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Category: Mwandi

  • Saturday 2nd February

    Chobe River sunset boat trip booked for 3.30 this afternoon. Chilled all morning around the pool. No game apart from some Zebra in the distance. Identified a few birds around and a lizard. Left for Kasane at 13.00 for our trip on the Chobe. A good and well informed trip. Lots of birds, elephants, hippo and birds. 3 hours in total. Very mixed companions. Half our age. Just made the gate through the Transit Road which closes at 7pm for registration. Totally crap non sensical system. Arrived back at camp at 20.00, not an easy drive in the dark as game all along the roads. Steak and salad again for dinner. Steak and chicken is generally the only option. No hippo in the camp waterhole this evening. Vic Falls tomorrow.

  • Friday 1st February

    Trip through the Chobe Waterfront of the National Park. . 80 km’s along the Chobe river. 6 hour drive. Never seen so many elephants all along the banks. Also herds of buffalo, impala and Zebra. Giraffe dotted about also. Lots of birds to try and identify large and small. Good day out. Arrived back at camp at 3.30. Dunked in the pool and had a drink. Ate in the lodge. Stuffed mushrooms, salad, steak (of course) with nice veg, choc brownie and ice cream. All very yummie. Best food in Botswana so far. Watched the hippos drinking and dunking again, also about 10 Waterbuck passed through. 

  • Thursday 29th February

    Up at 06.00 and watched the Wilderbeest, Zebra etc in a long line walking towards the water. Left Thobolo Lodge at about 8.30 as we wanted to get the solar rooftop panel cable fixed. We snapped it at Nata getting to close to a tree. The solar panel backs up the engine to charge the two batteries that runs the fridge and the camper lighting. Bushlore’s depot in Kazungula which we eventually found. Took them 45 mins and we were on our way. Did some shopping in Kasane then back the way we came to our next camp, Mwandi View. Very nice grassed site. Waterhole and nice little pool. Again we are the only ones here. Low season has some advantages. It’s 8.45 pm and on the deck overlooking the waterhole watching a family of hippo having a dunk and drink. We aren’t even in the National Park yet. Game just everywhere. Site owner booked us a sunset river cruise for Saturday. Chobe Waterfront tomorrow in the park itself.