Category Archives: South Africa & Namibia 2015

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Onguma Tented Camp, Namibia

It’s a 4-5 hour drive to Onguma Tented Camp today from Okonjima Plains Camp. Onguma Tented Camp is situated in front of the Von Lindequist gate of Etosha National Park. It will be ‘home’ for […]

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AfriCat Foundation, Okonjima, Namibia

The tour of the AfriCat foundation centre is the highlight of my stay at Okonjima – driving through the cheetah enclosures to see the different stages of rehabilitation, the female leopard used for education purposes, […]

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Okonjima Plains Camp, Namibia

Home for the next two nights is Okonjima Plains Camp, home of the AfriCat Foundation. Let me start by saying that I’m fully supportive of AfriCat’s mission to conserve the big cat species of Africa. […]

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Windhoek

Today it’s off to Windhoek on a British Airways flight, which proves a conundrum. Check-in at OR Tambo airport is at Terminal B, yet my boarding pass says Gate A00, and the Terminal B check-in […]

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Of Lions, Leopards & Elephants

This morning is the last game drive for my stay at Exeter River Lodge, with our usual 5.30am departure. It hasn’t rained overnight by the look of it, but there are still large puddles on […]

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Lions, Lions and more lions at Exeter River Lodge

I’m up for half an hour at 5.30 am by the time I realise that it’s raining. A delayed departure time of 6 am makes little difference…it’s still raining. But rain is good…every time I’ve […]