From Kasane to Stevensford Camp, Botswana Some 350kms south of Kasane is a dot on the map called Nata, a couple of filling stations and a few houses. A short distance further south is the conveniently situated Nata Lodge, a perfect stopover for travellers heading north to Chobe, west to the Okavango or south to South Africa. We stopped here for a night and splashed out the equivalent of a week's camping fees on a luxury safari tent so that we could have a rest...

Farewell to Chobe, Botswana We have yet to be disappointed by a national park and Chobe proved no exception. Our final visit to the park yielded a herd of over 1000 buffalo, numerous groups of elephants swimming in the river, fantastic views of fish eagles and vultures, dramatic off road driving and, for once, pleasant (below 30C) temperatures! It also yielded yet another malapropism from Angela "those vultures are pruning themselves" The finale, as ...

A day trip to Victoria Falls Being a person driven by high moral principles (you will be aware of that by now of course), I thought long and hard about whether we should visit the socialist paradise of Robert "Uncle Bob" Mugabe otherwise known as Zimbabwe. Ten years ago Zimbabwe was our first ever experience of Africa and flying in a seaplane over herds of elephant along the edge of Lake Kariba remains one of my all time great memories (along with my ...

Into Botswana and Chobe National Park Having read that Botswana is very strict on the movement of meat and dairy products in to the country we probably shouldn't have crossed the border from Namibia with 5 packets of bacon, a litre of milk, 3 packs of cheese and several yoghurts. Making no attempt to hide the food, it wasn't long before the inspector found the items. We declined the option of cooking the bacon and eating the cheese and told her to take it all. ...

Quick blog from Katima Mulilo, "capital" of the Caprivi Strip, Namibia. In a busy week (by our standards!) we've travelled down the Caprivi strip, stopping at Ngepi Camp on the Kavango River for 3 blissful days. Great place to camp, hippos upstream and across the river, hippo prints in front of our tent (I don't think they were Angela's footprints?) We celebrated Angela's 20 something birthday here, with Karen's wedding cake doing the honours. Lovely ...