The picture is the deck adjoining the pool area at Nxebega, but each camp had it's special places. At Sandibe, we had a double decker deck off our rondeval. At Savute, there was a nice big deck at the front of our chalet, and also a pretty viewing deck in front of the pool. I think the breezes and the sounds at Nxabega made it my favorite, though.
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 | What to do on those mid-day breaks?   |  | |
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 |  on August 25, 2004 |
Besides napping in your tent/hut/room, there are lovely public areas to while away the hours reading or chatting with other guests. Or just gazing off over the channel (or water holes or other scenic venue for the camp) listening to the birds and animals in a soft breeze. The picture is the deck adjoining the pool area at Nxebega, but each camp had it's special places. At Sandibe, we had a double decker deck off our rondeval. At Savute, there was a nice big deck at the front of our chalet, and also a pretty viewing deck in front of the pool. I think the breezes and the sounds at Nxabega made it my favorite, though. |
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| Have a drink in the lounge | | |
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| on September 5, 2004 |
These open air lounges are soooooo appealing, expecially at night after dinner when you're involved in a good discussion of world affairs, or listening to past adventures of fellow guests. All beverages are included in the cost of your safari -- although I assume if you have SPECIFIC requests for a certain brand there might be an extra charge. We were totally satisfied with the "house" choices. Both Sandibe and Nxabega had their own wine cellars. I wish I'd been able to take night-time pictures that really captured the ambience -- but you'll have to be satisfied with what I have from daytime :-) |
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| The question is often asked... | | |
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| on July 10, 2004 |
What are the bathrooms like! Well, in these comfortable camps, they are likely to exceed your expectations. At Nxabega, the "ensuite" baths are enclosed in a small reed structure, under an extended canvas roof, which is entered from the back flaps (floor to ceiling zipper closure) of your tent. The windows are screened. This one was just big enough for the toilet, a sink, and a stall shower (which was actually bigger than many we've had in 2-3 star French or Italian hotels). The toiletries furnished are really high quality, as well as the linens -- usually big fluffy white towels, as well as full length robes for your use while in camp. |
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| Games to play  | | |
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| on July 10, 2004 |
OK -- I took this partly as a joke, but also to show my "kids" that the silly plastic peg game they played at Cracker Barrel restaurants along Rt 95 as kids had its origin going back hundreds of years. Same principle, once played with rocks and a circle drawn in the sand. This was set up on one of the large "cocktail tables" on Nxabega's main deck. |
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| Camping through Africa | | |
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 |  on April 8, 2004 |
I travelled with Drifters Overland Camping Safaris through Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. I have always enjoyed camping and especially so in Africa with spectacular sunsets and of course close encounters with wildlife. Some campsites were fenced in and gated to keep any dangerous animals on the outside, ensuring a peaceful night's rest. |
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| It's all available | | |
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 |  on July 4, 2004 |
Travel in Botswana is an absolute pleasure, every major town has a shopping centre and you can get everything from womens personals to a new Head Gasket, From raw vegetables to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The police force are active and relentless in their bit to stamp out crime against tourist, the population respect the income that tourism produces and the people will welcome and assist you openly if you respect them,their land and culture. Well you wouldn't realy run this to the fondest memory stage, but most certainly a plesan't one. Just outside frances town on a holiday weekend sunday, one of our parties landrover threw a rear wheel bearing, and caused severe damage to the axle. we thought of all sorts, cannibalising Nick's trailer, leaving his car behind and distributing the passengers and his trailer amongst the two remaining vehicles, see, I don't leave anyone behind, we keep going forward. the women however insisted we phoned a second hand parts yard they found in a phone book, to our suprise although the business was closed the owner of the business drove 2 hours to reach us, and then opened his whole place up to allow Nick and I to Strip what we required from an old landy, all this and he wanted nothing more than 120 U$D for his trouble. God bless him, he served us well. |
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| The kingdom of wild animals | | |
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 |  on September 6, 2003 |
In Okavango Delta we saw any kind of wild animals and birds, but we had a special fortune with cats: isn't so usual to se two ceetah very close, a lioness with a tender cub, a group of lions eating a buffalo, another big group (about 15) with some of them eating an elephant; we saw two lionesses hunt against kudu and impala. Let me say: we was really lucky! |
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| Not just land animals | | |
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 |  on April 28, 2003 |
It would be very easy to get totally carried away by the land animals in the Delta especially the predators and elephants. But do spend some time watching out for the birdlife. The variety is amazing and the colours can be spectacular - look out for the Carmine Bee Eater among others. This picture is of a Malachite Kingfisher taken while on a mokoro trip |
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| Red skys and Elephants | | |
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 |  on February 15, 2003 |
You must visit Moremi and Chobe Game Parks. You will see more animals then you can dream of . It is very wild and you need a 4x4 to enter the Park. This is for the adverturist type of people only. If you are afraid of close encounters with wild animals don't come. The rugged beauty of the country and the undeveloped Parks, does it for me. The animals are incredable. When you are here you are in a different world. |
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| Mata-Mata tourist facility | | |
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 |  on October 16, 2007 |
The opening of Mata-Mata and the Sendelingsdrift Tourist Access facility are key to the strategy (of) desert tourism which explores the natural linkage between Kgalagadi and Ai/Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier parks, South Africa's Augrabies Falls National Park and the soon-to-be-declared Sperregebiet National Park in Namibia. Movement between the three southern countries has been made easy.Mata-Mata will enable tourists to travel between the three countries via shorter routes and through efficient and convenient border control facilities. |
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