Zambia and Botswana. 17th April - 1st May 2004

Index of pages

Itinerary (Word document supplied by Barefoot Safaris)
Animated map (fairly big .jpg file, slow modems be warned)

The trip

Dramatis Personae
Day 0. Lusaka
Day 1. Siavonga.
Day 2. Kariba Dam.
Day 3. The Road to Victoria Falls.
Day 4. Victoria Falls.
Day 5. Planet Baobab.
Day 6. Dqãe Qare.
Day 7. "The Bushmen of the Kalahari"
Day 8. Into the Kalahari Game Reserve
Day 9. Piper Pan
Day 10. Piper Pan to Sunday Pan
Day 11. Sunday Pan
Day 12. Return to Planet Baobab
Day 13. Chobe National Park
Day 14. Return to Lusaka

Mwabvi Game Reserve. 2nd May - 19th May 2004


Having become involved with Project African Wilderness, the project to revive the Mwabvi Game Reserve, I spent a further two weeks with Ken in Lilongwe, Malawi, and visiting the Reserve.
Day 15. The Barn Motel.
 Day 16. Lusaka to Lilongwe
Days 17-18. Lilongwe
Day 19. Lilongwe to Mwabvi, first trip
Day 20. Mwabvi, first trip, day 1
Day 21. Mwabvi, first trip, day 2
Days 22 - 26. Lilongwe
Day 27. Lilongwe to Mwabvi, second trip
Day 28. Mwabvi, second trip, day 1
Day 29. Mwabvi, second trip, day 2
Day 30. Mwabvi, second trip, day 3
Days 31-33. Lilongwe and home
 
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Index of Photographs

(High resolution versions of all photographs, and others not included on the web site, are available on request)
Ken 'Barefoot' Smith
Julie 'Blondie'
'Sunshine' Katharine and 'Pirate' Pete
Dave Midgley
A typical first day
A chameleon hitches a ride
Relaxing at Lake Kariba. Clockwise from front: Pete, Kathy, Ken, Julie.
The beach at Lake Kariba
Shop at Siavonga
Women collecting water at Siavonga
Hippos in Lake Kariba
Kariba Dam
Zambezi looking downstream from Kariba Dam
Fish drying. Village near Kariba
Sambu Crocodile farm
Boat on lake Kariba
Dinner at Eagles Rest. Blondie, Ian, Tricia, Sunshine, Pirate, Ken.
Roadside shop, but no hats in Ken's size
Lunch with the locals
An inquisitive vervet monkey
George the White Rhino. Mosi-oa-Tunja zoological park
Impala. Mosi-oa-Tunja zoological park *
Picnic on Rhino walk. Mosi-oa-Tunja zoological park
'The Smoke That Thunders'. The view of the falls from the airport
Musicians at Vic Falls airport
My Tiger Moth
Vic Falls from the air
Vic Falls from the air. The bridge and channel.
Vic Falls from the air. The view upstream.
Musician at Vic Falls
Vic Falls view downstream. The channel and bridge.
Cruise boat Vic Falls
Cloudscape. Zambesi river cruise at Vic Falls
Ken and Blondie on Zambesi river cruise at Vic Falls. Ken sporting new hat.
The crew sing for us. Zambesi river cruise at Vic Falls. (Click for sound)
Foot passangers onto ferry at Kazangula
Sugar cane sellers Kazangula
The Bar at Planet Baobab
Ken's Hut at Planet Baobab
On the road to Kalahari
Dqãe Qare Farm
Ostrich at Dqãe Qare
Chased by Ostrich at Dqãe Qare
The Moon and Venus. Sunset over Dqãe Qare
They dig up roots and tubers . . .
. . . to show us what is edible . . .
. . . and all chomp away happily.
Pete and his GPS at Dqãe Qare
The San kids get the frisbee stuck up a tree
The San kids are more than happy to pose for the camera
Killing an Egyptian Cobra at Dqãe Qare
Breakfast in the Kalahari
Unpacking at Piper Pan
Pitching camp at Piper Pan
The camp at Piper Pan
Blondie removes Kalahari thorns from Ken's feet
Oryx (Gemsbok) at Piper Pan *
Ground Squirrels at Piper Pan
Wildebeest at Piper Pan *
Camping at Piper Pan
Ken cooks Lion skull at Piper Pan
Pirate collecting firewood at Piper Pan
Evening game drive at Piper Pan
Supper at Piper Pan
Lioness lying in road
A lion gives us a baleful glare.
A Secretary Bird *
Pirate & Blondie game drive at Sunday Pan
Springbok at Sunday Pan
Deception Valley
Jackall (diginocs) 3
Ken cooking at Sunday Pan
Washing up Sunday Pan
Sunshine makes sandwiches at Sunday Pan
Lion at Sunday Pan
Lions at Sunday Pan
The Sunday Pan lions wander off.
Blondie makes coffee at Sunday Pan
Filling up Malawi style
Round the fire at Planet Baobab. Ken, Julie, Pete, Kathy, Me
Toro Lodge Safari Camp
Game drive vehicle Toro Lodge
Female kudu at Chobe with cattle egrets and oxpecker on its back
Baboon at Chobe
Elephant at Chobe
Giraffe at Chobe
Vervet monkeys at Chobe
Another elephant at Chobe
Impala at Chobe
Male kudu at Chobe
Mongoose in tree at Chobe
The Barn Motel. Lusaka
Barbeque at the Barn Motel, Lusaka
Doors and beds for sale by the road.
Four doors are loaded onto the Land Rover
Ken with the dogs and the kids at the braii.
The Shire valley
Traditional dancer on the road to Mwabvi
Map of the Mwabvi Game Reserve
Mguru Campsite
Mguru Campsite Faclities
The Game Reserve gate house
Lester & Gracious
Lester's family
The PAW site. Store and car-port
Digging Visitors' House septic tank
Teachers and pupils of Kaloga school
Kaloga School Classroom
Kanyimbi Clinic
Bangula
Nguluwe village
Mr Nguluwe outside his house
Building a village house
Cotton field
Cotton flower
Cotton bud
Cotton
Charlotte at work
Carla in my bedroom
Carla weightlifting
Kenny weightlifting
The crowds turn out to welcome, not me, but President Mulusi
Nchalo Market Place
A Malawian phone box
Picnic shelter Nyala Park
Nyala at Nyala Park
Work progresses on the car-port
The Mwabvi river
Tree destroyed for honey. Mwabvi
Lester under a rock. Mwabvi river.
The camp at the PAW site
Mwabvi staff housing site
Beehive Rock
Lester with coffin at the burial rock.
Lester's family
Gracious' kids
Gracious' wife doing the washing up
Demolition of termite mound
Penny in her new carport
Jen Sonke's house, Bangula
Tobacco auction rooms, Lilongwe
* These photographs were taken with the "diginocs" - the binoculars with built-in digital camera.
 
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