Category: Botswana

We had been heading north into the Okavango Delta and Chobe, the parts of Botswana that are world renowned for animals, and we had not been disappointed. In fact, we were beginning to think that a few less elephants would be a bit of a relief having had a couple of close encounters. We drove…

After two relaxing but sweltering days at Kubu Island we packed Henry up and headed back north towards Nata to replenish stocks then carry on up to the Elephant Sands campsite. This campsite seemed to be quite well known amongst the Overlanding community – everyone says there are elephants everywhere and it´s amazing. Given its…

We were back in Botswana after 3 weeks in South Africa. Pretoria had been useful and a complete change of pace for a while but we were glad to be back on the road. We stayed two nights in Gabarone in order to allow ourselves time to book the rest of our Botswana campsites in…

We needed to find the real Botswana before we got bogged down in health issues, Henry issues and the economic woes in the UK affecting our property over there. Life seemed to be closing in on us and I was all too aware that the joy and excitement that our nomadic lives normally provide had…

I first visited Botswana in 2001 and enjoyed everything about it. James and I then spent nearly a month there together in 2018 when it catapulted itself to our favourite country, unexpectedly edging above Namibia. Back then it offered a completely remote experience where we saw almost no towns, roads or traffic in our whole…