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Blog 11 - Botswana
Africa is full of surprises and none more than the border crossing between Zambia and Botswana. The border on the Zambian side is full of activity, a hype of activity with a maze of formalities; the locals seem to know their way around the border but to those who don’t it did not seem to make a lot of sense. A stamp at this desk, another at that desk, piece of paper at that one and so on. Steve and Tracey seemed to know their way around but to us it all seemed like an unorganised chaos. After the formalities we boarded a ferry for a short river crossing, being tourist vehicles we were given priority over the trucks and goods carriers; not to the amusement of locals who were unimpressed to see 10 vehicles wanting to cross.
 Oryx |
 Chobe National Park, Botswana |
We arrived at the Botswana border crossing only a couple of hundred metres from the ferry. This was like entering a totally different World. There was no chaos, everything was clearly signed and the process completely painless. After a quick vehicle and shoe dip to stop the spread of foot and mouth disease we were on our way to Kasane and our home for the coming two nights.
We stayed at a campsite just outside of Kasane on the Chobe river . That evening we went on boat cruise up the Chobe River and spotted a plethora of elephants drinking and bathing in the cool waters, hippos wallowed in the near distance while crocs bathed on the rocks taking advantage of the last few rays of sunshine.
 Rock Hyrax |
 Lion |
The following morning we boarded our local game drive vehicle with our local guides and headed into Chobe National Park. Chobe is famous for its elephants...So we were told. However while on our game drive we seemed to spot everything but elephants!!!!!
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