We decide to get onto the Okawango. And what’s better than doing it in the traditional way? In order to get to the starting point we have to drive along the dried up flood plains past donkeys, cows and goats.…
Day 305 – 308: Askiesbos
We stay here for four nights. Two more than planned as our fridge is not usable after a short circuit fire and therefore our car has starting problems too, so they exchange the vehicle which had to be brought from…
Day 304: Tsodilo Hills and two angles
We do a two hours guided walk around the female (the mountains/hills are called “male”, “female” (who is male’s girlfriend) and the “child”. We see a lot of paintings, an old used cave, a former settlement area, weird trees and…
Day 303: Tsodilo Hills
New destination: the world heritage site “Tsodilo Hills”. These are three hills in the absolute flat Kalahari with the biggest being 1410 meters high and therefore it is the biggest mountain in Botswana. (We are on ground level 1005 m.)…
Day 301 & 302: all the way to Maun
It’s sooo cold! Luckily we have some embers left in the yesterday’s fire. But slowly but surely the sun spreads out its warmth. We pack up, organize a new number plate as we lost one the day before. It takes…
Day 300: Botswana, wir kommen!
Heute geht’s los! In die alte Heimat. Ich bin total aufgedreht. Aber erst geht es gute zwei Stunden kerzengerade nach Osten. Die Straße ist gut und immer wieder sind Paviane und Warzenschweine am Wegesrand. So wird’s einem nicht langweilig –…
Day 299: new car, new luck
Today at four we can pick up our rental car for ten days. A double cabin bakkie… We feel ready, adventurous and excited to continue our journey. But first we have to pack up our stuff, buy supplies and have…
Day 298: a relaxed day in Windhoek
As it is Sunday and most of the shops are closed we take the chance to do nothing but relax and eat some more… We deserve it!
Day 297: back in Windhoek
Our tour comes to an end today. We drive back to Windhoek and straight to the camping equipment hire place. There we get locked in due to an open bill of 550 N$ (35€) for the lost mattress which the…
Day 296: Etosha in the morning
Still no action at the waterhole, so we head off soon and shortly after the campsite we see a few female elephants with their kids and two lions. When two male elephants arrive they give out to the lions by…