Land of the Giants

While in Kasane, we went for a boat cruise on the River Chobe and saw plenty of elephants. They say there are about 30.000 elephants in the Chobe National Park and I guess they must be about right. The land is very dry, so they all come down to the river in the afternoon to drink. Some are even brave enough to cross over to Sedudu Island through the water.
Below are a few of them, including a striped African elephant and a very cute baby giant.The water is so low at the moment - the big ones can actually walk across!

This little one was maybe a few months old, but following his big mother around just fine and oh so cute....!

Cruising Chobe

After our visit to the VicFalls, we went on to Kasane, the gateway to the Chobe National Park.

We spent an afternoon at the pool looking out on the massive river before exploring the waterfront on a boat and coming quite close to the wildlife. There is a lot more water now than last year, making the river look almost like a big lake.

During our cruise, we saw a kindergarten of thirsty elephants coming to the water for a drink.
Crocodiles were lying motionless on the shore.
And a group of hippos was paddling in the sunset.
Isn't this the picture-perfect Africa?!

Where there's Smoke, there's Thunder

This past weekend we drove up to the Victoria Falls with my parents, who are currently visiting from Germany. After a night at Nata Lodge, we continued our journey to see the water masses of the Zambezi River falling over the edge.

On our way, we encountered some elephants on the roadside, passed huge sun-flower fields, spent a lot of time at the border and finally arrived just in time to catch the last hours of light over the glorious waterfalls.

The next morning we walked over the bridge and took some more pictures of the falls, the gorge and the beautiful scenery.
At high water, the falls really give you a good shower and you can't even see the bottom of the gorge, but the sound of the roaring water definitely makes it all very exciting.
I seriously love this place and could visit it over and over again.
Maybe next time I'll go to the Zambian side?

all pictures (except the family pic) taken with my new camera!!!

wo die elefanten spazieren gehen

A little video from our trip to the Okavango Delta. We took a Mokoro to an island where we spent the night and walked with elephants. It was pretty amazing!

Weekend in the Bush

We spent the weekend at the lovely Molema bushcamp in the Tuli block and slept in a perfect little chalet overlooking the Limpopo River under huge trees.

In the afternoon, we went to a hide with a great view of the dam where we spend hours on the comfy chairs, taking naps and watching the game coming to the water.

There was no electricity and phone connection only if you climb the top of a hill but we had the camp almost to ourselves, strolled along the riverbanks, had a delicious braai on the open fire in the evening and breakfast on the deck watching the birds and squirrels around us.

It was a wonderful getaway and on the way out, we saw a herd of elephants having a pool party at a natural spring just near the road.

Have I mentioned that I love Africa? :)