Botswana: By the Hippo Pool in Moremi
Morning We start the day by checking on our neighbors, the hippos. They turn and quietly stare back as us, but we hear them bellow at each other as we eat our breakfast. I use Read More …
Category: Botswana
Personal stories, travel guides and tips, photographs, and resources to help you explore Botswana. Best known for its game drives, you’ll also find amazing cultural sites like the Tsodilo Hills and the watery wonderland of the Okavango Delta — both of which are World Heritage Sites.
Botswana: Maun to Moremi
In and around Maun We have had breakfast and are waiting for Kaiser. Last night we asked him to pick us up at 8:30, rather than the original time of nine. A starling flies by. Read More …
Botswana: Above the Okavango
We get up early. The tents are packed while we eat breakfast. Soon we are all hauling things to the shore where the polers load the mekoro. I had hoped that leaving this early would Read More …
Botswana: The Mokoro Trail
We awake to a cool, damp morning. The sausage tree above our tent is filled first with brightly colored birds and then with vervet monkeys. Ok, maybe not “filled” with monkeys. There are actually only Read More …
Botswana: Into the Okavango
It is a beautiful morning, and I wish we were spending the day exploring the hills. I use links to improve your experience using this website. Some may be affiliate links that pay me a Read More …
Botswana: Tsodilo Hills UNESCO World Heritage site
Into the Tosdilo Hills The Tsolido Hills rise 400 meters above the Kalahari. There are four hills: Male Hill, the highest and most sacred; Female Hill, which rises to 300 meters, covers a larger area Read More …
Botswana: To the Tsodilo Hills
A Long Day on the Road It is a gorgeous morning: A slight breeze (unlike yesterday’s relentless wind), blue skies, and bird calls. We eat breakfast in the dining room and then hurry outside to Read More …
Botswana: Leaving the Kalahari
This is the end of our time in Botswana’s Kalahari Desert A game drive on the way to Maun This morning’s game drive is combined with our return to Maun. We head again to the Read More …
Botswana: Deception Pan
Another beautiful morning. We are up a little extra early for today’s game drive, so it is just getting light as I eat my yogurt. We start off heading east into the sun, seeing the Read More …
Botswana: In the Kalahari
I have time to write this morning because my husband and I skipped this morning’s game drive. Our arrival late last night left me with too little sleep and no sense of where I was Read More …