Southern Africa Safari 2017 : Southern Africa Safari 2017 - Planning Phase

One of the time consuming tasks in the trip planning phase is finding the right accommodation on your planned route and not forgetting you have a budget, I have seen prices from R360 per person a night to R14500 per person a night, but I guess you get what you pay for, however I would question justifying the top end and its real value.

In a similar vein have you noticed that on checking out a place to stay and reading the travellers reviews, on Trip Advisor for example, the views expressed vary so widely you wonder if they are reviewing the same place, but perhaps it is about perception and expectation. To illustrate this here are the reviews of one establishment.

Staff not motivated, miserable and unhelpful - vs - Excellent service smiling and helpful staff
Food terrible and totally unacceptable - vs - Superb food
Good price, value for money - vs - Very expensive
Rooms clean and bright - vs - Rooms gloomy

These views expressed over two months January and February 2017, and it is the same place, that's people for you. Warning, in Botswana in particular they use the term "Lodge" which can also mess with your expectations.

Pleased to say we have all our bookings confirmed and when I told Denise (my better half) she said "What are we waiting for lets pack and go"

We have found someone who will baby sit "Snuggles" for the month of August, a couple of ladies who have a couple of African Grey parrots themselves and have been involved in bird rehabilitation so there is a few orphans of other bird species. Snuggles wont mind he speaks most bird languages and if he doesn't he picks it up very quickly.

So we have made good progress and can tick off a couple of key tasks.

We are spending 6 days in the Chobe and Caprivi area of Namibia and thought I would load some photo's of our last trip to Chobe.