Magkadigkadi Camp Maun

Sepupa to Maun


320ks


The frogs are so loud i think that i will need ear plugs tonight, I also think that there are elections going on because there is a huge African party next door and some cars have loud speakers screaming out praise 4 the next chief.
Any way i am in Maun, the center for access to the ...

... Respekt einflössend mit ihren Hörnern. Der weitere Morgen verging und wir fragten uns schon, wo den die ganzen Elefanten blieben für die der Chobe so bekannt ist. Es dauerte nicht lange, da entdeckten wir einen, zwei, eine ganze Herde, wir konnten sie beobachten beim baden – und auf einmal – kein Ausweg mehr. Überall hatte es Elefanten! Naja, ein spezielles Gefühlt soviel grau anzuschauen. Im letzten Moment fanden wir noch eine Lücke um zu „entfliehen“. Nicht genug ...

... to buy another new tyre to replace one of the spares, which was decidedly worn. We also did the shopping and brought some more meat and plenty of drinks and snacks. Back at the lodge saw us just either chilling out having a drink at the bar, taking photos as there were plenty of new birds and other wildlife to see. A pair of Pearl spotted owls and a rather large rock monitor lizard were in the trees next to where we had pitched ...

... except for the crocodile and hippo infested waters you risk your life to swim in), no toilets (except for the hole you dig), and nothing but you and the animals.

After we were ready for the next days adventures, we had a nice safari family dinner at the bar for Elena's 23rd birthday. It was an amazing feast of chicken, rolls, potatoes, and salad. We were already ready for a break from cooking our own food, and it had not even been a week yet, Uh oh ...

... they are there. We spotted the springboks first (a small type of deer I suppose that springs when moving quickly over the plains). Next was the zebras (there were lots of these everywhere and after the initial excitement we were just as uninterested in them as we were the springboks. We spotted some birds including a vulture feasting on a carcass after the hyenas had run away. Soon enough we were rewarded with the sighting of an elephant. The truck stopped at every animal or group of ...

... next couple of weeks. Though lacking in most of the amenities that Steph was used to at home, it was clean, well designed and well stocked with donated supplies and drugs…a palace compared to most rescue clinics in developing countries. Over the next couple of weeks, with the help of Chad and Cephas, a Zimbabwaen working as the clinic assistant, Steph spayed over 80 dogs, and treated many others. Days were long and the surgeries were very ...

Being poled along by Ellisa in a mokoro (2 people sitting / lying in a dug out canoe), listening to the bird and insect life and reeds being brushed aside for 3 hours, as we headed to an overnight stay 4.5 km away on a island in edge of the 16,000 sq km Okavango Delta. Thank goodness we had a modern mokoro ie a fibreglass one as the wooden ones made out of single sausage tree that takes 80 years to grow but only last 5 - 6 years leak! We had to take everything in ...

... and have been told explicitly that we are not able to venture out alone without a guide because there is a high liklihood of being attacked by a wild animal. Apparently one tourist went for a walk alone and was trampled by buffalo.

We will stay there overnight and return to Maun on Monday. Should be an interesting experience:)

Looking forward to telling more about it when we get back.

Brett and Robin

... we head off to the camp site Third Bridge, so named because First and Second Bridge keep being washed away…in dry conditions! I look onto the map. Third Bridge is situated amongst symbols that look like blue roofs…..

…as a kid I used t o build these cute little paper boats when it really started to rain in Cape Town. I would don my Wellingtons and yellow rain poncho and go out onto the street to watch the paper boats start their wild journey down the ...

Oliver up at 6:15 to go walking but moon still shining bright due to clock change so decided to stay in bed and wait till I heard Sarah and Martin get up. Woke to daylight unsure of the time so just grabbed skipping rope and did a bit of exercise instead of venturing off for a run.



Oliver returned with reports of seeing game... that was until he got closer and realised they were two donkeys. Just like those damn donkey lions Sah, Suze and I saw on the West side. After ...