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  • Namibia: Kavango and Zambezi Regions (featuring hippos, bee-eaters, and strangler figs).

    After the visit to Etosha National Park, we headed through the Kavango and Zambezi regions of Namibia, which are located in the northeastern part of the country. This region of Namibia is much greener and more densely populated than the south, in part due to the presence of two major permanent rivers: the Kavango and…

  • Namibia: Etosha National Park (Part I: Mammals)

    The next stop on the trip was Etosha National Park, a large (22,270 km2) wildlife reserve located in northern Namibia. Etosha is famous for its astonishing concentration of wildlife, which includes almost all of the iconic African big game animals, including savannah elephants, white & black rhinoceros, giraffes, zebras, gazelles, oryx, wildebeest, lions, leopards, cheetahs,…