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Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts
07 January 2014

32. - 7 Jan.: Hermanus to Cape Town via Boulders Park and Good Hope

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First stop of the day is at the penguins colony of Boulders Park . Home of the small endemic South African penguin. A small animal, not real...
31 December 2013

25. - 31 Dec.: Kruger through Swaziland to S. Lucia

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Again wake up at dawn and the adrenaline starts pumping. Breakfast is devoured faster than usual as we try and get back on to our vehicles a...
30 December 2013

24. - 30 Dec.: Alarms and mating lions at the Kruger National Park

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I wake up just five minutes before 5:30, which is when my alarm was set to go off. I hear this happens to a lot of people. I am always amaz...
29 December 2013

23. - 29 Dec.: Mbahoko Ndebele village to Kruger National Park

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Breakfast and good byes to our Ndebele hosts. Even though this has been a brief and obvously superficial encounter, I will miss the casual...
13 December 2013

7. - 13 Dec.: Schotia Game reserve to Knysna, via Elephant Back Ride Safari

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Get up at the crack of dawn (well almost, it must have been 6:30am) for a quick (wood fire heated) shower in the open, an instant coffee and...
12 December 2013

6. - 12 Dec.: Game drives and walks at Schotia Game Reserve

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This morning our driver is Justin, son of owner of Schotia who is going to take over at some point.  He is very passionate about the reserve...
11 December 2013

5. - 11 Dec.: Lalibela Lodge to Schotia Safari Game Reserve

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Funny how these two private game reserves have names coming from different parts of the world, very far from South Africa. In the morning ...
10 December 2013

4. - 10 Dec.: Game drives and night safari

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In the cold afternoon drizzle we again brave the elements but are rewarded when we meet the resident cheetahs with a recent kill. The mothe...
09 December 2013

3. - 9 Dec.: Lalibela game drives and walks

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Yuan and vehicle Game drives and walks all day. The weather is not our best friend, it is drizzling and rather chilly, unexpected. I hav...
08 December 2013

2. - 8 Dec.: Port Elizabeth to Lalibela and first game drive

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Get up at 8:30 and leisurly breakfast in the terrace of our Bed and Breakfast " Admiralty house ". It's run by a friendly coup...
26 September 2010

Book Review: Land of a Thousand Atolls, by I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt, ***

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When this book was published in 1965 it must have been a ground breaking achievement. Very little was known then of the Maldives and underwa...
22 August 2007

18° g - 22 AGO: Foa, escursione in barca con le balene

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Oggi è il giorno più entusiasmante del viaggio. Usciamo con il catamarano di Glenn, un neozelandese che gestisce varie barche in un diving/w...
15 August 2007

11° g - 15 AGO: Giro in barca per balene

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Ancora una giornata con Karen di Dive Vavau per balene. Oggi il tempo non è bello, il mare è un po’ mosso. Non riusciamo a fare molto come n...
13 August 2007

9° g - 13 AGO: Vava’u – Foe’ata, whale watching

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Uscita finalmente per whale watching. Delle svariate aziende che offrono il servizio, usiamo Dive Vavau . Ci porta in giro Karen con un mari...
30 August 2005

12° g - 30 Ago: Serengeti – lago Natron

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Partenza all’alba anche se in albergo ci fan perdere tempo perché la colazione non è pronta. Qualche bel ghepardo nel parco prima di uscire,...
29 August 2005

11° g - 29 Ago: Lago Vittoria – Serengeti (Lobo)

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Rientriamo nel parco, scarichiamo i bagagli al lodge e ripartiamo per un bel game drive (il “Lobo Circuit”), il paesaggio collinare lo rende...
26 August 2005

8° g - 26 Ago: Serengeti

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Stamattina partiamo prestissimo, prima dell’alba, appena fa chiaro siamo già in strada, e ne vale veramente la pena, per i tanti animali e ...
25 August 2005

7° g - 25 Ago: Ngorongoro – Serengeti

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Lasciamo il lodge sulla cima del cratere e ci fermiamo dopo neanche un’ora all’Olduvai Gorge, dove si visita un piccolo ma interessane museo...
23 August 2005

5° g - 23 Ago: Keratu – Ngorongoro

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Colazione africana (su mia esplicita richiesta, ne vale la pena, con porridge di mais, ottimo). Partenza presto, piccole spese al mercato di...
21 August 2005

3° g - 21 Ago: Arusha – parco Manyara

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Ci vengono a prendere le jeep con i nostri autisti, capeggiati da Israel, un simpatico omone con molta esperienza anche se forse non altrett...