Exited Botswana and crossed the Zimbabwean border and arrived at Victoria Falls. Had lunch at The Three Monkeys. It looked great but still no aperol.
Stay: Cresta Sprayview Hotel
Exited Botswana and crossed the Zimbabwean border and arrived at Victoria Falls. Had lunch at The Three Monkeys. It looked great but still no aperol.
Stay: Cresta Sprayview Hotel
Morning game drive at Chobe NP
Sunset game-viewing cruise on the Chobe River.
Stay: Chobe Safari Lodge on the river banks.
From the Okavango Delta in Botswana we travelled back into Namibia, through the Caprivi Strip & then back into Botswana into the Chobe National Park. It was a lot of driving and took time negotiating the boarder crossings.
Herd of giraffe along the way:
Stay: Chobe Safari Lodge on the river bank.
Another day in the Okavango Delta on a boat navigating the waterways and then for a short time in a mokoro.
A mokoro is traditionally a canoe carved out from a sausage tree or an ebony tree used by the local people known as the Bayei people of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. However, the government has prohibited the cutting down of trees and they are now made from fibreglass. They are long and narrow allowing them to navigate through the shallow waters, reeds, and lily pads of the delta. They are propelled by a 'poler' who stands at the rear of the boat and uses a pole to push against the riverbed. See yesterdays post for a picture of a sausage tree.
Ron and me in our mokoro:
We travelled further into the Caprivi region (the panhandle region of Namibia) and crossed the border from Namibia to Botswana. This requires forms to exit Namibia and forms to enter Botswana and an African-time wait at each crossing!
Along the way we saw: A herd of cattle:
The first thing our guide showed us was the crocodile that lived on the banks of our campsite!
Daylily:
We travel to Rundu on the banks of the Kavango River.
On the way we saw a typical Namibian butcher shop:
Etosha National Park
Travelled thru the Park from W to E. Saw a pride of lions - 2 males and 3 females, hartebeest, giraffe, Laughing dove, Vultures, Secretary birds, Spotted hyena, Little green, South African shell duck, giraffe, oryx, impala - male (spiral horns) and female (no horns)
Guinea fowl close up:
Stay: Namutoni Restcamp in Park