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
After stocking up on fresh food in Komatipoort, we drove to the entrance at Crocodile Bridge. We had never been to this part of the Kruger National Park before. We were still in the last week of the South African Christmas vacation, so we were not surprised that the southern camps in particular were still
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,
We spent 111 days in Namibia, 80 days in South Africa, 54 days in Zimbabwe, 25 days in Botswana and 23 days in Zambia. In total we drove 37,899 km with our Donkey through these five countries. The map shows the driven route of this travel section. Donkey facts The average consumption over all routes
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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
