Day 26 Monday 4 May Khwai

Up at 5.00 today,breakfast at 5.30 and the tents down before we left.

Game-viewed until 9.00. Watched baboon mothers climb down a tall tree with their babies. First surprise of the day was a leopard lying on a branch. Watched for a while as it lay sunning itself,, and then it climbed down. Followed it for a while on the ground and achieved some more good sightings.

Zebra and a large family of mongooses.

Morning coffee came as a welcome stop. Ooma's rusks. No

We then abandoned game-viewing as such and set about driving to our next camsite. Bumpy sandy road all the wat to Mababe Village. Looked at the river flowing steadily into the Mababe Depression. The road after that had been graded but after a while it deteriorated into badly destroyed sections and detours into the bush to get around them

Sankuyo Village and then we found a shady tree off the road and stopped for lunch. Very slow afternoon as we were in no hurry to reach our new camp site in the
Kazikini community concession. This new camp was not part of the original booked itinerary but the change has been forced on Okavango Expeditions by heavy local rains and flooding, making the Moremi National Park's closure a certainty.

Arrived in camp late afternoon and unwound, with nobody interested in an evening game drive.

Hot shower water appeared at 6.00 and then we moved across to the fire and a G&T. Cook Kevin gave us his usual description of the evening meal. Soup, followed by kudu stew and then banoffee for dessert. The 2 cooks have been superb on this trip, cooking over an open fire. Dinner was late so got to bed about 10.00.Read more