Category: Okavango

8 best things to do on safari in Botswana

8/2/2017

By Roxanne Reid
Landlocked in the heart of Southern Africa, Botswana is one of the most diverse safari experiences on the continent. Every day will reveal something new and thrilling. Go for a bush walk or game drive in the soft early morning light, watch the sky turn red at sunset, and listen to the sounds of the African night. Here’s my pick of the 8 best things to do on safari in Botswana.

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Voices of Botswana: the cub whisperer

6/10/2016

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By Roxanne Reid
Every safari lover worth her salt wants to spend time in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. The landscape is beautiful, with water channels, floodplains and mokolane palms. The wildlife is superb, from elephants, big cats and wild dogs to giraffe and red lechwe. And the professional guides are clued-up and enthusiastic to share the wonders of their environment.

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Wildlife wonders of Chitabe in the Okavango, Botswana

13/9/2016

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By Roxanne Reid
We were relaxed. The pressure was off. The day before we’d had the best sighting of our lives so now we had no expectations. Whatever our game drive brought us, we’d already experienced the wildlife wonders of Botswana’s Okavango Delta here on the Chitabe concession south-east of Chief’s Island.

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Voices of Botswana: the guide who likes to learn

1/9/2016

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By Roxanne Reid
Spending a morning poling through the Okavango Delta in a mokoro with guide Spongy Makgetho was one of the best moments of our Botswana safari. From our perch just above the water level we floated among water lilies and watched fish eagles, African jacanas, malachite kingfishers and a long reed frog. We also found out more about the guide who likes to learn.

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Voices of Botswana: the masterful chef

18/8/2016

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Duba Expedition Camp, Okavango, Botswana

By Roxanne Reid
Okavango Delta, Botswana. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a mass of water channels, floodplains and islands teeming with wildlife. It’s also a wilderness far from civilisation, so everything you need to run a camp there – from soap to fresh food ingredients – has to be flown in on a small plane.

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Voices of Botswana: the kind man and the crazy guests

4/8/2016

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By Roxanne Reid
For 12 years Warona (Wax) Kebabope worked as a ranger and environmental education officer at the Khama Rhino Sanctuary, a community-based wildlife project near Serowe in Botswana. Then he got married and he and his wife began looking around for somewhere they could work together.

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Wildlife, food and luxury in the Okavango, Botswana

2/8/2016

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By Roxanne Reid
Show-stopping wildlife sightings, exciting drives, great food, a commitment to conservation and community, and a low-impact camp that doesn’t compromise on luxury – these were some of the good things we enjoyed at Duba Expedition Camp in the Okavango, Botswana.

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Okavango: the best game drive of our lives

26/7/2016

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By Roxanne Reid
The signs were there from the start. We flew over ribbons of water where game paths criss-crossed the floodplain between islands of trees. Dry channels snaked through the veld and we spotted herds of elephant, buffalo and giraffe. Here in Botswana’s Okavango Delta we were about to have the best game drive of our lives.

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Voices of Botswana: the manager and the mamba

21/7/2016

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By Roxanne Reid
When you stay at unfenced camps in Botswana’s Okavango Delta – that special wilderness sanctuary for wildlife – chances are you’ll meet a wild animal or two on your walks around camp. At Chitabe Lediba we enjoyed a visit from an elephant, a large-spotted genet and a few tree squirrels. If you work there, you might have some hairier stories to tell.

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Okavango, Botswana: where the mokoro is king

12/7/2016

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By Roxanne Reid
Flying in to Xigera Camp in a small plane is a chance to get an aerial view of the wonder that is Botswana’s Okavango Delta, its mosaic of islands, water channels, floodplains, swamps and game tracks. You might even see herds of elephant or buffalo spread out like miniatures far below. But once you land, the mokoro is king.

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8 best things to do on safari in Botswana

Voices of Botswana: the cub whisperer

Wildlife wonders of Chitabe in the Okavango, Botswana

Voices of Botswana: the guide who likes to learn

Voices of Botswana: the masterful chef

Voices of Botswana: the kind man and the crazy guests

Wildlife, food and luxury in the Okavango, Botswana

Okavango: the best game drive of our lives

Voices of Botswana: the manager and the mamba

Okavango, Botswana: where the mokoro is king

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