Nach unserer Rückkehr aus Khwai nutzten wir die nächsten Tage in Maun um unsere Vorräte aufzustocken und eine Buchung für Nxai Pan unter Dach und Fach zu bringen. Die Kommunikation mit Xomae, der verwaltenden Gesellschaft, erwies sich als äusserst zäh – glücklicherweise gelang es uns, unsere unbezahlte Buchungsanfrage für das South Camp in Nxai Pan aufrechtzuerhalten […]
Nach einer längeren Pause, die Gründe dafür erläutern wir an anderer Stelle, zogen wir wieder los. Das erste Ziel unserer Tour, die uns vom Busch ans Meer führen sollte, war die Khwai Concession in Botswana. Die Khwai Concession grenzt unmittelbar an das Moremi Game Reserve und ist Teil des Okavango Deltas. Wir hatten vor, uns
We left Namibia via Gobabis in the direction of Botswana. Our plan was to use Botswana as a transit country to South Africa. We decided to take the Ghanzi, Maun and Gweta route to Nata. From there we followed the road south to Francistown. On the way, we wanted to visit the Khama Rhino Sanctuary,
After we left the CKGR, the road led us first to Maun. There we had our service done at Toyota. We were pleased to see that the best mechanic we had experienced in Africa is still employed by the company. He is now working in the Kasane branch. We stayed two nights at Audi Camp,
Our border crossing at Victoria Falls was quick and easy. We stayed another night in Kasane and refilled our supplies. There we met other travelers again whom we knew from Zimbabwe and Zambia and the next morning we set off to tackle the 700+ km route to CKGR. After an overnight stop at Planet Baobab,
Botswana was only a transit stop for us at this point. We had decided to first travel to Zimbabwe for a month and then explore Zambia. Since we had to pass through Botswana to get to Zimbabwe, we decided to get off in Kasane to pay another visit to the Chobe River Front. This time
The map shows the planned route (pink) and the actual route (cyan) through Botswana. The deviations are based on our short trip to Gaborone before visiting Khutse GR, driving to Joburg to buy the adapter and using another border post to cross into South Africa. Intense experiences in Botswana Botswana fulfilled our wishes and was
The KTP is our last destination in Botswana Our last destination in Botswana led us to the Kalahari again. More precisely to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (short KTP). This park is an amalgamation of two parks from Botswana and South Africa with another access from Namibia.The South African part is subject to very strict behavioral
We are back in CKGR To return to CKGR, we left Nxai Pan with a good feeling in our stomachs and headed back to Rakops. We wanted to fill up with Diesel and prepare for the next six nights in CKGR. Diesel was available again and since we had plenty of organic dried vegetables, we
Potholes with a little coating on the way to Nxai Pan Due to the visit of Toyota in Maun, we were late coming back on the road to Nxai Pan. Of course, we still took the opportunity and stocked up our supplies unplanned. The A3 is a cheek! On a distance of 35 km there
