Kasane, Botswana Chobe gateway -- more pics
2007-08-11, Chobe National Park, Botswana. By: rmalone

Chobe marina lodge

Chobe National Park, more pictures from the boat cruises
2007-08-16, Chobe National Park, Botswana. By: rmalone

Cost about $45 US for three hours, a deal because one sees so much in the late aftenoon plus the sunset is fantastic!

Chobe National Park activities
2007-08-15, kasane, Botswana. By: rmalone

Two types of activities that backpackers may enjoy in Kasane are game drives and game viewing boat cruises. We have done both, and prefer the afternoon boat cruises because the game is coming down to...

Botswana Backpackers camping Chobe Safari Lodge Campsite
2007-08-09, kasane, Botswana. By: rmalone

Pictures from rough but conveniently located Chobe Safari Lodge Campsite, accross the fence from Chobe National Park

Botswana Kasane Computers and other Internet Cafes
2007-08-10, kasane, Botswana. By: rmalone

Two years ago near the end of a two month trip we were glad to get somewhere which had internet access for two reasons. One, a hurricane was bearing down on our place on the coast of Texas,and two, w...

Chobe National Park, warthogs looking in the tent, vervet monkeys and banded mongoose on the prowl
2007-08-08, Kasane, Botswana. By: rmalone

Arrived at the Chobe Safari Lodge with no problems. We had heard that the campground was smaller and found out this is because they are remodeling the dining and bar area for the lodge. They have mo...

Saint Lucia to Shakawe --Friends, Divine Order and Cultural Experiences on way to Ngepi
2007-07-25, Shakawe, Botswana. By: rmalone

Saint Lucia to Joberg and a Reunion of friends! We had a joke when we were traveling with Jerry and Nadxi, think Jerry came up with it: "Is this a game day or travel day?" We found that even w...

Mokalodi
2005-11-09, Gaborone, Botswana. By: jefferson5

On this day I, along with some friends, went to the local game park to eat lunch and see some animals while we were at it. We started the day at 10:00 and started the 15 click drive to the park called...

Transferred...
2006-01-29, Gaborone, Botswana. By: meaghan

I have moved my Pemba Island journal entries to another website: [url]http://megsinpemba.diaryland.com[/url] Its locked so please feel free email me or drop a message on my guestbook to get the...

Leaving Botswana
2005-10-07, Kasane, Botswana. By: rmalone

We really enjoyed Chobe Safari Lodge campground and all the people we met that work in the lodge and at Chobe Marina Lodge. The access to wildlife was very nice and the boat cruises to see the wildli...

Monkeys 2, Campers 0
2005-09-30, Kasane, Botswana. By: rmalone

We continue to be a little too slow to keep the vervet monkeys from occasionally stealing our food, but they are fascinating to watch. Several have a front hand/paw missing...... How it happened,we ca...

CHOBE! Attack of the wild warthogs, monkeys, baboons, and mongoose!!
2005-09-23, Kasane, Botswana. By: rmalone

At the very strong suggestion of Mike and Nick that if we wanted to see game in and from our camp site without renting a car, we should go to Chobe Safari Lodge's campground and put our tent near the ...

David & Kathy
2005-09-23, Botswana, Botswana. By: dmadrigal

We've ended two weeks of safaris in Botswana and Zimbabwe. Getting between camps was in 6 and 8 seater planes landing on dirt strips after the elephants and baboons were chased off the runways. Every ...

Chasing Mongoose
2005-05-28, Kasane, Botswana. By: carnivore

Ive been in Kasane now for a week and staying at Kabelo’s house. He’s a friend of a friend thru Mokolodi and he is letting me pitch my tent in his yard. It’s a dirt lot with an assortment of chicken...

Last Walk thru the Grab & Stab
2005-05-20, Mokolodi Hill, Botswana. By: carnivore

My shelf life at Mokolodi has now expired. These last two weeks have been spent quietly saying my “goodbyes” to friends and especially to the animals in my care. Duma & Letotse, my beloved cheetahs,...

Murder Virgin
2005-05-09, Mokolodi Hill, Botswana. By: carnivore

Until today, I was a murder virgin. Actually, that’s not entirely accurate. I’ve been killing chickens with some regularity to feed our cheetahs. But I’ve been deftly avoiding this day for a long t...

The Creamy Alabaster Master
2005-04-25, Mokolodi Hill, Botswana. By: carnivore

Due to some serious financial mismanagement, Mokolodi Game Reserve has decided to sell off some of our game for a quick infusion of cash. Of course, the reason proffered to the staff for this drastic...

Riding Shotgun
2005-04-12, Okavango Delta, Botswana. By: carnivore

We made our way to the airstrip for our flight back to Maun. While waiting for our pilot to pick us up, I met an old geezer who was pacing anxiously. There was a large chunk of flesh missing from hi...

Lion Porn
2005-04-11, Okavango Delta, Botswana. By: carnivore

Another 5:30am wakeup call. Not a phone call. A guy came to the tent and gave us a shout. The african alarmclock. Today, we went on a walking safari. But the poison in my bloodstream was getting ...

High on African Magic Dust
2005-04-10, Okavango Delta, Botswana. By: carnivore

Woken up by chortling hippos just outside the tent. 5:30am and just in time to catch the sunrise. As I climbed out of bed, I was reminded of my introduction to that cheeky insect. I couldn’t put an...

40th Trip Around the Sun
2005-04-09, Okavango Delta, Botswana. By: carnivore

This morning I took the ‘ol jalopy in for my 40,000 mile tune-up. It's in fine condition, not much maintenance needed. The body is fine, the engine could use a little cardio-vascular conditioning, t...

Flashlights & Butcher Knives
2005-04-08, Maun, Botswana. By: carnivore

Headed back to the Okavango Delta for a special weekend. But this time, instead of the slack & slog, I’m going on the primp & pamper tour, in luxury. Flew from Gaborone (capital of Botswana in the S...

Where the Wild Things Are
2005-04-07, Mokolodi Hill, Botswana. By: carnivore

Over a cup of heavily sugared instant coffee this morning, I got to thinking about where the wild things are here in Africa, when the famous children’s book author, Maurice Sendak, popped into my head...

Bootleggin' Baboons
2005-04-03, Mokolodi Hill, Botswana. By: carnivore

I’ve been dreading this day for a long time. No matter how much you prepare for it because you know its coming, its still tough. Regardless of your efforts to stay emotionally uninvolved, some speci...

Kalahari Krishna
2005-03-25, Kalahari Desert, Botswana. By: carnivore

After getting the alternator fixed, we left Maun and headed back to Gaborone, a 10 hour drive. We drove strait, stopping only once in the Kalahari Desert. The Kalahari is a high ranking member of th...

Strait to the Boozer
2005-03-24, Maun, Botswana. By: carnivore

Another long hot day of waiting. We were anxiously looking for any sign of a plane that might be carrying our precious battery. Nothing. Not even a bird. The worst part of this ordeal was knowing ...

Gameless & Meatless
2005-03-22, Chobe National Park, Botswana. By: carnivore

We were gameless today. Without a vehicle, we couldn’t go see any animals. We were prisoners of our own campsite. Just frittered away the day reading books on mammal identification, learning more t...

The Warden and his Gay Boy Scouts
2005-03-21, Chobe National Park, Botswana. By: carnivore

Our morning game drive wound around several massive kopje’s, the perfect outcropping for a leopard den. This was the animal I was most hoping to see. Pure stealth. Gorgeous, vicious, solitary, recl...

Just by the hair on my Chiny-Chin-Chin
2005-03-20, Chobe National Park, Botswana. By: carnivore

After a coffee, a rock hard stale bisquit, and a bowl of cereal, we broke camp while the fire was still smoldering from the previous night. On our way out at 6:30am, we recognized a guy we had seen t...