We flew from the Chobe region to Maun, Botswana on a little tiny plane, and then got into a more traditional aircraft to fly to Cape Town, South Africa. We were very excited to visit Cape Town because my sister Michele had given it rave reviews after visiting on a business trip. Cape Town was …
We like monkeys and baboons. Why? They are primates, and they look like us. They have such expressive faces, and they engage in such interesting behaviors. We really enjoyed watching them. However, Africans really do not like the monkeys, and especially the baboons. Why? First they are noisy. They are very social animals, and they …
There were pluses and minuses for our stay at Little Kwara Camp in the Okavango Delta. The pluses included the most amazing game drives, and we also had two really nice boat rides on the delta. The minus was the fact that camp here was the much less nice than the other two camps , …
In a previous post I noted that we traveled on a small plane that held only 12 passengers. Well the planes got smaller in Botswana, and then smaller still. We were supposed to fly from Chobe to the Okavango Delta, but the information from our tour company, unlike for everything else about the trip, was …
Our guide at Chobe was Kenneth, who was outstanding, and very, very funny. On one of the days we drove to the town of Kasane and got in a boat for a cruise on the Chobe river. The river was gorgeous. There were big islands on the river full of lush green grasses. In the …
From Victoria Falls we were driven across the Botswana border to the Ngoma Safari Camp. overlooking the Chobe River. Across the Chobe river is Namibia, which some people refer to as Nambia. If you have traveled internationally, you know that you get text messages when you enter a new country. We got one in South …
From Mala Mala we went to the nearby Skukuza airport, we got on a small plane, which held only 12 passengers, and flew to Nelspruit, where we got on another plane and flew to Livingstone, Zambia. You have heard of Livingstone. “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Livingstone is the biggest city near Victoria Falls, which is …
Our game drives in Mala Mala have been fabulous! We like giraffes! Giraffes run in a funny way. I am not very skilled as a videographer, and dealing with videos is new to me. Hopefully I have the link to this video working correctly. If not, check back… And zebras and sweet elephants Interesting tail. This …
We have gotten upgrades on airplanes before. Nice, but not that impressive. Larger seats and free drinks. We certainly would have loved an upgrade on our overnight flight to Johannesburg, but that did not happen. Would have been nice, but not spectacular. Well, we did get an upgrade that WAS spectacular. We used Africa Adventure …
We flew from Salt Lake City to Atlanta, and then caught an overnight flight to Johannesburg South Africa. A loooong flight, 15 and a half hours. Depart at 8 PM Atlanta time, and arrive at 5.50 PM Africa time. It was dark when we landed! We stayed in a hotel near the Airport, and we …