Tag Archives: The great outdoors – Bwabwata National Park, in Namibia’s northern panhandle, is a special place. A campsite in an island of trees surrounded by grassy savannah, rare roan antelope and cheetah sightings, and some very skittish elephants surrounding our vehicle and visiting our campsite. It was perhaps as close to Nature as I’ve ever been.  I didn’t expect a bird sanctuary to become one of my favorite places in all of Southern Africa. But Botswana’s Nata Bird Sanctuary blew away all my expectations. It was beauty personified, and I could have stayed here forever. Surprised? Read on.  Part I: The Plan Kruger National Park. The mother of all parks. Almost 400km long and 160km wide, housing all African mammals, big and small, amid a kaleidoscope of picture-perfect African backdrops. No trip to South Africa, or indeed to SouthernAfrica, could be complete without a visit to Kruger National Park. Naturally, I had to […]  Before you, an African savannah, lined with tall, yellow grasses and dotted with prickly acacia trees. To your left, a river zigzagging through the bush, and off in the distance, a burning red sun beginning to dip below a patchy green hilltop. You adjust the focus on your binoculars and squint a bit more, trying […]  Lately, my blogs have taken on a bit of a preachy tone, as I attest the value and virtues of travel. Well, folks, sorry, but this entry shall be no different. I’m on a roll, here, with these travel lessons, which are, if nothing else, making me more self-aware and appreciative of all that travel has […] |
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