Africa

  • Africa,  Botswana,  Photography,  Travel

    Mokoro Cruising

    Cruising A Mokoro is traditionally a dug-out canoe made from a single tree. The availability of inexpensive alternatives means that most tour companies use boats made from plastic or fibreglass. The boat is not the important part, the adventure we had is. After travelling from Khama Rhino Sanctuary, we were picked up from our hotel early in the morning and were taken to the edge of Maun city where we waited for a motorboat to be ready for us. The boat was to take us up the river to the Mokoro pickup site. The trip upriver was beautiful. So far we had seen dry yellow grasses but near the river,…

  • Africa,  Botswana,  Photography,  Travel

    Khama Rhino Sanctuary

    We arrived in Johannesburg very early after almost 40 hours of travel. Luckily we were met by our tour guide Stephen, from Expelendor Tours, and his wife Emily. They loaded us up into the van and off we went, to find wild rhino. Our goal for the day was to cross the border into Botswana and reach Khama Rhino Sanctuary where we would have our first game drive to encounter animals before staying on the property for the night. The first animal we ran into were Impala. We soon came to learn that these guys are everywhere. We saw these two, a Tsessebe bull and a female. Finding more antelope,…