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May 10 Botswana Wildlife - VideosVideos of wildlife from in and around Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana.
March 24 Okavangi River of NewsOkavango River of News Are you planning to visit Ngamiland, Maun or Sedia Riverside hotel? Are you planning a business trip or a safari? If you are looking for stories, photos or videos of the Okavango - visit Okavango River of News and click on the items that interest you. Subscribe when you visit.
Leave a comment on the site and let us know if you thought it was good research or of general interest. Happy surfing. March 08 TakingITglobal A must visit site for students and teachers from around the world. Do yourself a favour and check it out!
Game Flight or Game DriveGame Flight or Game Drive? Let’s assume you have just arrived in Maun, Botswana and you have to plan your activity for the next day. If you have to choose between either doing a game flight or going on a day game drive to Moremi Game Reserve, what should you consider? The game flight only takes about an hour. It leaves you plenty of time during the next day to rest, shop or catch up on some writing or reading. Mainly the participants seem to remember seeing herds of elephant or cape buffalo. Flying in a small Piper Cub is fun and if you are like me, you see the ground as a real life map. On the other hand, a game drive starts early in the morning and is a full day activity. The potential to get close to lions, leopards, elephant, giraffe, hippo, wildebeest and a bounty of bird life are reasonably high. The packed lunch and chance for a short midday rest never disappoint. If getting close to nature in a world renowned game reserve is your idea of fun, then the game drive is for you. If you need a rest and prefer a unique aerial perspective of the Okavango Delta, then go for the game flight.
Gemsbok and Impala in Moremi Game Reserve. Irish Adventurers Visit SediaIrish Adventurers Visit Sedia Jim Quirke, Kimmo Pentalla, Ambruse Blaine, John O'Kelly and Philip McBride - just doing it!When 5 large BMW motorbikes pull up at sundown, it creates a stir of excitement. When it turns out to be 4 Irishmen and and honourary Irishman from Finland, you know the ambiance will bubble with good-natured stories and laughter. Apart from seeing Africa, these men are on a mission. The following is from the website AroundAfrika - "AROUND AFRICA website about charity Bike trip from Dubai across Middle East and Africa is now online. You will be able to follow up how far our Team of 4 Dubai based biker's is progressing from stage to stage." The team flew home from Maun. They will be back in October to complete the last stage of the journey. Visit their site and find out about FSCE - Forum On Street Children - Ethiopia. February 27 85 Ton Hitachi Excavator Comes To Maun85 ton excavator arrives in Maun, Botswana - brought by a vehicle 4.2 metres wide, with 15 axles and 58 tires. It is enroute to Express Quarries in Tali Pan. The quarry is close to the Discovery Metals exploration property in the Kwgebe Hills. The total load weighed over 115 tons and must be the biggest delivery of its king in the history of Northern Botswana. In the video we have employees of the Maun Industrial Park celebrating the arrival of the new machine.
October 12 From: Bird Conservation Newsletter THE TRANS-OKAVANGO TRANSECT | The News is NowPublic.comOkavango Delta Wetlands research trip. The Trans-Okavango Transect is the brainchild of Maun businessman, Lars Elvenes – it is a scientific, data-collecting expedition that traverses the Okavango from Maun to Mohembo. The transect takes 8 days to complete, and was undertaken between the 15th and 23rd of September this year. It is supported by BirdLife Botswana and the Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre (HOORC); BirdLife Botswana was of course responsible for documenting the birdlife in the variety of habitats encountered, while a small team from HOORC monitored water quality, and collected samples of aquatic invertebrates and fish for analysis back at the Centre... From: Bird Conservation Newsletter THE TRANS-OKAVANGO TRANSECT | The News is NowPublic.com September 29 Fish Eagle FishingFish Eagle having a late lunch. The water is so clear, they seldom miss their prey. After this moment, its back to their favourite tree and a quite feed. The high priests of the Okavango Delta are impressive. September 11 Elephants Enjoying the Okavango River, Botswana Elephants crossing the Okavango River, Botswana in mid September, 2007 - upstream from Xaxaba Camp. The high level of flood is making life enjoyable and bountiful for all the animals. May 11 Join Dumela Botswana Today - Interact!Your Personal Invitation:
Dumela Botswana is a brand new social site for people from Botswana, people interested in Botswana or people planning to visit Botswana.
It provides you with over 40 content, community and communication services. Along with allowing you to upload photos, voice and video content about life in Botswana to your individual page, you can post blogs, chat, instant message. Join today by clicking Dumela Botswana and registering – help take Botswana to the World – help bring the World to Botswana. We are the site! April 07 Okavango Delta, Botswana - Flooding Big TimeOkavango Delta - Wetlands Getting Wetter Travellers from around the world are following, with growing interest, the strong floods pouring into the Okavango Delta. A post in the Maun, Botswana Blog about the flow rates at Mohembo is creating worldwide interest. Click on the above link to follow the developing story. What has started as a strong annual flood with flow rates of over 400 cubic metres per second, has spike over 200 cubes in just 10 days. Kasane is experiencing wide ranging flooding as we speak and it is very possible a similiar situation is developing in the Okavango Delta. A new flow rate chart will be out after April 20th - chart is there!. February 26 It's a Lion's Life
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Do you ever have one of those days when you just wish you could roar like a lion. What a way to get all that stress out of your system - 3 or 4 good roars, then maybe find some shade to have a good rest - wait for your pride to kill some prey and see what the night brings. Ah, to be king of the jungle! Of course if the night brings hyenas, maybe we have some problems... January 18 Afro Trek BlogBurstBlogBurst has just accepted Afro Trek Safari into their syndication. Wonderful news to start the New Year. More people from around the world will share the wonders of the Okavango Delta and destination areas like Moremi Game Reserve and the Tsodilo Hills. BlogBurst is described below, in their own words:January 13 Maun ContrastsThere is little doubt that Maun is growing quickly. Commercial and home construction continue to accelerate. Some times it is easy to miss individual failures.The picture above represents broken dreams. Day by day the termites prosper and often donkeys rest inside - seeking shelter from the sun. The doors are gone and the windows are broken - the initial dream has been overtaken by termite castles.January 02 Moremi Game ReserveFrom 'The Travel Net' website, "David Young blogs from a country that is unique in the African tourism industry - Botswana. See his blog Afro Trek Safari.The proportion of people that visit Botswana is still quite small and so the country remains relatively untouched - vast tracks of uninhabited land are given over to road less savanna and viewing the wildlife is by way of four wheel drive. Here the Kalahari meets the Okavango Delta and beneath an indigo-blue African sky the wildlife roams freely within and without the game preserve boundaries. One third of the country is national parkland.In the following post David visits Moremi Game Reserve, one of the two well known refuges of the Okavango delta the other being Chobe National Park. David’s story unfolds much as it would on any four wheel safari..."Continue reading ‘A Four Wheel Drive Safari in Botswana - Maun to Moremi Game Reserve’ |
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