Botswana - Mbiromba

An early start this morning because we had to cross the border and make our way to our campsite in Seronga in Botswana. 

The drive didn’t start so well as about 10min down the road the truck went off the side of the road! The road was narrow and had been built up with rocks but looking at it, it was only just wide enough for our large truck. We climbed out carefully whilst the truck was at a 25-30º angle being careful not to tip the balance and then, with the help of some locals, the boys proceeded to dig the front wheel out. We escaped unscathed. 

For the border crossing we departed Namibia and walked to Botswana... the borders were about 200m apart. Thankfully both borders were relatively free flowing with the Botswanan border control rating as some of the happiest and friendliest customs officers in the world!

A couple more hours down the road close to the river where the ground is considerably sandy... we stopped again... thankfully not quite as dramatic as earlier today - this time we were bogged in the sand! Our trusty driver, Thinkwell, was not having a good day :-)

After lunch on the bank of the Okavango River we boarded two speedboats bound for our campsite. The trip was approximately 1 and 1/2 hours and during that time we saw about 7 crocs and 1 Hippo with her calf... so swimming is out the question! :-)

For the rest of the afternoon we chilled out around our new campsite, Mbiromba.