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18.06.2012 - News From HQ

Advanced Rifle Training

The Letaka Safaris guides are once again going through their advanced rifle handling (ARH) drills. This training course which is run under the auspices of Okavango Guiding School is a critical part of qualifying our guides to safely lead guests on walking safaris. All aspects of this training are ba...
18.06.2012 - Grant’s Safari Blog

Wild Images Safari – June 2012

Our Wild Images photographic safari started extremely well partially due to a change in camp to be nearer to the current wild dog den in the Third Bridge area of Moremi Game Reserve. With just a 10 minutes drive from the den we managed to get there every morning before day-break and enjoy the best o...
31.05.2012 - Grant’s Safari Blog

May Northern Highlighs Safari to Moremi and Chobe

Our Northern Highlights safari began in the Xakanaxa region of Moremi Game Reserve. We set out on our first game-drive with the intention of enjoying the wonderful landscapes and checking out what was rumoured to be a new den of the wild dogs. On our way up to the den site we were lucky enough to fi...
23.05.2012 - 2012 Flood

May Flood Update

Well rumors still abound about a massive flood on it's way to Maun but all evidence points to a fairly average flood as can be seen in the graph below. The water levels in this graph are measured at Mike Murray-Hudson's place just outside Maun and are currently the only reliable measurements of Maun...
22.03.2012 - 2012 Flood

The 2012 Okavango Flood

Water discharge at Mohembo After the massive flood levels of 2011 there was much speculation regarding this year’s flood. Many people had predicted that this year’s flood levels would exceed that of last year. In 2011 Moremi Game Reserve received so much water that over 100km of game drive road...