My safari planning -the travel show and a helpful USAir agent
Going on Safari has always been on my list but I dismissed it forever thinking I couldn’t go alone, I didn’t have the money, the time, you name it, I talked myself out of it and put in the “when I hit...
View ArticleOddballs Camp in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Landing in Maun, Botswana, the airport was awash in small bush planes and one building for passengers to transit. You exit the plane and walk to the terminal -something that became commonplace in...
View ArticleWalking Safari in Okavango Delta, Botswana
After all of the traveling, I was ready to go on my walking safari, whatever that meant in the Okavango Delta. While I had read about “going on safari”, I hadn’t a clue what that actually entailed but...
View ArticleChobe National Park, Botswana (boat cruise)
Within five minutes on the safari cruise on the Chobe River, I saw the elephants on the river bank. Having walked in the Okavanago for three days prior in search of elephants, I had been happy seeing...
View ArticleChobe Safari Lodge, Botswana
A quick drive from the Kasane airport, the Chobe Safari Lodge was well situated on the water for the safari boat ride and close to the entrance to the Chobe National Park for which the game drives...
View ArticleSafari in Chobe National Park, Botswana
Having done walking safari, boat safari, I was ready for the jeep safari at Chobe. As with the other mornings, I was dressed in layers, slathered in sunscreen and bug repellent with my backpack full...
View ArticleMy 27 day African Safari Itinerary
My African Safari was almost a month long encompassing South Africa (Johannesburg, Capetown and the Garden Route), Botswana (Okavango Delta and Chobe Safari Park) and Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls). The...
View ArticleLodge review: Inyati Private Game Reserve, South Africa
Turning off the dirt road toward the Inyati Private Game Reserve entrance gate, the anticipation was building – this was my South African safari, in Sabi Sands no less. The shuttle driver escorted me...
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