River crossing to Makgadikgadi Pan The transfer to Khumaga – to the entrance of Makgadikgadi Pan – proved to be smooth. In Rakops, a small town near the Central Kalahari, we were lucky enough to get diesel. That saved us about 120 km of detour. A few hours later we stood on the banks of
Kalahari – we’re coming! Despite a very noisy night in Ghanzi, we were reasonably rested and set off early in the morning, arriving in the CKGR, Central Kalahari after about a two-hour drive through deep sand. Contrary to the predictions in the guidebook, the condition of the road was a dream – if you can
Via Gaborone to Khutse Game Reserve We left the group in Mashatu one day before the official end of the course. We missed a game drive and a common Sundowner in the evening, but we gained time because we had a stopover in Gaborone heading to Khutse and could drive the long leg in two
What happened at all? What is our conclusion? In the 27 days we were in camp we walked 134 hours in the bush. We covered almost 280 km on foot in that time. We had three lion sightings on the walks. In total, we could observe seven different lions during these sightings. Three leopard and
Playfights of young elephant bulls We have often seen young bulls playfully measuring their strength. It is remarkable when you step out of the bush and two young bulls stand in the middle distance and start to fight playfully. The bushwalks in Mashatu offer of course a quite wonderful scenery. The elephant density is very
Getting worse is always possible There is not so much to report, so we summarize weeks 3 and 4 of our ‘Africa on foot’ adventure. The tense situation in the camp has not eased as we would have wished. It has become worse. Many of the year students had to make important phone calls. For
Do you see the Lion? At the end of week 2 in Mashatu we were lucky that one of the Land Cruisers was usable for us. We could explore an area that was new to us on foot, taking the car to a starting point. After the walk, as we were on our way back
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
