Sunset Mokoro Ride thru the Okovango Delta, Botswana
Our afternoon adventure was paddling out onto the Okovango Delta in a mokoro for sundowners on a secluded island! Mokoros are canoes that are made from digging out the trunk of a large straight tree and are popular as a…
Game Drive at Vumbura Plains Camp, Botswana
Looks like sunset, but is actually sunrise! Up and at 'em for another full day in the bush! TINY BABY ELLIE ALERT! Hammerkops Bee-eater Rare Sable Sighting! We're Lost?! Guineafowl Morning Tea/Coffee Break Finally found zebras! Back at Camp for…
Lion Pride at Vumbura Plains Camp, Botswana
We basically spent the first whole afternoon at Vumbura following these lions around as they tried to ensnare a bull, but eventually settled on an unsuspecting warthog. Dinner!
Vumbura Plains Camp, Botswana
Vumbura Plains Camp is a luxury camp situated in a private concession in the extreme north of the Okavango Delta. The concession, which is leased from the neighbouring community, includes a wide variety of habitats, diverse wildlife and an enormous…
On the Way to Vumbura Plains Camp, Botswana
Happily up bright and early to go on another morning game drive: Playful impala in a little squabble: Same leopard, different day: Elephant in Must This elephant was casually walking down the road in our path, so we stopped to…
Feeling like a Queen at King’s Pool Camp
Kings Pool Camp is located in the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve, a vast private concession in the northern part of Botswana, on the western boundary of Chobe National Park. The accommodation here is luxurious, the wildlife spectacular. Kings Pool Camp has…
Endless Game Viewing at DumaTau, Botswana
After two short days at Zarafa, it was time to move on to the next camp just around the corner: DumaTau Camp. We took the long way there on a pontoon boat over to Selinda Camp and then hopped a…
Peaceful Retreat at Selinda Camp
Selinda Camp rests on the banks of the eastern Selinda Spillway in the 320,00-acre Selinda Reserve of northern Botswana. This prime location is deep with in rich wildlife territory. Completely rebuilt in 2007, Selinda Camp is a relaxed, yet luxurious…
Duma Tau Camp, Botswana
DumaTau Camp is a ten-roomed luxury tented camp located in the private Linyanti Wildlife Reserve that borders the western boundary of Chobe National Park. It is situated close to the source of the Savute Channel on Osprey Lagoon, one of…
Safari Day II at Zarafa, Botswana
We woke up at dawn for a morning game drive and I saw my very first elephants in the wild! A big mama ellie marched right out from behind a bush to make way for her little baby trampling in…
Living the life of Luxury at Zarafa Camp
Zarafa Camp, located in the 320,000-acre Selinda Reserve is synonymous with exclusivity and perfection. The spirit behind Zarafa Camp comes from Colin Bell, Dereck and Beverly Joubert, who together designed Zarafa to incorporate all the components of what they envisioned…