Getting out of Gweta to the Ntwetwe Pan was en exercise in frustration, on loading our first destination our Garmin takes us to the town graveyard and when we
finally find a road it is sometimes on the Garmin and sometimes not, which is
not surprising as there are so many roads, in the end I tell Denise who is
driving just as long as we are heading South or South East we are going in the
right direction and sure enough after at least an hour we have
travelled 25kms and are at the pans.
To describe the pans is difficult and our photos do not
capture the splendour of the landscape. The theory is that these are all part
of a huge inland lake and were formed when the rivers Okavango and Limpopo were diverted by a huge shift and fault that cut
off this area from the rivers feeding into it. Travel on these pans is a
pleasure although it is not recommended if they are even slightly wet as is
evidenced by the deep ruts caused by vehicles that have been bogged down in the
black cotton soil.
Upon exiting we also get confused by the many roads, sorry
tracks/paths, heading into the bush, again we follow our travel South mantra
and we eventually arrive at Mmatshoumo and onwards through Orapa, Letlhakane.
Paje and 25kms West of Serowe we arrive at the Rhino sanctuary at 16h30.
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| It is thirsty work |
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| At last we arrive at Ntwetwe Pan |
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| In the middle of the Makgadikgadi Pans |
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| Picture a huge sea |
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| Salama crossing the Pans |
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| What the road looks like before the pans |
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