Cape Town to Maun, Botswana

We had a nice departure breakfast with our gracious hosts before heading to the airport at 8am. As we left Grety told Siggy she'd see him 'just now.' This, we've learned, is South African for 'in awhile.' Apparently, 'now, now' is now but imminently and 'now' is just happened. Whew! Foreign languages are tricky! 😂Our flight left right on time at 10:30am and landed 2 hours later at the small airport in Maun. Our next flight was scheduled to leave at 2:40 though schedules are flexible depending on timing of previous connecting flights. As we walked through security, we were greeted by our pilot. Now you don't see that everyday! We went from a 40 seater earlier in the day to a whopping 12 seater flight to get to our first safari camp - Belmond's River Khwai Lodge in the Kwhai River concession near the Moremi Game Reserve. Our lodging is beautiful. We met our guide, Sello (the same guide mom and dad had 3.5 years ago when they were here - intentionally) and went out on a game drive and had an ideal first game drive - impalas, red lechwe (water impalas), zebra, elephant, giraffe, lilac breasted rollers (beautiful bird), and the piece de resistance, a mother leopard with her 1 month old baby. Pictures below (with my cell phone) are not nearly as good as with my camera but give a good sense of what we saw.
We had a lovely meal back at the lodge and then relaxed in our room.Read more