Day 21 – Namibia/Botswana Safari 2015. Guma Lagoon to Maun

Up at 6.30 with the intention of leaving at 8h00.  Mission accomplished as we are such seasoned travellers and packers.

Denise drove this road to hell in and I now have to drive it out, but seriously we have become pretty good 4x4 drivers. There are 2 types of sand on the road white and slightly coarse and off white soft, powdery and slippery and in both cases it was very deep and you cannot loose concentration for a moment and to add to the adventure, water in places is quite deep as well. Would not like to see what its like in the rainy season.

The road to Maun is tarred and there is no doubt in our minds that we prefer a gravel road with bumps and corrugations to tar and pot holes. I should rephrase that tar with canyons in them left, right and centre and across the road. As well as dodging the live stock. 200 k’s of this.

We finally arrive at Maun and search for our accommodation Dolar Lodge in the town, townships, slums and suburbs. When we finally locate the "Lodge" on the main road, the receptionist said the booking agents gave us the wrong map…….understatement.

A word of warning the word lodge is widely used and conjures up a very different perceptionin your mind and never go by their star rating or get taken in with their web site photo-shopped pictures

Tomorrow we will head for Moremi Game Park and hopefully get in as they are privatised and do not seem to allow self drives. Will tackle that tomorrow…..watch this space.

We are getting to the tail end of our journey and as with Africa 2013 we just want to carry on driving.

Our bedroom for two nights, TV did not work, Fan did not work

The swimming pools at Dolar Lodge, photos can be deceiving 

The entrance to Dolar Lodge

That is not a real girrafe 

We decided not to take a chance of ordering dinner and went into Maun town and had dinner at Nando's, which was packed the choice for restaurants is extremely limited, but Nando's was adequate.