Category: Travel
Southern Africa – Day 35 – Opuwo to Mowani Mountain Campsite, Namibia
Off again, heading to the Mowani Mountains, in Damaraland. First, though, we need fuel, milk & bread. Luckily, today, the servo has their network up & running and can process credit card payments, so we filled up (approx. 100L @ $AUD 1.50/L). In the “OK Supermarket” we got our milkRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 34 – Himba Village, Opuwo, Etosha NP, Namibia
Today saw us travel to a Himba tribal village for a cultural tour. The trip was about 12km on a rocky dirt road – at the bottom of the valley. Looking from our lodge, the valley below seems green and forestry, but once on the valley floor you see thatRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 33 – Olifantsrus Campsite to Opuwo Country Lodge, Etosha NP, Namibia
David & I, were up early to see if we could catch any last animals at the hide before sunrise, we only saw brown hyena, a few giraffe who were very cautious about coming in to the waterhole & a sole elephant who was happy to splash around, as wellRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 32 –Okaukuejo Campsite to Olifantsrus Campsite, Etosha NP, Namibia
What a crappy night- it was sooo hot- the bed, pillows & canvas was all boiling and the temperature didn’t go down, not good conditions for sleeping – we were sweating all night. We were up at 4.15am to do a safari drive. We boarded our safari vehicle and wereRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 31 – Onguma Tamboti Campsite to Okaukuejo Campsite , Etosha NP, Namibia
We left our campsite and signed in, to the Etosha NP, we had to pay for 3 days as you need to be out of the park by 7.30 am and it would take us a few hours! As soon as we have entered we have impala playing games withRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 30 – Tsumske to Onguma Tamboti Campsite, Etosha NP, Namibia
Cows, with bells, kept walking past the campsite, dogs barking and chickens making noises kept us awake during the night. We left the site – the roads are made with Dolomite, a very white gravel, and are in good condition. We have a vet stop outside of Grootfontine- there isRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 29 – San Bushmen Village, Tsumske, Namibia
Up early, (yes we do this a lot!) for an 8 am pick up for our tour. We met Steve, our guide for the day and make tracks, it will take approximately 25 minutes to get to the village. Brendan and I sit in the back of the safari vehicleRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 28 – Mochaba Crossing to Tsumske, Namibia
to On the road travelling. Just outside of Sehitra, we were stopped at a police road block – once he found we were from Australia all he wanted to do was chat – he was very hot & would like to see snow… we had a few patient cars waitingRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 27 – Mochaba Crossing Lodge, Mokoro Trip, Moremi NP – Botswana
After breakfast (and a mix up with times) we bundled into our safari vehicle (it’s an 8-seater – just for the 3 of us!) we travelled for about 1/2 an hour, passing thru a few tiny villages, traversing wooden log bridges, dodging pot holed mud patches & bouncing over sandyRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 26 – Khwai to Mochabe Crossing Lodge, Okavongo Delta – Botswana
We had a spattering of rain overnight, and the hippo’s were enjoying it, they serenaded me all night (Brendan & David slept thru it). Again, a cooler early morning, but heating up extremely quickly. The vervet monkeys were again impatiently waiting for us to get up so they could pesterRead More …