We've just come back from a couple of nights in the Okavango Delta - so writing to you from the same internet cafe that the last blog post was made. Once again adding photos may be difficult - I will see what can be done time permitting.
As has become the norm, we rise either with, or just before sunrise get breakfast and pack down the tent and our sleeping gear for the days travels. For the delta we hopped into an ancient truck on its very last legs and proceeded very slowly across the tarmac and then a sandy dirt road to the edge of the Delta. From there we hopped into Mokoro's (2 to a mokoro and a poler) with our gear, laid back and were poled for a couple of hours until we reached an island which formed our home for the next two nights.
The Delta is swamplike in appearance, we poled through open expanses of water which weren't much bigger than a swimming pool, but most of the time were navigating between reeds which grow from the water base (no deeper than about 2 metres below the surface) to about 50 cm above the surface. All of this makes the area very disorientating, so not only were we very impressed by the skill of the polers to keep the Mokoro from tipping over, but their ability to navigate through the land is highly impressive.
The open expanses of water are littered with lily pads and lily flowers, and very occasionally, tiny little frogs. It really was very photogenic, and many photos have been taken!
Over the last few days we swam in the delta, went on a number of walks where we saw elephants grazing in the wild, zebras, warthogs, a hippo (on a sunset cruise in the delta) and heard a baboon fight! Returning to Maun yesterday, we went on a scenic flight over the land we had just been through. From the air massive elephant herds and herds of buffalo and other animals could be spotted.
Next stop, Vic Falls.
As has become the norm, we rise either with, or just before sunrise get breakfast and pack down the tent and our sleeping gear for the days travels. For the delta we hopped into an ancient truck on its very last legs and proceeded very slowly across the tarmac and then a sandy dirt road to the edge of the Delta. From there we hopped into Mokoro's (2 to a mokoro and a poler) with our gear, laid back and were poled for a couple of hours until we reached an island which formed our home for the next two nights.
The Delta is swamplike in appearance, we poled through open expanses of water which weren't much bigger than a swimming pool, but most of the time were navigating between reeds which grow from the water base (no deeper than about 2 metres below the surface) to about 50 cm above the surface. All of this makes the area very disorientating, so not only were we very impressed by the skill of the polers to keep the Mokoro from tipping over, but their ability to navigate through the land is highly impressive.
The open expanses of water are littered with lily pads and lily flowers, and very occasionally, tiny little frogs. It really was very photogenic, and many photos have been taken!
Over the last few days we swam in the delta, went on a number of walks where we saw elephants grazing in the wild, zebras, warthogs, a hippo (on a sunset cruise in the delta) and heard a baboon fight! Returning to Maun yesterday, we went on a scenic flight over the land we had just been through. From the air massive elephant herds and herds of buffalo and other animals could be spotted.
Next stop, Vic Falls.
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