African Blog: Chobe

• Birds of a Feather: my Top 5 Birding Spots in Southern Africa

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Namibia,, South Africa,, Zimbabwe,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  March 17th, 2010 11:01am

  Funny people, bird watchers (I should know - I am one myself). Capable of dropping everything in pursuit of some wind-blown vagrant or unpronounceable rarity, bird watchers (birders to their...

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• No Rain, No Gain: Why Travel to Botswana in the Off Season.

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, On Safari,, Travel Tips,, Wildlife,,

  April 13th, 2010 3:56pm

  So Botswana has a rainy season but don't panic just yet. Considering the extreme north of the country experiences the highest annual average rainfall at 650mm (about the same as London) and the bl...

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• Sweeping Herds: the 2 Great African Migrations You Probably Won’t Have Heard Of.

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Zambia,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  May 12th, 2010 11:46am

  I reckon it's Basil Fawlty's fault: the manic Torquay hotelier's "herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains" line has long been part of the English lexicon and partly inspired this write...

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• A single Tourism Visa for Southern Africa in the pipeline

  emmagass in Botswana,, Kenya,, Mozambique,, Namibia,, South Africa,, Swaziland,, Tanzania,, Uganda,, Zambia,, Zimbabwe,, 2010 FIFA World Cup ™,, African Adventures,, News & Current Affairs,, Responsible Tourism,, Travel Tips,,

  May 13th, 2010 3:10pm

  Seven border crossings in five days was one of my bragging points after a recent visit to Victoria Falls and the wildlife-packed Chobe River; I do like collecting stamps in my passport! B...

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• Botswana and Kruger

  hakane65 in Botswana,, South Africa,,

  June 30th, 2010 7:17pm

  May 8-22, 2010 This was a 14-day trip spanning Northern Botswana and Sabi Sands Reserve in Kruger. It was booked by go2africa.com. We had a fantastic time. We visited 5 lodges, 3 Desert? lodges in Botswana and 2 lodges in Kruger. It's very di...

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• Chobe 101: Unravelling the Chobe National Park

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  July 6th, 2010 8:17am

  It shouldn't be confusing but it is: the Chobe National Park may be one of Botswana's biggest and best wildlife reserves but it's also among the most difficult to visualise. Is it the Chobe River...

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• Game Viewing by Boat

  emmagass in Botswana,, Zambia,, Zimbabwe,, African Adventures,, On Safari,, Travel Tips,,

  July 9th, 2010 4:07pm

  Water is the life source of the African bush; spending enough time by the water holes, dams and rivers of wild Africa will guarantee magnificent animal and bird sightings. ...

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• Lost World: Unlocking the Secrets of the Caprivi Strip

  thefynbosguy in Namibia,, African Adventures,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  July 26th, 2010 9:17am

  Ever looked at a map of Namibia and wondered what that weird sticky-out-pointy-bit at the top is? You know the part I mean: that finger of land squeezed between Botswana and A...

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• Photographic Safaris: Get Those Shots & Wow Your Fiends

  sandramallinson in Botswana,, Namibia,, South Africa,, On Safari,, Travel Tips,,

  August 5th, 2010 5:43pm

  Wild animals are not the easiest subjects to photograph; being wild they tend to live in leafy habitats, and being animals they move about quite a bit. ...

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• The Secret World of the Night Safari

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Kenya,, Namibia,, South Africa,, Tanzania,, African Adventures,, Wildlife,,

  August 24th, 2010 8:49am

  Ever wondered why 90% of the lions you see during the day are lying around, belly-up and snoozing? Ditto the snoring leopard in the tree. And why don't we ever see all those small mammals wi...

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• 5 Reasons to Spend Christmas on Safari

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Namibia,, South Africa,, Zambia,, On Safari,, Travel Tips,, Wildlife,,

  December 21st, 2010 9:37am

  Feeling stressed yet? I am - Christmas is just around the corner, bringing with it the wearingly familiar routine of wallet-emptying shopping, ulcer-inducing meals, crippling hangovers and piles of plastic tat. ...

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• 5 Great Summer Birding Destinations

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, South Africa,, Zambia,, Zimbabwe,, On Safari,, Quick lists,, Wildlife,,

  December 30th, 2010 9:04am

  Some people just can't get excited about birds but even the most cynical among the anti-birders cannot fail to be impressed by Southern Africa's avifauna (big word for birdlife). No...

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• Carnivorous Herbivores & Smiling Zebras: Odd Animal Behaviour

  thefynbosguy in On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  January 3rd, 2011 10:01am

  Watching animals when on a game drive can often be quite tiresome: they tend to do nothing more exciting than just stand there looking at you for a moment while you fumble for your camera before wandering away and presenting you w...

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• Botswana Lodges: 3 of the Best

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, On Safari,, Quick lists,,

  April 1st, 2011 9:39am

  I'm a lucky guy. No really I am: I lived and worked in Botswana during the 1990s and had the opportunity to stay gratis at luxury safari lodges with per person per night prices that made me wince then and couldn't e...

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• The KAZA Transfrontier Park: the Future of Conservation?

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  April 28th, 2011 11:17am

  In December 2006, the leaders of 5 African countries - Botswana, Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia - did something quite extraordinary: gathering at Victoria Falls, they each signed a Memorandum of Unders...

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• Botswana by the Month: a guide to what happens when.

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, On Safari,, Travel Tips,,

  May 9th, 2011 11:55am

  Funny thing, weather: while landlocked Botswana may not have the alarming seasonal variations of, say, where'd-this-12-feet-of-snow-come-from-Canada or the amusing mix of sun-wind-rain-hot-cold that I experience here in Cape Town...

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• The KAZA Transfrontier Park - Co-operative Conservation in Action

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Namibia,, Zambia,, Zimbabwe,, News & Current Affairs,, Wildlife,,

  May 18th, 2011 1:00pm

  In a previous blog I wrote about the formation of the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, an ambitious project designed to link ...

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• Safari camp versus lodge - finding a girl-friendly safari experience

  Supastarfish in Botswana,, Kenya,, South Africa,, Tanzania,, On Safari,, Travel Tips,,

  June 14th, 2011 2:11pm

  When someone mentions 'camping in Africa' several things come to mind: large, hairy insects; sleep deprivation; and trench digging. In fact, just thinking about camping in the African bush guarantees my worst nightmare. I can just...

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• Fair Play or Rip Off? Why Foreign Tourists Pay More.

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Kenya,, South Africa,, Tanzania,, On Safari,,

  July 13th, 2011 10:15am

    Perhaps it's being partly Scottish that makes my blood alternately freeze/boil when it comes to matters financial. And like most people, I really can't bear paying more than someone else for exactly the same thing, but th...

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• Africa: she ain’t cheap but she’s worth it.

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Kenya,, Uganda,, Zambia,,

  August 16th, 2011 1:45pm

    Ironic isn't it? Africa, the world's poorest continent by a country mile, turns out to be toe-curlingly expensive to visit. Holidays to destinations that the less enlightened would call a swamp (t...

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