Nata Bird Sanctuary – Botswana
During a visit to Botswana last year, we were fortunate enough to stay overnight at Nata Lodge, which is a ten-minute drive from the Nata Bird Sanctuary. We’ve camped there on many occasions but...
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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...
Saddle-billed Storks – My Favourite
It’s always nice to come across storks in nature and one that really excites us, not only for its size, but also its beauty, is the Saddle-billed stork. It is the largest of the...
Only fools and elephants
Having lived in a region where there are lots of elephants, I do tend to blog about them rather a lot. Forgive me for this indulgence, but they are such beautiful animals and I...
African wild dogs in Moremi Game Reserve
One of the highlights of our visit to the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana’s Okavango Delta in September was a wonderful sighting of a pack of African wild dogs. It’s not that common to...
Botswana 2010 : Kang to Matseleng Pan
I guess you could say that our holiday’s fate was sealed in the planning stages of our 2010 Botswana trip when I courageously gave Hillary the brief to take us to the most remote...
Ghanzi to Grasslands
They say that Africa is not for sissies – I think they should qualify that and say that the backroads of Botswana are not for sissies. Our trip to the Central Kalahari and Chobe for...
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