Month: November 2026

Left Khama Rhino Sanctuary at 10.00 am for our 3 night stay at Nata Lodge Camping. Road to Francistown good and made good progress.

From Francistown to our stay at Nata was 180 Km’s of road reconstruction, definitely needed but health and safety not in the dictionary, so dangerous, saw one overturned truck. Converting an old dilapidated single lane road to Kasane to dual carriageway. A huge project.Topped up with diesel, our only stop, not as if there was any other place to stop. Arrived at 15.30 in 39 degrees. Checked in and went for a beer in the lodge. Sat around the pool.Grilled steak and salad for dins.

Hot hot but cooling off a bit at 9pm when composing Blog.

Two days now with no driving. 😀🍺

Sunny and max today was 37 degrees

Left Big Fig at 9.30 ish for Botswana border crossing at Martins Drift.

As usual literally miles of trucks waiting to cross the border. Spoke to one guy and he had been a week in the queue. Bizarre.

Crossing took us an hour.

On our way by 10.30 to Palapye where we needed to stock up for the next 4/5 days. Went to “Shopright” , OK supermarket and got most of what we needed including a small mirror for Irene ( make up ) and some Botswana Pula from an ATM.

Then made our way to second night stop at Sergaigai farm Travelled 10 k’s on gravel and sand only to find the farm gate closed and to ring a number which only went to answer phone. UGH. ! So dilemma. One possibility to carry on north to a stop at a camp we have used before or stop at a much closer site that we have used before

Phoned both but no answer so opted for the closer one “Khama Rhino Sanctuary “ a larger and very nice “real bush” site. Lots of birds making a real racket. Not that busy so got a nice pitch easily. Not the best of starts but now listening to all the night sounds under the stars. Cold chicken and salad plus a glass of red of course.

Long day to Nata Bird Sanctuary camp tomorrow A three night stop to relax a bit around their pool.