Another day another, game park. On the way there we passed the Tour d’Afrique coming the other way, looking surprisingly chipper considering they were cycling 12,000km from Cairo to Cape Town.
Saw lots of Eland – looks like an impala, but without the stripes on the rear.
The Chobe National Park campsite had a resident warthog, but [...]
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Chobe National Park – Chobe, Botswana
Animals! – Xaxanaka, Botswana
Unpacked the truck and moved all our gear to 4×4’s for our first game drive – 2 nights in the Moremi Game Reserve.
Given the time of year we were very lucky with the 2 hour drive into the improbably named Xaxanaka – we saw giraffe, impala, zebra, elephants, warthogs and baboons. Arriving at the wild [...]
A bit too relaxed – Maun, Botswana
After a short drive we arrived at Maun, were we chose to upgrade to fixed tents. This caused much consternation to one of the group as one of the tents had one less window than all the others. Everyone else sensibly ignored it.
The campsite was attached to a decent hotel with a pool and bar, [...]
San Bushmen – Ghanzi, Botswana
Stayed in a San Bushmen camp near Ghanzi this evening. They took us for a walk to show how they find edible plants – we found some large truffles. During dinner the camp site was invaded by an ostrich, which was all fun and games until it tried to eat the cheese and had to [...]
Zippers – Kanye, Botswana
Crossed info Botswana after a journey uneventful apart from racing a French group from the campsite all day, but this evening was our first wilderness camp just outside Kanye (also known as just pitching up by the side of the road). Expectant Vultures gathered as we set up camp.
Royce: “Only animals I heard all night [...]
