At 0800, while eating our porridge, the silence was disturbed by the clattering of helicopters. Sightseeing tours over the falls. USD175 per person for a 15 minute flight. The tours and the noise continue for the entire day, until sunset. An indication of how many tourists there are here and…
Panda Rest Camp. Late yesterday afternoon, Dennis reported that I was sewing a new zip into the Carenex. It is a task I have undertaken twice before, with our previous tent and is something I had been trying to avoid having to do again. However, the zips don’t like the…
Up at 7am again. Leaving South Camp National Park, the only animals we saw were a solitary jackal and, when we were driving through the horrible, deep sand track, several small deer racing in all directions. Half way back down the track to the exit gate, we turned off to…
Apologies, not much excitement today. We are thoroughly enjoying our break from the road for a few days. We did venture out this morning. Detaching the Caranex and leaving it, looking a bit forlorn, but safe, at the campsite. It is a 10 km ride into the centre of Maun.…
Well, it was an interesting night. Outside Poki we could hear elephants stripping the leaves and small branches from the trees all around us. I suppose this is the experience we are paying so handsomely for. Pula 1038 or GBP60. The most expensive campsite we have ever had, and only…
Savuti to Mbabe South Gate. Chobe National Park I didn’t sleep well. I kept lying awake listening for the lions which are supposed to come to the SKL campsite during the night. They didn’t come though. We were up early at 7am and then lions could be heard roaring, not…
On the road by 9.30, we had about 130 kms to travel to the Namibia/Botswana border at Ngoma. Apart from a short 6km stretch, it was all tar seal. The villages en route are all very well kept. Mainly mud brick with immaculate thatched roofs, but some of the larger…
Okacuito River Camp As it was a lot of driving yesterday, we decided we would take it easy today, so this morning we weren’t rushing. After packing up we had a chat with our neighbours, a family group from South Africa. Last night they had said they would give us…
Tsumeb Today we were on tar sealed roads all day. Our first stop was at Tsumeb. A sizeable town. Nicely set out and maintained. Lonely Planet had given the museum a good write up, so we thought we would pay it a visit. The lady in charge was very helpful…
Rock Engravings This morning we planned to visit the rock engravings, close to Kamanjab. Oppi-Koppi Lodge controlled access to the engravings. I had to complete a form, pay $60 for each of us and get an entry key (this needed a further $100 deposit, to ensure we returned it). I…