13.Victoria Falls, Zambia - 6 September to 11 September 2009 After our border crossing into Zambia on Sunday 6 September, we crossed the beautiful Zambezi River over an amazingly massive concrete bridge built about 3 or 4 years ago. Arriving in Livingstone we looked at Maramba River Lodge, but decided to go back to the Waterfront where we had stayed in April last year with Paul and Susan. The Waterfront bar has a magnificent view over the river and having a sund...

12.Caprivi Strip, Namibia - 31 August to 6 September, 2009 We left Tsodilo Hills in Botswana on Monday 31 August after looking at the museum at the Main Camp. W drove to the Namibian border at Muhembo, where we read an advertisement for a new lodge on the Kavango River which flows down from Angola and brings all the water for the Okavango Delta in the rainy season. Having stayed at Ngepi Camp only 5km away last visit, we decided to try this one out. Our campsit...

11.Tsodilo Hills, Botswana - 29 August to 31 August, 2009 After a great night at Roy's Camp, on Saturday 29 August we headed due west across an area still known as Bushmanland and part of the wider Kalahari. We camped at a lodge near the very small settlement of Tsumkwe where we met a German couple in a customised truck who had travelled from Germany through Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, so we found them very interesting, and they also gave u...

10. Opuwo to Epupa Falls and Kunene River, Namibia - 19 August to 29 August 2009 On the way to Epupa Falls, we spent three nights at a fantastic campsite attached to Opuwo Country Hotel. It's on top of a hill with views in every direction. The campsite looks west towards more hills, so the sunsets are beautiful. The bar and restaurant look north over a drop-edge swimming pool with even more spectacular views of the surrounding hills and landscape, and still beau...

9. Etosha NationalPark, Namibia - 13 August to 19 August 2009 The night before Etosha, Wednesday 12 August, we camped at Mondjila, a lodge near Anderrsons Gate, high up on a hill with a view of the surrounding mopane savannah, Each camp site had its little section of watered lawn. A very pleasant place and we met a delightful Italian family. Etosha!! Really lived up to its reputation and we had an amazing time, an unbelievable wildlife experience. On our first ...