Botswana travel stories

Jul 22, 2004 Xugana Lodge, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Imagine an isolated island on a wide and vast delta waterway, surrounded by a gentle lagoon fed by narrow channels lined with papyrus and tall reeds. Imagine gently waking to nature’s alarm clock...

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Jul 21, 2004 Okavango Delta, Botswana

Our “camp” for the next two nights will be rather comfortable, our one stay at a lodge during our safari until its conclusion at Victoria Falls – which isn’t a lodge anyway (more on all thi...

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Jul 20, 2004 4th Bridge Camp, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana

Sometimes you go to the elephants, other times they come to you. This afternoon just after I left you, a call went up for us all to grab our stuff and get “saddled up”. A herd of maybe thirty o...

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Jul 20, 2004 Moremi Game Reserve - 4th Bridge Camp, Botswana

On safari, after lunch is siesta time; very civilized, if you asked me. Of course, one of the principal reasons is that most the animals are active in the early morning and late afternoon/evening, ...

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Jul 19, 2004 Maun, Botswana

July 19 – Maun, 8:55AM Had a good night’s sleep on a too short bed serenaded to sleep by the sound of frogs along the river. I’m ready to head out. It’s a good idea to have the one nig...

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