ROCK ART OR PRIMARY SCHOOL GRAFFITI?! On the road back to the Caprivi Strip we stopped off to view the Neolithic rock art found at the Tsodilo Hills. The area is a Unesco World Heritage site so we wondered what the paintings would like. The site is known for its' spiritual and cultural importance to the San people of the Kalahari Desert and was made famous by Laurence Van De Post in his book, the Bushmen of the Kalahari. In spite of the academic importance a...

OKOVANGO DELTA Undertaking a safari in the Okovango Delta is usually incredibly expensive. Botswana on the whole caters for the exclusive traveller and works on a policy of 'high income, low impact' tourism. On our budget, a trip into the Moremi Game reserve was impractical, however a cheaper alternative is to enter the Okovango Delta from the north west, known as the Pan Handle. From this area it is possible to pick up a guide or 'poler' who punts you aro...

WALLOWING WITH THE HIPPOS As the road down to Maun (a centre for Botswana's Ockovanga Delta excursions) was flooded and impassable, we decided to drive to the Western Panhandle part of the Okovango Delta via the Caprivi Strip. The Caprivi Strip is a thin strip of land owned by Namibia which separates Angola and Botswana on either side for a thousand kilometres. Whilst Botswana felt more relaxed and professional, Namibia was certainly more ordered. T...

ELEPHANT-ITUS Crossing the border into Botswana was a real culture shock. There were foot and mouth checks, polite border officials, air conditioned rooms, rows of computer screens, all resulting in an incredibly efficient service. We were now heading further towards civilisation and it came as a welcome relief. We left 15 minutes later contemplating why exactly it took us three days behind barbed wire to clear Sudanese customs! Arriving in Kasane we ...