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Travel Blogs Across Africa and India

Mokoro the Okavango Delta

How to see the Okavango

The Okavango, one of the world’s largest deltas, is “the river that never finds the sea”. A visit to Botswana should include the Okavango.

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Group walking safari in Eswatini

Walking safaris in Eswatini – walk in the wild

Walking safaris in Eswatini is a truly memorable experience. The Kingdom encourages you to explore its parks and nature reserves on foot.

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Prickly African Porcupines

Prickly African Porcupine

If you want to see African porcupine and the elusive honey badger then you need to stay at the wonderful Okonjima Bush Camp.

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African savannah of Etosha

Driving in Etosha

Only 160 km wide but it will take you all day to drive across Etosha. Wildlife include lion, elephant, cheetah, rhino & herds of antelope.

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Dining out in Magical Mkhaya Eswatini

Magical Mkhaya

A visit to Mkhaya, Eswatini, is very memorable; stay in private cottages deep in the bush, track rhino on foot and dine out under the stars.

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Desert rhino tracking in Damaraland

Desert rhino tracking in Damaraland

There is something special about tracking desert rhino in Damaraland, Namibia. A sense of anticipation seeing these rare animals in the wild.

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Guests on a Chobe River safari

Chobe River Safari

A Chobe river safari gives a different perspective of wildlife. Get close up and personal with hippo, fish eagles and elephants.

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Machangulo Beach Lodge view of sea

Machangulo Beach Lodge – peaceful and inspiring

Machangulo Beach Lodge is the perfect place to relax after being on safari in Mozambique and Eswatini. The setting is gloriously stunning.

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Reed Dance in Eswatini

Reed Dance or Umhlanga in Eswatini

The annual Swazi Reed Dance of Umhlanga is a spectacular event; it’s amazing to see how many maidens there are dancing and singing in unison.

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visit a traditional healer in Eswatini

Visit a Sangoma in Eswatini

The sangoma greeted us in a serious manner. He took some snuff, snorted it, coughed and then shook a small purse, it rattled ominously.

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Packing for holiday

Packing made easy for your holiday

To make life a bit easier here are some top packing tips from the Sense Earth team to remove the stress from the start of your holiday.

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Lioness in Mana Pools

The lioness nearly had my bacon in Mana Pools

Mana Pools, Zimbabwe, is an extraordinary place. Here you can see all manner of wildlife interactions – even some unexpected lioness ones.

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suggested reading

AFRICA

Ladies Detection Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
When the Lion Feeds by Wilbur Smith
Book about African Wildlife
House of Stone by Christina Lamb
Sense Africa Five Ways by Jenny Bowen

indiA

Kim by Budyard Kipling
A Passage to India Book
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
India after Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
India's Unending Journey by Mark Tully

recommended travel guides

The Wildlife of Southern Africa by Vincent Carruthers - Travel Blogs

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