Tag: Caprivi Strip

• Kavango River, Dog Pee & Tiger Fishing

  

  Eventually we find the “perfect paradise” I had penciled time in for on the Caprivi leg of the trip. A few kilometres after the Cuito River meets the Cubango River is the best campsite ever

  John N

  March 26, 2022

  Africa, Namibia, Overlanding, Travel Diary

  Bwabwata National Park, Caprivi Strip, Cubango River, Fishing, Kavango River, Mudumu National Park, Tiger Fish, wildlife

• Camping Wild, Mudumu Park & Hippo Units

  

  It is a small compound. In the mid-afternoon, teak trees cast cooling shade on the sleepy inhabitants lounging on the couches and mattresses spread in front of the administration bungalows. We drive up to the most official looking group of shade seekers and chat to a pleasant but bleary eyed man with a beard

  John N

  March 25, 2022

  Africa, Namibia, Overlanding, Travel Diary

  Bwabwata National Park, Caprivi Strip, Hippo, Kwando River, Poppa Falls, Wild Camping

• New Countries, Egrets & Flooded Rivers

  

  We see obvious tyre tracks in the sand and so decide to test the first bridge. The planks plink and plonk but reassuringly there’s no snapping sound nor tearing of metal beneath. The local villagers washing clothes, swimming and fishing nearby don’t even look up at the sight of us so we decide all is…

  John N

  March 24, 2022

  Africa, Namibia, Overlanding, Travel Diary

  Border crossings, Bwabwata National Park, Caprivi Strip, Kavango River, Mohembo, wildlife