A Morning Boat Crash in Botswana and an Evening in Namibia

(our route for the day, driving from Botswana into Namibia into the bit of land known as the "caprivi strip"

On our last morning at Nxamaseri lodge, we were taken out on one last boat ride to search for some elephants. They apparently can be spotted about 1 hour and 30 minutes away, so we woke up early and were off by 7am. No elephants were to be found however, but the benefit of being up so early was that the birdlife was quite active. We saw flocks of birds swoop up and down and it was quite magical.

From Maun to Nxamaseri: Botswana

Our first official day in Botswana. My first nights sleep wasn’t the most comfortable, I kept waking up to donkey noises and my tent shook whenever the occupant next door moved or climbed down to go to the bathroom … but it was ok. Woke up at 6:45am, and after some breakfast and figuring out how to pack up the tents again (requires a lot of moving around), we set off at 9am for our next camp on the Okavango Delta. Half the vehicles in the camp had already packed up and left by this point, but we weren’t in too much of a rush yet.

We were heading to Nxamaseri island lodge ie. the most expensive accommodation for the trip. Getting there wasn’t too difficult, just had to follow the highway for a while, which was bitumen most of the trip. Apart from a few potholes in some sections, it wasn’t a bad journey and was a good 350km. Stopped for lunch on the side of the road and at close to 3pm we were near the turn off for the island lodge.

A Self-Drive Tour Around Botswana for Mid-Sem Break

Hello Botswana! (And hello to my blog again, it’s been a while ….).

After 7 weeks of uni, several stressful assignments, late nights at library and lots of procrastinating, it was time for the mid-semester break to begin! What is planned? A 10 day self-drive tour around Botswana (and partly Namibia and Zimbabwe) with my dad! After spending a couple of days with him in Johannesburg, we traded in the BMW hire car (BMW cause no Toyota Corollas were available), and caught a flight to Maun, Botswana.