Border: We had used Pandamatenga to enter Botswana, which is a very small border post and was quick and easy. We left south of Gaborone at Tlokweng, which was also a fast border crossing. VisaThe lady at immigration gave us 3 month without fees. Couldn’t all countries be like that? Toll, Insurancenothing to pay in …
After one of our wheel spacers at the rear axle was worn out and there was no way to repair it, it was necessary to replace this part. No big deal, as we knew the manufacturer in Germany, the replacement was on stock, so we ordered this part in Germany and instructed them, to send …
While stuck in Gaborone, we made an excursion to the Matsieng footprints. An area of rocks with 3 potholes with water were an important site for the San. Thousands of years ago, they engraved mostly footprints into these rocks, but we saw also a snake and the print of a lion. Another excursion took us …
As our spare part hadn’t arrived yet, we had enough time for a detour into the Kalahari. From Gaborone it as a 240km drive to the gate of Khutse Game Reserve, the southern extension of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The last 100 km are on gravel road, which was very sandy in parts and …
From our island in the salt pan, we drove the shortest route to the Khama Rhino Sanctuary. We took a suggested shortcut over a gravel road following a cattle fence, which was a good option saving us many kilometres. Just on the first part from Kukonje Island south we had a couple of riverbed crossings, …
From Nata, we drove into the Bird Sanctuary at the Sua Pan. We knew, that there is no water at this time of the year and therefor there wouldn’t be many birds, but the entrance fee was not very high and we enjoyed the animals we could spot. After our visit to the bird sanctuary …
From Robins Camp in Hwange NP we took the gravel road to the border with Botswana, where we had the easiest border crossing so far at Pandamatenga. You are not allowed to bring meat into Botswana, but we had nothing with us. We only had to put all our shoes, or most of them, into …
As we need to rely on our camper, it needs a lot of maintenance to provide a 100 percent function. This time I did a change of the air filter which is a very easy task. I do carry always spare because the roads are extremely dusty. Changing filter needs not more than 15 minutes, …
