1997 - Namibia and Botswana
My 1997 trip to Namibia and Botswana was the first of my 'on-the-wilder-side of the fence' style holidays - my first to be spent entirely under canvas - in the South-West African bush.
Booked through TravelBag I was travelling with NAWA Safaris - a small specialist Namibian tour company dedicated to giving me a more 'interesting' holiday. Our guides were ex Namibian Army!!!.
I flew to Windhoek - the capital of Namibia and then loaded my kit, with 7 other adventurous travellers, into two Land Rovers.
We the took in a route up into the Okavango Delta, where we transferred to 'Mokorro' canoes for a further 40Km journey up to the very northern part of the Delta.
After spending 4 days in the Delta, enjoying game walks (quite fun when you get VERY close to a large Elephant!) and nicely cooked meals, courtesy of our guides, plus a 'bush shower' we then travelled into Namibia, to the North West coast and the Etosha National Park, where we spent 7 days and nights exploring the waterholes and salt pans.
Along the way I even saw a Total Lunar Eclipse (see the Astronomy section).
Great fun, very tiring, but a superb way to see Africa's wildlife up close!
Booked through TravelBag I was travelling with NAWA Safaris - a small specialist Namibian tour company dedicated to giving me a more 'interesting' holiday. Our guides were ex Namibian Army!!!.
I flew to Windhoek - the capital of Namibia and then loaded my kit, with 7 other adventurous travellers, into two Land Rovers.
We the took in a route up into the Okavango Delta, where we transferred to 'Mokorro' canoes for a further 40Km journey up to the very northern part of the Delta.
After spending 4 days in the Delta, enjoying game walks (quite fun when you get VERY close to a large Elephant!) and nicely cooked meals, courtesy of our guides, plus a 'bush shower' we then travelled into Namibia, to the North West coast and the Etosha National Park, where we spent 7 days and nights exploring the waterholes and salt pans.
Along the way I even saw a Total Lunar Eclipse (see the Astronomy section).
Great fun, very tiring, but a superb way to see Africa's wildlife up close!
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