Guma Lagoon

Did shopping in Maun to stock up with water, car snacks etc. Bought a local SIM card which took several tries and turns out might not be what we want.
Headed off to our first destination, Guma Lagoon in the Okavango itself. This is a permanent waterhole in the desert, a bit like Yellow Waters in Kakadu. 300 and a bit km and predicted travel time is 5hrs.
The first 200km were not bad. Averaged about 100kmh in the Hi Lux, which unlike the old one is very happy at those speeds.
Then Botswana happened. It has a reputation for having crap roads and it became true. Sealed roads with massive potholes and in some sections no blacktop at all. Well we have the vehicle for it and it was just slow but not a problem.
Then we lost the Google Maps route (no paper map this trip) so I estimated the turnoff. We came to a sign for Guma Lagoon Camp and followed it to a parking area, but nowhere near the camp. Confused.
Ok, I find a camp about 500m away and back track to find the signs to that. Go 12km down a sand track and a local tells us that you can't get to our camp from that camp and we have to go back to where we were.
Ok, we do that and find the sign he said to look for which is the sand track to our camp. More confusing tracks, ask locals who seem to be used to lost white fellas. Long story short, after 18km of sand tracks, indignant cows and one monkey we got there. The Hi Lux earned its keep.
Its very nice here. Shame we have only one night. Cooled off with a couple of Savannah Ciders. They taste better here. Cross the border into Namibia tomorrow. Not looking forward to that.Read more