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BLNG trip to Okavango, Botswana and Namibia (Mahango Game Reserve and Popa Falls): 18-27 March 2011 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Neithard Graf von Dürckheim   
Monday, 21 November 2011 10:50
Having only joined BirdLife Northern Gauteng at the end of last year, my wife Kathrin and I were thrilled to be accepted for this “trip of a lifetime”, albeit with varying emotions. We wondered if we would “go under” in a large bird club, having done all our previous birding on our own. But, we were pleasantly surprised. The twenty tour participants were briefed on Tuesday 8th March by our leaders and guides Amanda Haggett-Haagner and Adrian Haagner.
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Namibia: Go Just Go! PDF Print E-mail
Written by John and Kathy Fourie   
Wednesday, 15 April 2009 20:15

If you ever want to visit a place that exceeds every overstatement – then visit Namibia!

Late May we decided to go and by mid June we were “oppad”-Friends in Windhoek said the Pretoria to Windhoek trip was “sommer niks”, “jy ry teen 120k, en as jy weer sien is jy daar” Fortunately we left at 4am and a mere 1460 kms later we were at Windhoek-that taught me my first lesson of the Namibian total disregard for Long Distance Travel.

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