An absolutely stunning morning after a very cold and windy night. We convened around the fireplace to warm up and have some coffee. Due to insufficient sugar in our supplies we have a savoury breakfast of beans and pap. We were just about off at 9.30am in high spirits and ready for a day in [...]
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Okavango Odyssey Day 10: Sunrise over Chief’s and onwards
Awesome sunrise over Chief’s Early departure shortly afterwards for Xigera. What a day! Over 370 new wetland bird sightings and three lifetime animal interactions. First off, in amongst hundreds of Squacco Heron and African Jacana sightings, we were charged by a young male hippo in shallow water. Very scary when you are stuck in shallow [...]
Day 7, 8 & 9: Stunning island off Chief’s Island used as base for wetland bird survey
Sorry, we have been having problems with our solar panels and power supply. We now seem to be back on track… By 2pm on Day 7 we had managed to find a suitably located island off Chief’s near the channel from which to operate a more detailed assessment of the thousands of wetland birds that [...]
Crossing the Okavango for Wetland Birds
Myself, Giles Trevethick (extreme cyclist that has cycled across Africa and South America), Pieter Hugo (Writer and adventurer), and Chris Boyes (my brother and sea turtle expert based in Zululand) are going to cross the Okavango Delta in three mokoros (dug-out canoes) in support of the lobby to have the Okavango Delta declared a World [...]
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Sunburn: Casablanca to Joburg!
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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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Mountain gorilla habitat under siege in DR Congo
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Hope for the Future: dramatic scenery and ‘the day with the sunrise’
