Elephants – Up Close and Personal
Close encounters with wild elephants If you ever want to get seriously close to wild African Elephants, without being in the safety of your car or behind a really strong fence, there can be...
Category: Camping , 4×4
Mana Pools – Part Two
Mana Pools – Part One can be found here While we were at Mana Pools we took a morning walk with a local guide and this is highly recommended. He took us to a...
Richtersveld National Park – A Unesco World Heritage Site
It’s always wonderful to explore remote places, especially when you’ve heard about the spectacular scenery they offer. What makes these kinds of trips truly enjoyable is the opportunity to experience beauty without the crowds....
Mana Pools – Part One
Mana Pools National Park is located in northern Zimbabwe, along the Zambezi River, which forms the boundary between Zimbabwe and Zambia. The park covers an area of over 6,500 sq km and it is...
Hwange National Park – Zimbabwe
Brief History Hwange National Park was established in 1928 as the Wankie Game Reserve, Wankie being the colonialist’s version of Hwange, and at 14,600 sq km in area it is the largest National Park...
The Fishermen of Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi, as the name implies, is an enormous freshwater lake in the African country of Malawi. This impressive body of water stretches across two other countries – Mozambique and Tanzania. With the longest...
On the wild side – Khaudum National Park, Namibia
During our seven-year stay in Namibia Rob and I never had the opportunity to visit the Khaudum National Park on the north-eastern side of the country. The reason for this is that the roads...
Gannaga Pass – Tankwa Karoo National Park
It has been a while since I wrote my last blog – a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then – but now that we have our house move out of...
Birding in Tankwa Karoo National Park
Last week I blogged about our camping trip to the Tankwa Karoo National Park. As I said, we were blown away by the beautiful scenery, but that isn’t the only charm of this tiny...
Time Out in Tankwa
You know when you pass a sign that reads “Absolutely Nothing From Here” that you’re heading into a remote area. Rob and I had a chuckle when we saw that, but instead of putting...
Botsalano Game Reserve
I blogged a week or so ago about the Black wildebeest at Botsalano Game Reserve near Mafikeng in South Africa. This was such a lovely stop over that I thought I would tell you...
Khwai Me A River
Botswana has many amazing campsites, especially in the Okavango Delta, and they can be jolly pricey to stay at too. Just occasionally you strike it lucky and come across a place that was merely...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Last week I blogged about our stay at Mudumu National Park in Namibia. From that wonderful place we took a day trip further up the Kwando/Linyati River to the Mamili National Park (also known...
Mudumu National Park – a Namibian gem
It’s so exciting staying in a nature or game reserve and even better if you can set up camp in a wild area without any fences. We decided to rough it on a recent...
So, what could YOU get for a bread crumb?
Quite often when we are camping we toss a few bits of bread into the grass around the campsite to see what local residents we can attract. Usually we get a few sparrows, weavers,...
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