Magotho Magic (Part 1)

Magotho camp lies in a very special location - between Moremi Game Reserve and Chobe National Park - two locations renowned for animal sightings due to the presence of water in the winter. This year we were told the waters from Angola were late arriving and that areas of the Okavango Delta were much drier than normal.

We’d had a recommendation from two much more seasoned adventurers (thank you Tobias and Lena!) to check out Magotho, instead of staying within Moremi proper - and it completely exceeded any of our expectations!

Arriving at Magotho, we found an oasis! The campsites were well spaced and new bathrooms meant hot water every day for showers. Couldn’t complain!

Then there were the animals… wow… zebras mere meters from our tents, hippos wallowing in the river, giraffe playing, elephants galore and some very special and very lucky sightings across the next 4 days…

We did the usual morning game drives with some success - zebras and giraffe in the dusty sunrise.

However, we found some very special spots nearer Chobe, where Red Lechwe, Tsessebe and Wildebeast, Waterbuck were up early and ready for their insta moments and a lioness showed just who was boss by marking her territory!

We really had more success in the afternoon drives and some of these moments will stay with us forever… see Part 2!Read more