Category: africa

Sorry for stopping so ubruptly on the last post but WiFi here is very spotty and weak at the best of times, so I wanted to post while I could………so let me continue with Chitabe. We spent three nights in camp, meeting some wonderful people. Dining policy, unless you choose otherwise, is to eat at…

We were greeted at the Chitabe airstrip by Tank…….Tank is not a small person………..Tank could play linebacker for most NFL teams, yet he is a guide here at Chitabe and our ride to camp……..scary looking dude, but would find out in minutes that he was a blast……..my nickname + his = HUGETANK………big laughs and off…

Our next stop after leaving Hoanib in Namibia would be Chitabe in Botswana, a relatively short distance, but at least a three stage process no matter how you looked at it, and complicated by the elimination of a key flight by the airline in 2015 due to dwindling passenger numbers. So there was no way…

Jutta and I decided to take the morning off, have a bit of a sleep in, and enjoy some of the comforts of camp. Christiane was leaving this morning, and we will miss her company on the game drives and at dinner. Jutta went over to see the lion tracks between tent #1-2…….Christiane was in…

It was the usual early start for Christiane, Jutta and I, enjoying a quick breakfast before heading out in search of the desert elephant herd. Once again we were not talking about a large number of animals, to the point that each elephant had been named by the guides at camp. Quite a difference from…