Pans (weather permitting) for a truly unforgettable sunset over what remains of an ancient 6500km2 lake. 300 km / 186 miles driving

Hot weather we like to see the famous salt pans and their flamingos

What a difference a day makes (just like in South Luangwa) - our first night here was interrupted by the various night activities of several species of animals, but last night was quiet, quiet, quiet! I have just woken (6.13) to the sounds of the insects and birds, but nothing bigger than that - in fact I didn't wake at all in the night! The moo...

Left beautiful Chobe and headed south to Nata and the Maghadighadi Salt Pans. Stopped at the flamingo bird sanctuary - thousands of pink flamingoes, but very far in the distance of the great salt pan. Drove on to 'Planet Boabab' - lovely campsite in the middle of nowhere, aptly named for its abundance of mighty Boabab trees. Great African bar an...

Nata was the perfect stop, last year I stayed in very nice hotel, The Nata Logde. It's an expensive place but with a very cheap campsite. There is a nice swimming pool and a cool bar restaurant. I stayed there 3 days before hitting the road again toward Kazane and the Botswana|Zambia border post. I hitchhiked and got a ride pretty quickly. The d...

It was near 1130 that we crossed the border into Botswana. After an uneventful stamping of passports (yes, I am still hoping for a border crossing episode to add to the list of misadventures on this trip) we made a short petrol stop. Here we changed some US dollars into Botswana 'Pula', an even more decorative bank note than the South African Ra...