BOTSWANA TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY | 4x4 Safari Road Trip feat. Victoria Falls

what is mana a country known as one of the best

safari

destinations students abundance of wildlife but there is much more to discover follow us on our 4x4 adventure for the extraordinary Our

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s in Botswana began in the far north when we entered chobe national park coming from From Namibia, instead of taking the paved

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through the park, we decided to embark on the adventure of the route in front of the Choba River, in front of the Chobe River, during one summer, we provided Suarez with the main food for wildlife. In a short period of time, we saw large herds of impala. sea ​​prize game with a very young colt a bar of water resting a shade and a huge group of pelicans hundreds of them shared a small stretch of the river moving and feeding in unison congregating in such large numbers has the benefit of being more protected from predators One of the animals that pray when pelicans swim is the Nile crocodile.

These scaly reptiles are masters at hiding even in shallow waters. However, they can often be seen sunbathing along the river bank. A precaution at sea. The river could be a welcome meal for these crocodiles. Elephants, on the other hand, are not in danger. An important role in the life of many animals. The oxpecker cleaning ticks from anyone walking the trails along the banks of the Toba River can be quite adventurous, as many animals pass through the park while driving. a good idea to look closely at the bushes that way, anything from burbot monkeys to cute lion cubs could hide them, sometimes it could even be a big hippo happily munching on a dried cross watching the sunset cruises on the river, we think this.

It seemed like a splendid idea. The next afternoon we set out on our own and it didn't take us long to find a group of elephants near the water's edge. Shobha National Park is famous for its large number of elephants and the river bank is where they like to gather. Here they can happily feed on juicy bark. It is also a perfect crowd for young elephants play fighting with each other. These two were really trying, which apparently referred to an older elephant. He stepped between the two to stop the fight. It does not worry the young ones much, as they quickly began to fight behind their backs again, and another animal that appreciates the same habitat as the African buffalo and that tends to congregate in large numbers, smaller and therefore more difficult to detect, They are the monitor lizards that live in this ecosystem. but mostly we had come for the hippos that live in the river, suddenly, slowly, all the boats came back and we finished the day, we just arrived at a barber because we were driving towards Victoria Falls and the bureaucracy was a little more intense in This side, there was a bit of chaos, it really felt like I was in Africa, with cars and wooden trucks parked everywhere.

I was trying to find a way to go, but then there were people kind enough to help us find the right place to sign different ones. books and get all the permits I needed and then once you're at the gate it's essentially just a beam that opens and closes so that's the whole border gate but we had to fill out another registration form and almost He stole my tip. from the pen of the guy very interesting border crossing definitely a bit of adventure filter at Victoria Falls the mighty Zambezi River

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into a 1.7 kilometer wide gorge with Victoria Falls not a single waterfall but rather the force of Northumberland At its highest point Victoria Falls is 108 metres, which combined with its ingenuity surprises it as one of the two largest water

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in the world, rivaled only by the Iguazu Falls in South America, all shared between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe, and many people argue that the better the user of On the Zimbabwe side, on the other hand, you can just go and take a dip in the Devil's Pool in the sand, the inside of the forea falls and when we are literally barding here , there is so much delicious water flying, I mean, it is called the Raining Thunder. so that name makes a lot of sense here because we are just wet because the water spray is immense in some spots, considering this is the Trojan season, you can imagine how much rain there would be in the rainy season.

Various viewpoints along the waterfall all offering a different perspective, especially intriguing was the viewpoint on the main course which gave us a rainbow as a bonus, plus there is another great viewpoint offering a view down the gorge , this place is only suitable for people without vertigo. As you are directly on the edge of the cliff looking out over the turbulent and amazing river, we decided that the usual crowd level was not enough for us and therefore took a helicopter flight the next morning, it didn't take us long to be in the air in just about a minute the deep gorge of the Sambhaji River came into view, the view from the air is impressive on another level as you can see the entire width of the falls at once, after just 13 minutes and two circles above the falls, we returned, but It was certainly a memorable experience in Botswana, we headed south towards the large salt plumes in the center of the country, along the

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we met several control forest fires that ruined the grass but left the rest of the landscape.

Something like this makes us really angry, but Savannah is such a beautiful country with so much wildlife and beautiful nature and so much ecotourism, but then we drive down the road here and there's literally garbage lying everywhere, it's like a big garbage moment right on the side of the road with glass bottles lying around with a lot of plastic flying around the landscape. It is very disappointing to see this and compare it with the beautiful nature around us. We were very happy when we pulled off the road towards the bush shop. It's another trade or It depends, there were more than a hundred kilometers of sand and dust between us and our destination, Kudu Island.

In several hours of driving we met a total of two other police officers in front of the wild nature we arrived at. The African landscape in this part of Botswana is very flat and mostly grassy with a couple of bushes and trees, he and them of course tall crosses perfect for Steambox to hide just before sunset we reach Kubo Island, which is a rocky outcrop with majestic weeping baobabs on it, these trees are easily a couple of hundred years old, while some specimens have reached an age of more than 2,000 years, they are true survival specialists and store large quantities of water in their trunks.

Our nets come in all shapes and sizes and, in most cases, are quite comical looking. The fruit of the tree is a popular snack among animals Cuckoo Island directly borders a large salt flat in an area generally known as Makgadikgadi beds. We decided we wanted to explore more. We took a route that took us directly through one of them and crossed the salt flats. It is quite easy in the dry season, but extremely dangerous when it rains. Visitors are encouraged to stay on the main path as the ecosystem is quite fragile, not everyone follows the rules, although not many animals can survive in this epic elliptical landscape, which is quite well adapted there is the ostrich, of course, while While many of the tracks are dry and hard, there are some softer parts that are extremely dusty, it's hard to imagine the huge amount of dust flying behind the car and finding its way inside just by walking.

The surface will completely cover the bottom of your legs with dust and dirt at the end of the day, the whole car was foggy and it took us some time to clean it up. After several hours of driving, we arrived at our next destination, which was called Queens Barb Up. The tree bears many signatures of previous

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ers. Not far away you can find the remains of Chapman's barber sleeping, definitely not something for someone to miss. Be afraid of dirt or dust because invariably at some point you will get very dirty and dusty as you go. I can say that climbing next to the car after having gone through extremely sandy and extremely dusty roads only leads to the fact that you are actually covered in dirt from top to bottom, but at the end of the day or rather at the beginning of the day if you can reach places and enjoying these types of views, it is all worth it, although it is difficult to find animals in most of the landscape, as soon as one approaches the water, the possibilities increase near a water hole.

We camped in this group. of elephants that made good use of the wet nut, although these mud lumps are not as effective in covering their skin as dust, these elephants continued patiently in this part of Botswana, temperatures can easily rise to over 40 degrees Celsius, which is quite difficult to manage without air conditioning after all these dry landscapes. We were very happy to reach the Okavango Delta. It is a great purchase for the trail system that feeds through the Marae Me Game Reserve with plenty of exploring opportunities. The game reserve covers much of the east. side of the Okavango Delta and combines a permanent water source with drier areas.

Marais me is one of the top

safari

destinations in Botswana and it's easy to see why the wildlife diversity is immense. Many species are easy to observe without a professional. The reserve is also ideal for the adventurous traveler as it is only accessible from the old house. There are many deep sand trails that can offer a queue. I lied, there are certainly several small bridges along the way. These preachers are built from unsecured Levani trees. trunks that move freely when you cross them our favorite place was the third bridge where access to the mine was combined with the prize crossing when we were on the Caprivi s

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we bought a traditional instrument called a hippo necklace and this is a very simple tool , just wood on the outside, cowhide on top and a bamboo stick in the middle, but the real magic happens if you put some water in your hand and then rub the bamboo stick because this imitates the sound of a hippopotamus that is happy as he has done it.

I found a nice, sweet cross and the effect of this is that the hippos in the water are reacting to it, they are getting closer to the shore and they have been getting much closer to us at first they were on both sides of this little lake or this small lagoon, but now they are right in front of us wanting the fresh cross, it is very fun to use the hippo caller it brought us many good results, almost all the water holes in each small stream are inhabited by hippos in the Okavango delta, the Most of the day they remain below the surface of the water with only a little of their heads showing, hippos tend to live in groups, sometimes with up to 40 or 50 individuals, an adult hippo is a fairly large animal that easily weighs a ton and a half, territorial fights between males are not uncommon since the deep scars on this hip whose back showed the teeth can easily reach lengths of 50 centimeters.

They are frequently shown during their characteristic yawns which are quite a sight to observe just like other animals, they are very happy to use the oxpecker. service with all of these streams it is always a good idea to check the water depth before crossing them on longer stretches, they are often difficult to touch but walking through them is not recommended, sometimes the only option is to hope it is not as deep as it seems that if something goes wrong there will surely be someone eagerly waiting for a snack while Moremi offers many wet and flooded areas it also hosts some forests with enough time and patience there is a good chance of spotting some very small forest trellises and how to spot an obstacle Eleven Mongoose families have up to 30 animals and can usually be seen foraging for insects on the forest floor.

At least one animal in the group is always perched a little higher to skin the area for predators. A close relative of the dwarf mongoose is the slender yo. goose, some are forest areas that show it has been a long dry season with foliage that looks like autumn. This is without a doubt the wildest campground we have ever been to. The day before there was an elephant standing in our camp right here and I was also walking around the other camps later in the night there was a whole herd of elephants walking just a couple of minutes ago there were two lines walking right in front of us less than 20 meters away, there are hippos calling a hundred meters away and The point is that it is incredibly wild here and a beautiful place between the French Morenae Rossano game/national park was a small area called that arguably offers some of the best scenery around. which is one with a lot of water and three creamsfresh.

This area is a favorite among water bucks. Water bucks are large, hairy AA antelopes that live in herds of Sixth and 30th animals. They have distinctive white fur rings on their rear ends that are useful for guidance when fleeing from predators. . Male water bucks also sport enormous horns which are used in territorial fights, the area is equally popular with large herds of buffalo that come to the river to drink, similarly, many birds, such as the lilac-breasted roller, of settlement, the African long-tailed tricycle, the wattled cranes, the African Hoople, the yellow-billed hornbill. You can see the Boom and Pete Kingfisher, Krystal highlighted in the chorus river with these young elephants swimming in these scorching temperatures.

We could imagine how refreshing this part must be for the young males, it didn't stay peaceful for long, but why? It has also offered no painful surprises when I packed up the Rooftop 10 this morning I walked down the stairs and immediately felt a stabbing pain in my right foot. Turns out I stepped on a very thorny branch and it went straight into my foot, that's not the case. Nice later in the evening, we were also lucky enough to see this night survival ket near our campsite. The next morning we started before dawn and were immediately rewarded by seeing a lioness casually walking across our path.

Shortly after, we encountered our first honey badger. Badgers are typically nocturnal and this one was apparently still hungry while it was actively foraging on the ground. A little later, our day got even better when we came across this male ID and south of Joba National Park. He clearly doesn't like all the thorns, nor did the morning sunlight seem magical as he paraded, although it seems he was still a little tired. Although we drove to Savuti in the center of Java National Park, we didn't see much else because everything was so dry. Then it was time to leave the cable leverage areas into the vast, lonely western Botswana for several hundred kilometres.

We drove through practically uninhabited landscapes, our destination was with all the hours we spent trying, as it is one of the best wild and remote places, they call it Harbor Keven's. There is a north and south entrance to this cave system, with the first being a little easier. To access through free stairs inside the caves we soon find fascinating stalactites and stalagmites. Exploring these caves is only for intrepid travelers. There is no one guarding or registering your entry. In fact, there is no one nearby within a 50 kilometer radius. We were quite alone. these dark caves or maybe not, we are just exploring this cave system, we can really scare the lighting with all the flashlights and then something moved, flew towards us and it turns out that there are thousands of plants hanging from the small cracks above us and They are moving with time.

Sometimes some people fly around, usually they feed during the night, but apparently due to the fact that we are open for you, some of them just smoke and it's quite fascinating just to watch them and they make these little sounds, probably high pitched noises. communicate with each other it is fascinating to ride these small dense horseshoes measure only seven centimeters long and weigh just six grams they prefer to live in caves and groups of hundreds of animals shortly after we also came across the Egyptians The split-faced bats, which are a little more large, they appreciated our presence much less, since many of them began to fly around as we approached, then we decided to explore the caves a little more and searched for more than three hours for the connection between the two entrances.

We tried our best, even crawling through narrow hallways, but to no avail. We have now explored both the north entrance and the south entrance, but we just couldn't find the connection between the two, apparently in the past there was a rope connecting the two, but that is not the case. There was no more and at one point there was a two meter drop so we decided to call it a day and leave with the memories we have rather than get lost somewhere in the cave system, but definitely what a memorable place. A while later we saw a local. football match and soon discovered the border fence with Namibia the track at first seemed fine but soon became horribly sloppy after many kilometers on sandy tracks we thought we could make up some time on the road which didn't work out as planned but swine It offers a wide variety of tracks with poor traction, but if you think that the off-roader stops when the tar road starts, you are wrong, take a look at this road, this is one of the most important roads in the country and it is full of potholes. . which sometimes are 20 to 30 centimeters D took us longer than expected but we still reached our destination in Cedilla Hills, a place with many cool rock paintings, together with our local guide we took the Rhino trail to explore the area of these hills of cultural commerce. and the spiritual meaning for the people of the Sun, those people, the students and the tribe of those people were the key, yes, those people who painted this painting are using hematite choco concrete and Moffat URI and also planner, so here is the zebra, as you can see, it's not all the way down but it was here here's the jackal here's the Coogee and the baby you could and the lines that you see are the lines that show that they were using the fingers to paint are fingers to paint and here's the giraffe as you can see the no neck here the next legs and the chain that is the trap, then here is the stock world Steinbach the baby event and Maha the strange rope and the geometric design the geometric design that we use according to the measurement in specific jobs from Hill English there are a large number of paintings in the area, some are more faded while others are clearly discernible, some were quite easy to recognize while others were more abstract, like this penguin.

Our guide also showed us an old game that is still played today and then we spent one last night. on the Okavango River, which we saw for the first time since the movie, yes, always eager for new adventures, we decided to also cross the Aachen angle in a rickety old Harry. This ferry is the only way to get to the east side of the Okavango in Botswana The state of the wheelhouse didn't necessarily inspire confidence and nor were the life jackets or whatever this type of plastic bottle was useful, but that was just the adventure we had come for to Botswana, at least the engines were working well, so little by little we made our journey.

Crossing the river we reached the other side of the Okavango, ironically once on the other side we couldn't see the river again for 50 kilometers so we turned around and headed back to the ferry on our way south towards the Kalahari. Spend one more night camping in a truly magnificent location. The Kalahari Desert is not limited to a single National Park in Botswana, but covers the entire southern part of the country, a protected area like the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, which it was decided to have one closer to. Look from the beginning, we were lucky enough to see this fun duo.

Overall, this area seems to be a favorite among the YA books of which we saw many. It was the first time we saw a young Steve Mundo who was really small. We proudly present to you, but The steepest bump, take a look at this, the Central Kalahari Game Reserve is a very difficult place dominated by crossing bushes and the occasional pin. Compared to the Okavango Delta, you can't see as many animals, but with a little patience there is a good chance of watching the Springboks congratulate, the Beast bull and the Oryx, especially tend to congregate among the few rooms of water from the park, enthusiastically sharing a drink and the low vegetation also allowed us to look further into the distance, so we saw our first bat-eared foxes, usually mariette foxes.

They feed in pairs looking for food which they locate using their large ears. Surprisingly their diet is eighty to ninety percent insects. Most of the landscapes look quite similar in the park with the exception of this plaque that really stood out, there is a small at our site when we encountered a pack of wild dogs, while dogs are among the most endangered mammals in Africa with only a few thousand left. They are highly skilled predators that hunt in packs of 5 to 15 animals and pursue their prey until they collapse from exhaustion, although they are formidable hunters. They themselves sometimes fall prey to lions when exploring the Kalahari one must be prepared to drive a lot on sandy roads often limit the speed to 30 kilometers per hour going faster could easily end in a catastrophe which we have often been doing while We travel.

We did it and it turns out that from now on we will drive at night. We did it with several hundred kilometers to go. We had no choice but to move on. The only good thing that came out of this ordeal was that we saw a spring here. Funny rabbit jumping like a kangaroo. The last one we finally made it to camp early the next morning. We got back on track driving into the deep southwest of Botswana. The sandy slopes were great fun and the fight from the night before was soon forgotten. The destination was the Tagalog Rd Transfrontier Park, a national park that unites the wilderness of Botswana and South Africa.

The characteristic hazelnuts within the park are red sand 4x4 trails that pass through pristine landscapes along the trails, mainly crossed and with many thorny bushes typical of the Kalahari. There are also a number of tribe hands that are striking is the number of Romans who seem to emerge nobly from a journey and generally lose all their momentum as soon as they reach the edge of the road. Dry land is very popular among crows in African lands. which can often be seen searching for roots, seeds and insects. They have very round faces and bushy tails, making it easy to distinguish them from other Grant inhabitants.

Mia Get. Many consider Mike heads to be one of the cutest animals and it's hard to disagree. Meerkats are always vigilant, continually scanning the sky for predators. After a long day of beautiful soundtracks, we arrive at our camp, where we will be treated to purchasing several horn boots. These birds are very common in southern Africa and live in a variety of habitats. They are curious and tend to Do not be afraid of humans, they are two different subspecies of hornbill and southern Africa, the red-billed hornbill and the yellow-billed wampum, with the letter being the most common.

Hornbills tend to be crowned, chirping during the day, searching for food and the diet consists of anything from insects to fruits and also geckos, the setting sun provided these birds with a beautiful backdrop as they rummaged through the sand and searched for insects and seats, we watched until the sun set and the chattering of birds was replaced by sound. of The Barking geckos, the next day brought us to a South African part of the park where we also saw larger animals, including a female Springbok with her newborn calves. We also caught a glimpse of the famous black-maned Kalahari heights.

We explore the city. for many more hours in the wine box inside, driving along beautiful red sand tracks and thinking to ourselves that this is an underrated treasure of Botswana. The same applies to an area just north of the park called the Kalahari car concession area, this region is just as wild and lonely as the rest of the Kalahari, with beautiful landscapes of open savanna and wide open pants, we knew this would be ours. last night in true nature, so we looked longingly at the sunset, made a nice bonfire, enjoyed our solitude together and watched the millions of people. stones out of our heads the next morning, we packed up the tent on the rooftop and headed back to Botswana civilization.

This was a fabulous

trip

with memories that will last a lifetime. We learned the value of pristine nature, animals that are wild and roam freely in their natural habitats. To live perfectly well without human interference, it is worth protecting these habitats so that future generations can marvel at everything our world has to offer.