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JacoBrits   –  
South Africa ZA
Visited: September 2011 Reviewed: Oct 5, 2011

35-50 years of age

Review about Chobe National Park by JacoBrits
Overall rating
3/5

Excellent variety of game and bird species. Habitat is not very diverse. Very rustic camping sites.

JacoBrits   –  
South Africa ZA
Visited: September 2011 Reviewed: Oct 5, 2011

35-50 years of age

Review about Central Kalahari Game Reserve by JacoBrits
Overall rating
3/5

Limited variety of game and bird species. Habitat is not very diverse. Very rustic camping sites.

JacoBrits   –  
South Africa ZA
Visited: September 2011 Reviewed: Oct 5, 2011

35-50 years of age

Into the Water
Overall rating
3/5

Our Safari was a self-drive expedition covering a total distance of 3200km. It commenced in Johannesburg, South Africa taking us past Modimolle, Vaalwater, Lephalale, Mahalapye, Palapye, Serowe, Orapa, Maun, Moremi, Savuti, Kasane, Victoria Falls, Nata, Francistown, Selebi-Phikwe, Zanzibar, Tolwe, Baltimore, Marken, Vaalwater, Modimole and back to Johannesburg.

Our approach to Moremi started in Maun which is a reasonably sized town with most of the amenities you could need. There are a number of supermarkets, restaurants, airport, etc. Moremi do not have any such facilities so one must stock up in Maun.

Making a late start from our accommodation in Maun we headed north to Moremi, Xakanaxa where we would be camping for two nights. The drive to the park, approximately 100km, was easy going on tar at first and then good gravel road for the last 45km to South gate.

Botswana citizens are generally very friendly and help full and we experienced this throughout our visit in the park and country. As a result check in procedures was uneventful, all arrangements had been completed in advance and park entrance fees paid in Maun (no payments are accepted at the gate).

From South gate, we headed north to Xakanaxa. The road heading directly to Xakanaxa was in a reasonable condition and we covered the 42km in about 1.5 hours which left us sufficient time for an afternoon nap before taking a late afternoon game drive.

While the game was more sparse than expected we were very fortunate with a sighting of a large leopard. We made most of the excellent bird watching opportunities and notched up a number of species.

The campsites were excellently placed for privacy and ablution facilities of good standard comparable to national parks in South Africa.

On the second day we took an early morning drive out to 3rd Bridge. Due to the high water levels the route along the water’s edge was closed but an alternative dry route was available. We were able to cross both 4th and 3rd bridge with some good sightings of antelope and bird species.

The afternoon we took a boat trip on the Okavango Delta. Departing at 15:00 we had excellent bird sightings. Game viewing was less successful due to the game being more widely dispersed as a result of the high water levels. The boat trip was however definitely worth the money, one of those must do things when visiting Moremi.

Dominik Visited: May 2006 Reviewed: Oct 3, 2011

About: Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls
Overall rating
3/5

We spent two days in Victoria Falls during a two week safari (going throuhg national parks in Botswana). Of course there we visited beautiful and waterfalls. There was ample possibilities for "entertainment" as well: aerial view of the waterfalls by helicopter or micro-light, bungee jumping, elephant rides and walking with lion cubs. Other attractions are boat cruises on the Zambezi river or barbecue dinners in the evening. Be aware: for all of this you pay high dollars (USD of course).
In a high contrast to this is the situation of the citizens: extreme poverty, extreme inflation, unemployment and hunger crisis.
My travel experience is from 2006, since then the situation got even worse regarding economics and politics. Considering this i would not recommend to travel to Simbabwe.

AlmostPerfect   –  
Italy IT
Visited: January 2011 Reviewed: Oct 2, 2011

35-50 years of age

Review about Waterberg Plateau Park by AlmostPerfect
Overall rating
3/5

The other parks offer more wildlife experiences than the Waterburg Plateau

AlmostPerfect   –  
Italy IT
Visited: January 2011 Reviewed: Oct 2, 2011

35-50 years of age

About: Damaraland
Review about Damaraland by AlmostPerfect
Overall rating
3/5

Damaraland is rather barren and dusty, the wildlife are the illusive Desert Elephant (which we did not see) however, we were the only people staying at our campsite so had all the facilities to ourselves.

arnorab   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: February 2010 Reviewed: Sep 23, 2011

65+ years of age

About: Zimbabwe
Review about Zimbabwe by arnorab
Overall rating
3/5

It all remarkably unspoiled at the moment.

kboaler   –  
Australia AU
Visited: August 2009 Reviewed: Sep 22, 2011

20-35 years of age

About: Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
Review about Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park by kboaler
Overall rating
3/5

Had a brilliant trip!

Zimfreak Visited: October 2010 Reviewed: Sep 21, 2011

Review about Zambezi National Park by Zimfreak
Overall rating
3/5

good riverine habitat

OurDistantJourney   –  
United States US
Visited: June 2008 Reviewed: Sep 21, 2011

35-50 years of age

Review about Lake Mburo National Park by OurDistantJourney
Overall rating
3/5

Although Lake Mburo National Park is one of Uganda’s smallest parks we enjoyed the great lake setting and large populations of impala, zebra and buffalo. The highlight for us was a sunset walking tour with a ranger that allowed us to get closer to the animals.

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