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the Adventures of G & T in AFRICA
Two adventure hungry souls trade in the snowy mountains of Colorado to live in the wild and wonderful country of Botswana for 2 years! Tori will be practicing dermatology at Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone and Garrett will be working remotely to oversee his small business back in Denver. Skippy, their mini aussie will also be along for the ride!
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Crossing the Caprivi Strip to Ngepi Camp
Crossing the Caprivi Strip to Ngepi Camp
The Caprivi isn’t the easiest way to get from Botswana to Namibia, but we had heard so much about it being a unique area of confluence between the big wildlife areas of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. So of course, we had to check it off our bucket list! The border crossing was no sweat but it was a long drive across the Caprivi in a single afternoon (its a skinny strip of land but very…
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Our Thoughts on Chobe National Park
Our Thoughts on Chobe National Park
Because of the repairs needed on the Land Rover our side trip to Vic Falls took up most of the time we had planned to spend in Chobe. However, I wasn’t very bothered by this because Chobe is not my favorite. I’ve only done one river cruise on the Chobe River, but that was enough for me to see how overcrowded this area is.
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To enter Namibia from Kasane, you cross a bridge over the Chobe River and make the long drive across the Caprivi strip. This is the 280 mile long panhandle of Namibia. A strange bit of land sandwiched between Angola, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe created by the random colonial carving up of Africa during the 1800s. They say that the Caprivi strip only exists because the Germans “forgot about Victoria Falls.” Germany (then colonial rulers of German South West Africa, now Namibia) negotiated for this thin strip of land because they thought it would give them access to the Zambezi river which would then give them a passageway to the Indian Ocean. Sadly, they neglected to factor in the 355 ft drop at Victoria Falls….making that an impossible route. Somebody really dropped the ball on this one….
The Caprivi has existed as a culturally isolated area ever since, not truly feeling like a part of any of the surrounding regions. There was even a liberation movement and a civil war in the 90s!
the Zambezi river makes the eastern border of the Caprivi
We made the long drive was across the Caprivi in a single afternoon – the roads were good and we had no issues. Our destination was Ngepi Camp and we made it right at sunset. We enjoyed seeing lots of elephants in the road along the way.
Crossing the Okavango river which creates the western border of the caprivi
To get to Ngepi Camp, you turn off the main road and have to cross the Okavango River – which didn’t pose any challenge because the water was low…..I can imagine this crossing being an issue during some months of the year!
We were in good company with so many other landy lovers 🙂
Ngepi Camp is very well set up. In a beautiful secluded area on the banks of the Okavango. It is definitely a backpacker/overlander haunt. Nice big open areas and various decks for hanging out and mingling. Cool features like a floating caged in swimming apparatus to allow you to safety swim in the croc and hippo filled river! We definitely would have been up for trying the “worlds first hippo and croc cage diving” if it wasn’t winter! They also have mokoros and regular canoes that you can take out on the river.
You can choose to stay in budget campsite or splurge on beautifully decorated river front bungalows and treehouses. Just sitting on your porch you can watch hippos, buffalo, elephants and a variety of antelope in their natural habitat.
garden of eden themed potty
My favorite part about Ngepi is that everything has a theme! Their biggest claim to fame is the 12 different themed ablutions. I was bummed that we didn’t have time to look at all of them but what we did see was awesome. All the ablutions are shared so you can visit anyone that you want. Even the basic ones were awesome. Our campsite shower was made up of tree branches that served as towel holders and then there was a big central platform for the shower. Everything is built into the natural surroundings. It was such a nice break from all the run down and grungy showers and toilets at other campsites.
Ngepi Camp is the kind of place you could spend a few days just relaxing but sadly we had to be on our way after one night!
lots of comfy spaces for relaxing
a great view no matter where you are in the camp
The Caprivi Strip To enter Namibia from Kasane, you cross a bridge over the Chobe River and make the long drive across the Caprivi strip.
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To enter Namibia from Kasane, you cross a bridge over the Chobe River and make the long drive across the Caprivi strip. This is the 280 mile long panhandle of Namibia. A strange bit of land sandwiched between Angola, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe created by the random colonial carving up of Africa during the 1800s. They say that the Caprivi strip only exists because the Germans “forgot about Victoria Falls.” Germany (then colonial rulers of German South West Africa, now Namibia) negotiated for this thin strip of land because they thought it would give them access to the Zambezi river which would then give them a passageway to the Indian Ocean. Sadly, they neglected to factor in the 355 ft drop at Victoria Falls….making that an impossible route. Somebody really dropped the ball on this one….
The Caprivi has existed as a culturally isolated area ever since, not truly feeling like a part of any of the surrounding regions. There was even a liberation movement and a civil war in the 90s!
the Zambezi river makes the eastern border of the Caprivi
We made the long drive was across the Caprivi in a single afternoon – the roads were good and we had no issues. Our destination was Ngepi Camp and we made it right at sunset. We enjoyed seeing lots of elephants in the road along the way.
crossing the okavango
To get to Ngepi Camp, you turn off the main road and have to cross the Okavango River – which didn’t pose any challenge because the water was low…..I can imagine this crossing being an issue during some months of the year!
We were in good company with so many other landy lovers 🙂
Ngepi Camp is very well set up. In a beautiful secluded area on the banks of the Okavango. It is definitely a backpacker/overlander haunt. Nice big open areas and various decks for hanging out and mingling. Cool features like a floating caged in swimming apparatus to allow you to safety swim in the croc and hippo filled river! We definitely would have been up for trying the “worlds first hippo and croc cage diving” if it wasn’t winter! They also have mokoros and regular canoes that you can take out on the river.
You can choose to stay in budget campsite or splurge on beautifully decorated river front bungalows and treehouses. Just sitting on your porch you can watch hippos, buffalo, elephants and a variety of antelope in their natural habitat.
garden of eden themed potty
My favorite part about Ngepi is that everything has a theme! Their biggest claim to fame is the 12 different themed ablutions. I was bummed that we didn’t have time to look at all of them but what we did see was awesome. All the ablutions are shared so you can visit anyone that you want. Even the basic ones were awesome. Our campsite shower was made up of tree branches that served as towel holders and then there was a big central platform for the shower. Everything is built into the natural surroundings. It was such a nice break from all the run down and grungy showers and toilets at other campsites.
Ngepi Camp is the kind of place you could spend a few days just relaxing but sadly we had to be on our way after one night!
lots of comfy spaces for relaxing
a great view no matter where you are in the camp
The Caprivi Strip To enter Namibia from Kasane, you cross a bridge over the Chobe River and make the long drive across the Caprivi strip.
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Botswana Public Service Choir Competition I had the pleasure of attending the Botswana public service choir competitions. Teams from different branches of the government performed different interpretations of the same traditional song while wearing their best Botswana colors.
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skukuza camp
the beach on santa carolina island
Holi One Festival in Gaborone! Although more than a month late for the actual festival of colors in India – it was a great introduction to the bright and happy holiday for the people of Botswana. We spent the day on the waterfront of the Gaborone Dam having color fights, tomato fights, tug of wars, food eating competitions and goofing around with local kids. Fun times! Holi Festival in Botswana Holi One Festival in Gaborone! Although more than a month late for the actual festival of colors in India - it was a great introduction to the bright and happy holiday for the people of Botswana.
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Flying HIGH Flying high on the wings of a magical traveling snail! #Afrikaburn
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Part of our gift to the burn was serving up delicious fresh flipped pancakes with the Pancake Pozzie! #Afrikaburn
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Afrikaburn traditions One of the most iconic events at Afrikaburn! At burning man they burn “the man” but at Afrikaburn we burn “the clan”
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My Gym in Botswana We joined a gym!! Since meeting Garrett I have never seen him formally work out so I was super suprised (and super excited) he wanted to join a…
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Shopping in Gabs Gabs has a bunch of malls but its so weird that they call both inside malls and outside strip shopping centers “malls.” This is Airport Junction Mall that is right next to where I’ve been staying for my first two weeks here.
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Last meal in the USA Last meal in the US…..my favorite hot wings and wedges from BW3s at JFK for breakfast. Had to get in one last hot wing fix!
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Goodbye to my life in Denver Well today was my big departure day! It’s hard being the first one to go and leaving behind these guys!!! See you in 3 weeks!! Xx
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Skippy the ESA Skippy loves his new role as an emotional support animal! But he is still nervous about his upcoming big flight so he wanted to do a test patrol around the airport. How lucky am I to get escorted to my flight by these guys!
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Packing up our lives! Getting closer to the finish line! Feels like we’ve been packing forever and ever! After 4 garage sales….tons of purging on ebay/craigslist and via giving whatever we can to whoever we can – we are about as downsized as we’ll ever be.
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