedemorgen Zuid-Afrika! De snurkende paarden hadden ons al wakker gemaakt, klaar voor een nieuwe dag in de jungle. Bryan gaf ons om 7.30 uur opnieuw onze heerlijke ochtendthee, klaar om de dag te beginnen.

      Voor de ochtendrit lag de focus op het zoeken naar nijlpaarden. Er waren enkele nijlpaarden aanwezig in het gebied dichtbij grote vijver, maar het was niet gemakkelijk om ze te zien. Soms zitten ze in het water en zie je ze maar ad en toe opduiken. Nijlpaarden kunnen slechts 7 minuten hun adem inhouden, dus ze moeten uit het water springen, maar je kunt nog steeds alleen het geluid of de maand zien. Vandaag hadden we het geluk om ze full body te zien, terwijl ze aan de andere kant van de vijver graasden. Het was moeilijk om ze te zien, maar onze gids Owen had een goed oog. De nijlpaarden zien eruit als een mix tussen grazende koeien en grijze olifanten. Ik kon niet geloven dat ik deze dieren voor het eerst in mijn leven zag, en dit vanuit het zadel! Na een korte pauze om ze te bewonderen, vervolgden we de rit terug naar huis, ironisch genoeg passerend vee. Ik herinner me dat ik besefte dat deze nijlpaarden enorm moeten zijn geweest toen ik deze kleine onschuldige grazende koeien zag.

      Onderweg liet Owen ons het nest zien van een wevervogel. Deze vogels maken indrukwekkende nesten die aan kleine takken zijn bevestigd, zodat slangen het nest niet kunnen bereiken. Ik vraag me af hoe het gewicht blijft hangen aan deze fragiele takken, maar blijkbaar heeft de natuur het goed uitgedokterd.

      Toen we bijna thuiskwam, vertelde Owen ons over de 'Baviaanstaarten' of de zwarte planten in savanne. Ze zien eruit als verbrande planten met hun zwarte uiteinden, maar deze planten zien er zo uit in de winter en kleuren groen in de zomer. Zeer vreemd, maar toch prachtig de wilde natuur te zien.      Leer más

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    • ViajeroSafari South-Africa & Botswana

      Day 3 Morning Ride - Hippos

      14 de julio de 2019, Sudáfrica ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      Good morning beautiful jungle! The snoring horses had woken us up, ready for a new day in the bush. Bryan gave us again a delicious morning tea at 7.30am, ready to kick off the day.

      For the morning ride, the focus was to look for hippos. There were too in the area close to the water ponds, but it was not easy to spot them. Sometimes they’re in the water, so you can only see them pop up once in a while. Hippos can only hold their breath for 7 minutes, so they have to pop out of the water, but you still might see just the noise or month. Today we were lucky to see them full body, as they were grazing on the other side from the pond. It was hard to spot them, but our guide Owen had a good eye. The hippos look like a mix between grazing cows and grey elephants. I couldn’t believe I saw these animals for the first time in my life, and this from the saddle! After a short break admiring them, we continued the ride back home, ironically passing some grazing cattle. I remember realizing these hippos must have been huge, seeing these small innocent grazing cows.

      Along the way, Owen showed us the nest of a weaver bird. These birds make impressive nests attached to tiny branches, so that snakes cannot reach the nest. I wonder how the weight keeps hanging on these fragile branches, but apparently nature has figured it out quite well.

      When almost arriving home, Owen explained us about the “Baboon Tails” or the black plants in savanna. They look like burned plants with their black stamina, but these plants look like this in winter and colour green in summer. Very strange plants!      Leer más

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    • The World on Two Wheels2012 Under African Skies
      Día 26

      Limpopo River

      22 de abril de 2012, Sudáfrica ⋅ 26 °C

      Sunday 22nd April – To the Limpopo River and South Africa

      With the prospect of a less demanding day ahead we did not break camp till the relatively late hour of 8.30am. Because the day was a Sunday and, since Botswana is a devoutly Christian country with very conservative morals, we noticed many groups of people making their way to their local churches. We also found that we had to regularly stop to make way for numerous donkeys, goats, cows and assorted other animals crossing the road in front of us.

      Our first major stop was at the Limpopo River, which marks the border between Botswana and South Africa. With quickly cleared all the immigration formalities, even though one of our participants did not have the required Yellow Fever Vaccination certificate. We said goodbye to Botswana with a growing sense that our safari really was nearing its final stages. The simple fact was that we had all had such an amazing time that no one wanted it to come to an end, yet in two day’s time we would be flying out of Africa and heading back to Australia. On the other hand there is always something extra special about being back in your own bed and enjoying the luxury of your own toilet.

      Crossing into South Africa you immediately notice a big change in the standard of the infrastructure. Large modern farms with modern tractors were growing crops with the aid of irrigation from the Limpopo River. In many places you could be forgiven for thinking that we were already back in Australia and driving through somewhere in Victoria.

      At midafternoon we pulled into the Mabula Game Lodge and were excited to find that we had the option to upgrade to small bush huts instead of erecting our tents. Although our tents were spacious and we had all become quite proficient in erecting and packing them away, faced with the choice of a tent or a real bed, I grabbed my bag and headed for the nearest hut. It was a relief to be able to leave the tents in the bus. This also gave us some extra time to relax and explore the surroundings.

      One sour note on the atmosphere was that Mabula is a Game Lodge, meaning that foreigners (mostly Americans) can pay a fee and then come to shoot the animals that are within the park. In the office there were dozens of photos of the smiling faces of rich Americans carefully posed with their massive guns and their dead springboks, warthogs, wildebeest and the rest. In fact it looked like they had carte blanche to shoot anything with four legs. There was a family of tame donkeys wandering about the campsite and we found out that some shooters from the USA had recently shot the male donkey to use for bait to attract leopards so that they could shoot them. Personally, I cannot begin to understand this mentality. I will never be able to regard it as “sport” as the Americans do.
      Perhaps it would be more “sporting” if they faced a lion in the wild armed only with a spear like the Masai warriors do. That way the lion would at least have a sporting chance at survival. When a rich westerner armed with a powerful rifle with a telescopic sight and sitting in the back of a 4 wheel drive confronts a defenseless grazing springbok, it does not seem like an even competition to me.
      We had been warned not to wander far from the campsite lest we too become unintentional collateral targets for trigger happy shooters. The following morning, we heard the sound of a large calibre weapon being fired close to camp and could not help but wonder what type of innocent animal the victim had been.

      After dinner we had time to express our thanks to Tickey and Richard for the fantastic work they had done for us. We also shared some of our reminiscences of the trip we had enjoyed together. I retired to bed with a jumble of memories and emotions rushing through my head. The world that we had been so immersed in for the past few weeks would soon be nothing but a memory as we all returned back to our regular lives in Australia. I wondered how much each of us would be changed by the sights and sounds that we had witnessed together.      Leer más

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    • ViajeroSafari South-Africa & Botswana

      Evening ride - crossing river banks

      16 de julio de 2019, Botsuana ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      We all passed the test with our horses, so time for our first ride in the Mashatu Game Reserve towards our lodges (1,5h ride). My horse was called “Hitari” and it was this stunning appaloosa horse that used to be a leading horse. My horse liked it upfront and preferred a good speed. Luckily, I was able to manage it and had pleasant journeys with it!

      Our front guides were called “Mpho” and the back guide “Mmushi”. Mpho was joking that he was the guide leading us towards the danger, and Mmushi leading us away from it if needed. This meant that we had to start at all times in between these two guides to be safe as a herd of horses (remember horses are still a prey for predators such as lions, cheetahs and leopards).

      You wouldn’t believe, but just after take-off from the main camp, we already encountered several giraffes! In South-Africa we had to search for several hours to find them, and here we simply bumped into them after 300 meters. We saw 3 giraffes, with various height and ages. Sometime later, we also saw some ostriches, bush pigs, impalas, kudus and wildebeests. Welcome Botswana!

      Next, some nature obstacles had to be “trained” to the riders, such as crossing river banks. As it was dry winter, all banks were empty and no water to be found. This made it easier to swop between areas and climb down the banks, using them as efficient “high ways” inside the complex bush.

      The horses must always walk downwards at walking pace, because otherwise the horses behind them might get too excited and the riders will lose control on these steep walls. When going back up, the horse is allowed to trot or canter upwards because it’s easier to use the energy of motion. The horses seemed quite used to it, with some exception of younger horses that still had to learn it from the others. We felt safe with our horses and trusted the herd, and that was the most important first lesson learned.

      When arriving in the river bank, you kind of felt vulnerable walking on the bottom of this empty river with all animals higher up watching you. But it was an amazing experience. I remember saying how clean these rivers are, with only shells and little amount of plants to spot.

      Once in a while we could notice big holes into the ground, made by elephants to search for water. These incredible animals have a very good smell, hearing and ground vibration feeling. So, they can smell and sense the water holes in the ground and smash the sandy soil away with their slurves. That’s how I started to understand how clever animals must be to survive the dry winter in this arid environment.

      Finally, we arrived right in time at the camp with the sun setting down. The sky was colouring beautifully red and temperatures started to drop. It was as if a new world was opening up. Welcome to the bush at night!      Leer más

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    • Africa 2017Africa 2017
      Día 13

      Elephant Sands

      18 de julio de 2017, Botsuana ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      Livingstone to Elephant Sands
      Today we were on the road at 10am and back to the border crossing from Zambia to Botswana. It only took an hour of so this time as there was less paperwork for Stefan. I experimented with how much notice they take of person identification at passport control by wearing my dark glasses and large hat. I am pleased to report you can pretend to be anyone you like when entering Botswana as I was not asked to remove my glasses or hat and I'm pretty sure they didn't even look at my face once. In fact, I know I could have worn a full on burkah with just a slit for eyes because I saw a woman do that when we were going into Botswana.
      We did have an interesting incident before the border though. As we were driving out of Livingstone there were people selling the hazard triangles - you know the sort you see out when a truck is broken down. We all commented on what a funny thing it was to sell from a roadside stall and wondered how much business they were doing. Stephan commented that there was a new law in Zambia about carrying the triangles. Next thing we were stopped by a road block of police and checked for all the requirements - permits, license and of course did we have the 2 triangles? We found one in the glove box but no sign of the second triangle. As this is a hired van the hire company should have been up to speed with that. Stephan had to go with the very officious and serious cop to the cop car and there was discussion that went something like this:
      Stephan: "Just because I am missing one triangle you are going to fine me? I am bring a lot of tourist dollars to your country."
      Cop: "You are required by law to carry two triangles" (or whatever they are officially called)
      Stephan: "This is silly man."
      Cop: "You are calling me stupid? Then I will fine you for insulting a police officer."
      Stephan: "But I didn't say you were stupid! I said this was silly."
      Cop: "Silly. Stupid. They're the same thing."
      Stephan: "If you look in the dictionary they have different meanings and I wasn't calling you silly or stupid anyway."

      Personally I was relieved that it was Stephan driving and not Geoff because he has a history of not dealing with cops very "politely". Once we were going to Melbourne and we were pulled over. As the cop came up to his driver door he took off his seat belt. When the cop arrived at his driver side window he said to Geoff, "why weren't you wearing your seat belt?"
      At this point Geoff jumped out of the car and yelled "bullshit" loudly at the cop. As a consequence we spent a day in Benalla court with me giving evidence that he had been wearing his seatbelt and he got off. In the case of this short tempered Zambian cop I'm thinking it might not have ended this way! ...imagining us all lying face down on the side of the road with our hands cuffed behind our back...and guns pointed at our heads.
      The fines are on the spot in Zambia and with a bit of bribery they are usually lowered. The cop demanded the fine money in kwacha (Zambian money) but Stephan didn't have enough. So there was a bit of too-ing and fro-ing as Stephan organized the money. Some of us had US$ so we gave him a few of those. The cop initially was insisting Stephan return to Livingstone.
      There is a lot of corruption in African police forces. One incident Stephan came across was when he was driving along at the correct speed, and was pulled over by the cops for speeding. He demanded to see the speed on the speed gun but the cops were evasive about this, so Stephan became insistent and peered in through the window of the cop car to see they had been pretending a hair dryer was a speed gun. TIA - This Is Africa.
      The rest of our journey was uneventful and we arrived at Elephant Sands about 2:30pm. We checked into tents and went and sat by the waterhole in the middle where the elephants come to drink. Elephant Sands was set up by a guy who had elephants that would come and drink from the water hole on his land. It was quite a small operation of a few mud brick chalets to start with but gradually expanded until now there are numerous campers and more permanent glamping style tents. When the water hole dried up the elephants would sniff out the water in the pipes in the chalets/permanent tents and started to rip them apart trying to get it. As a consequence, he now trucks in the water which feeds from a tank to a small ground level trough at the edge of the waterhole. There were a few elephants there when we arrived and through out the evening they came and left. They were interesting to watch and the big spot light on the hole helped us to see what they were doing.
      We were all in bed by 9pm.      Leer más

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