Hugo and Caro visited Botswana together for the first time in September 2018. See what they were up to below.
Quick stats about Botswana
Land area: 566 730 sq km
Population (2017 est.): 2 214 858
Capital: Gaborone
Monetary unit: Pulas (BWP)
Day 28 – 31: Khwai to Maun
The wind was blowing like crazy again when we woke up, so we were slow to start. By 09:00 we went to the reception to ask about the roads. We wanted to drive back to Maun via the North and [...]
Day 26 -27: Maun to Khwai
We manage to leave Sedia at around 09:00 and made a quick stop at the Shell to buy a bread. From there we headed north to Mababe. As we've come accustomed to the gravel road was horrible with potholes in [...]
Day 24 – 25: Gweta to Maun
The road from Gweta to Maun is all tar, but for the first section to the vet fence it was full of pot holes. We could dodge, most of them, but then suddenly out of nowhere there would be potholes [...]
Day 23: Lekhubu Island to Gweta
Just as we were the first to arrive at the island we were the last to leave as well. We took the road to Gweta which is marked as ‘very bad road’ on Tracks4Africa. That felt like an understatement as [...]
Day 22: Orapa to Lekhubu Island
We left at around 09:00 and set off to Lekhubu Island via Mmatshumo where the island reception is and the tar road ends. The gravel road was fairly bad again, but we made good time and got to the island [...]
Day 21: CKGR to Orapa
We exited CKGR at 09:45 at the Matswere Gate. The road to Rakops were more of the usual bad roads. In Rakops we thought we’d find a shop to restock, but we didn’t really find anything to buy, so we [...]