Today we were taken by Mombo and Judge to Madinari (“Mother of the Buffalo”) Island off the northern peninsula of Chief’s Island. The journey was very tough because of a portage over an island to get to and across the Jao Channel before reaching the island. We had cut feet, lots and lots of leeches, [...]
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Okavango Odyssey Day 4: Sunbird Island to Burning Tree Island
Day 4 began very wet due to a harsh drop in nighttime temperatures that condensed our collective sweat from the day before onto our tents and everything else. Our tents and bags were soaked, the batteries and panels were sparking and now discharged, and everyone simply just looked a bit damper than they usually do [...]
Okavango Odyssey Day 3: Ellie Island to island in the Jedibe area
Day 3 left us with sun stroke, a new guide and an awesome musical interlude before dinner… We departed from Ellie Island at about 9am and managed to cover the 8km to Jedibe in about 1.5 hrs. At Jedibe we went into the village to gather together the local townsfolk to find someone able to [...]
Okavango Odyssey Day 2: Two-Shoe Island to Ellie Island (8km N of Jedibe)
Day 2 was a long hot trudge through a narrow maze of papyrus rafts, small lagoons and dense reed beds. We departed from what we named “Two Shoe Island” (we found two abandoned shoes from local fisherman on the island) at about 9am. We had to wait for the hippos that were very active the [...]
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Pygmy Hippo tragedy strikes South Africa
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Kruger impala killer banned for five years!
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Hope for the Future: a scary split-up and the completion of stage one
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Stuck in the Okavango Delta in a mini-skirt
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Sunburn: Casablanca to Joburg!
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Sunburn: Casablanca to Joburg!
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Mountain gorilla habitat under siege in DR Congo
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Video highlights: Cheetah cub birth
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Stuck in the Okavango Delta in a mini-skirt
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Hope for the Future: a scary split-up and the completion of stage one
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Judy Beyer: Please keep up with these blogs ... I laughed and ...
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Jane Joe: What a special experience- all looks so warm and c...
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Raymahuya0: I envy your lifestyle but I understand what hazard...
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Africanheart: I hope the rangers, park patrols, the Gorilla Doct...
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Kate: Very inspiring guys! Great work!...
