GHANZI - MAUN 270KM.

Palm Afrique Lodge was a real pleasure  to stay at , great facilities and have chalets and bungalows and the staff were real helpful and friendly. Took us 3 hours up to Maun where we booked in at the Crocodile Safari Camp, just outside of town.

Did a makoro ride and a 5 mile walk in the Okavango Delta in the blazing hot sun, which was a full day affair, saw some Zebras,  Wildebeest and some hippos, kinda lame and the makoro's aren't wood anymore , now made out of fiberglass. 

The following  day I booked campsites for Moremi Park which is a total pain , cause you have to book at four different places for the different  camps, absolute joke how it works. They couldn't  make it more difficult if they tried, very frustrating  and  in April the prices go up 103%, as it is it is expensive ,so can't  see many South Africans going there anymore, but what do I know. 

So booked for 10 days and then went and got groceries and beer, thankfully my fridge keeps the beer real cold and has plenty of space for the food. 

TO 3RD BRIDGE AND BACK TO MAUN !

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Took 7 hours from Maun to 3rd Bridge campsite, 135 km. Saw the normal animals ellie, buffalo, giraffe,hippos and zebras along the knarly road heading heading up there. The campsite has a tap and a braai pit under a tree and the ablutions are very clean with hot water and flushing toilets.

Paid 1642 Pulls for three nights for the parks entry fee (R 2161)   The team conjured up a Salmon salad for supper , where we ate around our small table with two candles, needless to say it was very romantic..

Did a game drive in the morning  but the grass is to tall and some roads are inaccessible due to the water. The actual 3rd Bridge has collapsed and nobody knows when it will be fixed, so it is a huge schlep to go to the other campsit, you have to go all the way back to South gate which is 48km south and then head back north for 3 hours to get to the camp which is 15km from 3rd Bridge !

We only stayed two nights as the shortage of animals and the mutiny by the crew and shortage of petrol, we haeded back to Maun to re - group and get fuel and will then head up to Khwai Community Camp which shows on the map to be two and a half hours away, which is more like five hours away.