Zimbabwe Archives - Duff's Suitcase /africa/zimbabwe/ Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:19:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Green season in Hwange /green-season-hwange/ /green-season-hwange/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:37:40 +0000 /?p=4773 Travelling to the bush at the tail end of rainy season means you really have to get into birds if you aren’t already. In the dry season in Hwange National Park, many thousands of elephants in huge herds – just part of a population of 75 000 – can be seen, along with herds of […]

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]]> /green-season-hwange/feed/ 0 A Botswana safari in photos /botswana-safari-photos/ /botswana-safari-photos/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:50:00 +0000 /?p=4745 A trip through national parks and wilderness areas of northern Botswana in rainy season: gliding through a channel of the Okavango Delta in a mokoro; flying above the Delta in a small helicopter above rivers and islets, water lily-studded lagoons and marshes full of birds; falling asleep in a canvas tent while lions roared outside; […]

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]]> /botswana-safari-photos/feed/ 2 On safari in Botswana /on-safari-in-botswana/ /on-safari-in-botswana/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:18:43 +0000 /?p=4732 Everything seemed to be in slow motion as we glided through the channel in a fibreglass mokoro like a knife through runny honey. The water lily-dotted water was as silvery, calm and flat as a mirror, reflecting a big sky full of rain clouds. Serenity reigned, and the stillness was punctuated by the cooing of doves […]

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