August 10th

Ready to go further north to Kasane, stop by the reception and the tourist shop to buy the odd present and post cards, and off we go.


50 km north of Nata, we see our first elephant, he is alone and eats by the roadside, and, of course, it is the first one. Lots of pictures taken...











A feature of the Nata to Kasane road is that it is very straight, measured close to 35 km without the slightest bend in the road.








Before Kasane we drive through the Panamatenga Plains, one of the rare places in Botswsana were you can grow things on a large scale.








We finally get to Kasane and there is no room in the campsite I wanted to stay in at the Chobe Safari Lodge. So we search for another one and Ngina is welcoming clean and shady. We book the place for 2 nights and off we go for our first drive in the Chobe National Park before it closes at 6:30 pm (and if we are not out by that time we will then be supper for the lions we are told).

First great view of the Chobe River and its flood plains, and all the animals that go around in that area.