Day 18 - Khwai to Moremi

Drive: 125km + Flight 40 minutes
Accommodation: Moremi Game Lodge

Today we are swapping the tent for a beautiful room, the camp site for a luxury lodge. Today we are going to the Moremi Game Lodge, deep into the Okavango Delta to celebrate our honey moon and Leo's birthday in style.

With our flight to Moremi confirmed at 14.40 at Maun, we were not rushed to start the day.

A good breakfast by the hippos who spent the night just in front of our camp spot and a bit of time packing our bags for the next adventure and we were ready to hit the road.
One more patch of sand, some deep, some corrugated, some a bit smooth, well one last 4x4ing for Fordy to get to Maun.
A busy road with many rangers and lodge staff driving back to the bush.

Making it safe and sound to Maun we had arranged to park our car at the head office of Desert & Delta, the agency related to the lodge.
One last check to make sure we were leaving with nice clothes and an empty fridge and the company dropped us at the airport.
A nice lunch and quick nap later we were ready to board the plane !!

How exciting to hop on this tiny 15 pax chessna for 40 minutes to fly above the Delta! What a treat to see from above all the rivers, water holes and many elephants and hippos in the water. We even flew next to a group of 30+ vultures and eagles enjoying the warm currents.
Until finally we could see our air strip.

Waiting for us, an employee of the lodge in his massive safari car. "We have some lunch for you here or if you want you can head straight for a game drive" " GAME DRIVE OF COURSE!!" we said !
So while our luggage was taken to the lodge, we were dropped by our personal guide for the week, Gwist, who was already in the park with some clients.
In no time, giraffes, zebras, bocks and lilac breasted rollers started showing up.
But it's not until we drove into a pride of lions sleeping that we understood what an amazing trip was awaiting.

And boy were we right. When we arrived, greeted by lovely staff and fresh warm towels, we discovered an incredibly beautiful lodge. All built in wood, thatch and tek and decorated with African artifacts.
Our house, a luxury tented structure, all opened on nature, with beautiful furniture, double showers and a bottle of champagne on ice.
What a dream!

At 7.30 our guide picked us up for dinner, as we are not allowed to walk around alone at night due to the unfenced property.
Joining the massive dinner table with the rest of the 20 guests.
Between the lovely food, great ambiance created by the staff around menus and wine pairing and the fun conversation at the table, that was overall a great first night.Baca lagi