Day 19 – Namibia/Botswana Safari 2015. Hakusembe to Guma Lagoon (Botswana)

Up bright and early for our next leg of our journey. It seems that most of the Namibians come from this part of Namibia. There are many villages with clinics and schools. More than we have seen in the rest of Namibia.

We cross the border to Botswana in the middle of Mohango Game Park and we are greeted with smiles and jokes by the border officials. No problems with alcohol or fuel.

Roads on the Botswana side are not good. Seems all the pot holes have relocated here..

Road from Etsha 13 to Guma lagoon was quiet a challenge as there was no road just tracks to add to that there was only the odd sign post showing the direction to our destination thank goodness we had got experience in the river beds as it was needed here. We stopped to let one of the lodges vehicles through; they were leading another guest back to the main road, they looked surprised to see Denise driving and asked if she needed help she said we were fine, they said follow the sign posts and when they disappeared look for white stakes as they denote the road. What they did not tell us is that the stakes were under water with only the tips showing, probably just under a metre deep, Denise handled it like a pro and has got her deep sand, big rocks and deep water badges only mud and bad corrugation badges outstanding

Could not wait to down a cold Windhoek lager….

View onto Guma Lagoon

The most important area at Guma Lodge

This is the moon rising and it stayed red for a couple of hours

 The evening was amazing with a beautiful sunset and shortly thereafter the moon rises in the East blood red, quite a sight, my phtographic skills were not up to the occassion, but the memory is, at least for the time being.

Moonrise over the Okavango Swamps