EcoTraining Week 2 – Rainfall and Stress The second week of our Trails Guide course at EcoTraining was marked by stress, bad mood and partly heavy rainfall. We started this course totally unprepared and already at the beginning of the second week some thunderstorms were unleashed. In form of heavy rainfall and also in interpersonal
EcoTraining Trails Guide Course – dark clouds are gathering Weiterlesen »
Africa on foot – our Trails Guide course begins The EcoTraining ‘Trails Guide course’ was already one of the highlights of our trip during the preparations. To explore the bush on foot twice a day for 28 days promised exciting encounters and a lot of learning content. Being on foot in the bush is a
Buffalo and a climbing elephant at the river front The next morning an enchanting atmosphere awaited us, and we enjoyed the sunrise longer than usual with coffee and tea. On the game drive along the river front, buffalo surprised us in the Bushveld and as a highlight, we saw an elephant trying to climb up
From Kasane to the Chobe River Front After returning from Savuti we first drove to Kasane to fill up with fuel and do some shopping. On the way from town to the ‘Chobe River Front’ something odd happened: Not far from a T-stop heading to the park entrance, we were stopped by a police patrol.
Chobe River Front – 1000 Pula fine and elephants all over Weiterlesen »
Chobe National Park – Savuti Camp Chobe National Park is located in northern Botswana. This is the part of Africa where most of all African elephants live. According to estimates, about 100,000 of Botswana’s approximately 130,000 elephants live in this area. It was the perfect opportunity for us to visit this park before we started
Namibia – a review We were asked to visualize the track of the journey, if possible on a map. We are happy to comply and try to give a short review of our impressions. In Namibia, we were completely free in our decisions, since we had not pre-booked any accommodations/campsites, with two exceptions. If we
Liuwa Plain is still open Zambia was not on our list at that time. We had planned a trip for May to the South Luangwa Park. But then Dan from Mavunje Camp told us that he went to Liuwa Plain National Park in Zambia about 14 days ago. Guido could not believe what Dan said.
Liuwa Plain National Park – Things always seem to happen when you least expect them Weiterlesen »
The Bwabwata National Park extends to just before Kongola and thus reaches an incredible size. The navigable part in this region is called Kwando Core Area and has its most famous area the so-called ‘horseshoe’. It’s a lagoon in the shape of a horseshoe. This lagoon is well-known for the elephants that can be found
Elephants as a Christmas present For Christmas Eve, a visit to Mudumu National Park was on our agenda. Camp Kwando is only about a 10-minute drive from the entrance, and so we set out in the morning, purchased a permit and drove about four hours through the park. The drivable trails are varied and the
Mudumu National Park – has anyone seen elephants? Weiterlesen »
Back in Namibia in Camp Kwando After returning from Botswana – the border crossing was just as quick and easy as toward Botswana – we drove a total of almost 300 km to Camp Kwando on the Kwando River. We had booked ourselves into the lodge for two nights. We spend ourselves some luxury for
