Hwange: the classic African experience

Currently: Reminiscing about last night under the stars watching elephants be elephants Back into Zimbabwe after a curiously long border crossing, we made it to our next destination of Hwange National Park just in time for a sunset safari, the first of three drives in the matter of 18 hours. Our local guide's heritage is …

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Chobe: A hippo here, a buffalo there, elephants everywhere

Currently: Bouncing around in the bus on our way to Hwange National Park after a morning of napping  Botswana, you really know how to welcome people. To cross the border into Botswana, we had to step onto this squishy pad in this nearly empty black bin to clean our shoes. The squishy pad allegedly contained …

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