Maun Travel Blogs

Today was basically a long day of driving. 600 kilometres to Maun, with quite a few stretches where the roads were in poor condition.We entertained ourselves by reading, sleeping, listening to music and playing a few games. Two of our group, Stuart and Nikki, had put great effort in interviewing 15…

Here’s another excerpt from my written diary:   “Wednesday 20 December 2006 There was a storm in Maun last night. The lightning was so bright, I didn’t need a torch to find my way around. As I paced over to my tent, I crossed an open part of Audi Camp, and never felt more like I could…

After a night in a camp outside of Maun we were up early to get ready for the Okavango Delta, the world's largest inland delta. We were pulled down a partly dried up lake in Mokoros, two passengers per boat and one local doing all the work. Our puller, Anams, was always smiling, talking to his…

Because our travel arrangements were a bit complicated we had to fly from the far north east back to Gabs and the next morning back up north west by plane…Air Botswana was due to leave at 8 AM so we made it to the airport by 7. Well, in theory they were leaving at 8…in practice we were told…

We crossed over into Botswana today.  As soon as we crossed the border there was a huge change in the scenery.  We now feel like this is Africa.  Grass huts surrounded by wire fences to keep the animals out, etc.  People are much more friendly here.  I think that the feelin…

Wednesday October 13th. 178.9 NM (37.5 NM + 141.4 NM)  Livingstone - Kasane - Gweta  The rain season is catching up with us, first dropps come down as we land on Gweta airstrip. Our sleeping arrangements this time are little rondawels, each with 2 single beds and a little …

2 month trip through Southern Africa

After leaving the Chobe River still with the image of large heards of drinking elephants in our minds, we continued through Botswana - the ninth country of our trip in just eight weeks. To think that the end is only three weeks away is starting to make us a little sad, but we are consciou…

Left camp at 5:30am to begin the long journey to Maun. We drove the wrong way for about 2hrs (towards Francistown instead) but we did get to see a ton of elephants crossing the road in groups or grazing by the roadside. Eventually we found the right way. I slept for most of the day, and read a book…

Maun of Gweta vormt de uitvalsbasis voor ons bezoek aan de Okavangodelta. Maun zelf is een snel groeiende stad waaraan een doorgaande weg in rap tempo benzinestations, banken en forexbureau’s gebouwd worden. Wij doen hier in een supermarkt inkopen voor ons verblijf in de delta.

Deze zomer naar Namibië en Botswana

We stayed at Nkwazi lodge. Before raising the tents, we were given a wildlife survival talk from the campowner. A guy from New Zealand. Often you see them in southern Africa. Running bars, campsites or farms. This one instructed us with all kinds of tips, especially to not to challenge wild animals…

Uncle Steve & I went to South Africa, Botswana, & Zambia, June 14-30, 2007. This was a trip that I am hoping may have been the starting point for many more to come.

Lots of animals, sand, rocks and great scenery packed into this 4 weeks' trip

Vandaag worden we teruggepunterd naar de Situnga campsite en verder gebracht naar Maun om te shoppen. Zoals altijd slaan we veel water in, maar als het kan ook cola - een prima middel om darmproblemen te voorkomen! In de middag stappen we met 5 mensen (en een piloot) in een Cessna en verkennen…