Woke up at 6am and enjoyed coffee on the river watching the sunrise. Then it was packing up and heading for Botswana. We had about a 5-hour drive from Runda across the border between Namibia and Botswana. Had lots of advice on how to handle the border crossing and all the challenges of fresh food etc. It was a synch and they charged us less …
Halfway – 11 days to go!!! How time flies when you are having fun!!! Had a slow start to the day and enjoyed our morning coffee on the jetty-watching sunrise. Michaela and I decided a shower was essential. Despite lovely ablution facilities and hot water, the temperature control did not work at all and I jumped in and out of the shower while it went …
Coffee on the deck watching the sunrise over Guma Lagoon is how we started the day. What a magnificent sight. At 8am we headed out by speedboat with our Mokoro “drivers” across the lagoon to Mokoro Island. There we picked up our Mokoro’s and headed out for a tour of the delta. The Mokoro is a traditional boat used in the delta, in the past …
Back for coffee and sunrise on the deck, had to soak up this moment one more time before we headed to Muan. Ready for another road trip, about 5 hours to get to our lodge. This was our R&R from camping and we each have a cottage with its own bathroom and a working shower!!! My only complaint is the insulation. It is winter and we …
Had to muster up the courage to get out of our warm bed this morning to make coffee and then exercise. Did an 8km run and could feel that I have been a bit sedentary in the last few weeks. Oh well I will soon be back training again… We all had breakfast at the lodge and then headed out to buy supplies for our …
After a hot shower and charging all our devices in anticipation of no electricity, we headed to breakfast. There we reviewed the plan for the day and our drive through Moremi Game Reserve. Exciting times ahead. We headed off with all our supplies and ready for 6 nights of camping. We had been receiving conflicting advice about the road conditions and very soon learnt the …
We were up early to watch the sunrise and decided to take our breakfast goodies and gas cooker to the viewing deck. We watched the day begin and the animals awaken. The bird sightings were incredible – the hornbills in particular were active, I have never seen so many running around. Andre stopped by on his rounds and shared his local knowledge and encouraged us …
We were up early; today was the most challenging driving day. A quick coffee and rusk, at 8am we hit the road. We had to cross Mababe depression, Savuti, Ghoha Hills and Chobe Forest Reserve. At Mababe we selected the marsh road versus the sand road, this was decided on advice from Andre and other locals who knew the roads and had travelled them. On …
A slow and lazy start to our day after our long drive. Was good to sleep in, got up around 7:30am and the birds were up!!! We spent the morning lazing around the campsite, sipping coffee, doing a bit of work (had internet at reception and I had a deal to close, made progress on it and getting closer to a YES) and also posted …
An early and windy start, a bit of work email, some coffee and we hit the road for Chobe National Park again. We were at the gate by 8:30am. We had a long day of driving through the park, again had awesome sightings though the morning started off a little slow due to the wind. We had learnt that Chobe has “stretch points”, these are …
