Category: Botswana

The whole campsite, in its entirety, is not much more than the size of our single pitch in Savute Camp in Chobe. I think that there is room for about five or six vehicles here. What a contrast…

Departing from the dock at the splendid Chobe River Lodge this three hour cruise takes us out into the very wide Chobe River, along the border with Namibia and around Sedudu Island.

The clue is in the name. But you only realise it when you get there. A herd of elephants and a lot of sand. Oh, and no fences at all!

Having spent a lovely night being camped on one of only four enormous pitches along the Savute ‘river canal’, we now head further north to Kasane.

The first time I heard of Chobe was as a kid a long time ago. It had the same status as Serengeti or Etosha for me. An unreachable destination somewhere in central Africa.

Chobe, Etosha, Okavango, Kruger, Serengeti – we have all heard of them at some point in our lives. They all have a certain mystique and perhaps even celebrity status. I think Moremi belongs on that list as well…

After an hour of appreciating the countryside at a sedate 80 km/h, and at roughly 150 km from Maun, we saw a vehicle off the road against the game fence, bonnet up and a guy lying under the vehicle…

Maun is a strange place. But in a good way. It is both a small town and a big ‘hub’ for the game park tourism industry. It has two faces…

An all-embracing silence permeates, that actually hurts the ears just a little bit. It is THAT quiet. A welcome breeze stirs up a puff of swirling dust.