Maun Vacations, Maun Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Yessss, internet that doesn't move at a snails pace! Hey guys, it's been really good to get emails from all of you, sorry I haven't been able to reply, I haven't had access to the internet because I have been at Sepupa, where the crocodile research camp is based (although I did have phone reception that was better than the reception I got in Zambia...) But it has been good to hear from you all :) I am back in Maun so obviously I survived the crocodiles of the Okavango. The camp was near a vi...

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 fellow pullers, and teaching us Setswana. 'Dumela' means hello and 'ke a go rata' means I love you. The two nights we spent in the delta were two of the best nights I had in my travels. One ...

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 the flight had been delayed to 10 AM without a particular reason. Air Botswana is an airline with 5 planes or so and this one had been in Gabs all night…well, we tried to take it the Botswana ...

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 feelings and structures of apartheid are still a huge barrier in South Africa and Namibia. We went into the Okavengo Delta with the local towns people.  They poled us into the delta through the reed...