Dunes & Wildlife Tour: Etosha National Park

It was day one of my six day tour through Etosha National Park and Sossusvlei with Chameleon Safaris. I met the four other people who would be embarking on this adventure with me, along with our guide Beanie. We studied the map of where we would be visiting, loaded up the trailer, and hit the […]

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Dunes & Wildlife Tour with Chameleon Safaris

After a whirlwind trip to Swakopmund to skydive on my birthday, I went back to Windhoek for my next exciting adventure: a six day accommodated tour to Etosha National Park and Sossusvlei with Chameleon Safaris.

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Montage Monday: Sociable Weavers Nest, Namibia

The sociable weaver is a fascinating bird that I discovered in Namibia’s Etosha National Park. They spend years building huge nests in trees and continue to build on them, until they eventually fall apart or break the tree limbs. They are the largest nests built by any bird. If you are a bit of a […]

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A Mokoro Trip Through Botswana’s Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta is a 16,000 sq. km. wetland comprised of lagoons, channels, and islands and is the world’s largest inland delta. It is formed where the Okavango River empties into a swamp in the Kalahari Desert, with water flowing down from the rainfall in Angola. My plans to visit Botswana revolved around visiting this […]

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Chobe River Cruise: A Photo Essay

The number one place to safari in Botswana is at Chobe National Park.  Having been on a safari in Kenya two years ago, and heading on another safari when I got to Namibia, I had planned on skipping a visit to Chobe. But I met quite a few travellers who said the river cruise through […]

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Snapshots from Botswana Bush Camping

While in Zambia I travelled with a girl who happened to meet a couple of NY Times Journalists who were cutting through Botswana to get to Namibia. They offered her a ride, and since I was heading to Botswana as well, I decided to tag along. The guys came to pick us up at our […]

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