Pooky and family in Botswana - 1st trip!

[Flutterby]

Ready and waiting.

[Ratel]

I'm coming along for the ride too Pooky.

SO and I visited Botswana in 2015 so I am keen to hear about your experience. I am very sorry to hear that you had to cancel the Okavango Delta part of your trip though.

[pooky]

Hello, pooky!!

Helol Richprins

[pooky]

Ready and waiting.

Glad to have you here Flutterby.

One crack of lightening late yesterday afternoon and no power, no wifi, no anything for the rest of the night and half of today

Back now

[pooky]

I'm coming along for the ride too Pooky.

SO and I visited Botswana in 2015 so I am keen to hear about your experience. I am very sorry to hear that you had to cancel the Okavango Delta part of your trip though.

Hello Ratel Nice to have you on board

[Mel]

Will I be able to find accommodation comparable to SanParks inside Bots parks?

[okie]

Hmm . this is going to be interesting , especially because thinking of going to Etosha again next year , including Caprivi , and maybe even something of Bots thrown in too .

[pooky]

We set up camp at Senyati. There are 2 roads in, one is 4x4, the other 2x4 and for trailers/caravans. This one is less
sandy. Each campsite has its own ablution and wash up area. Needs a little bit of TLC, otherwise nice. There is a bar and deck
on stilts where one can watch the waterhole from. One can also sit under the deck on a level with the elephant , then there is an
under ground hide,where one is very close to the waterhole. This was made by Getaway on a photo shot here.

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Okay a little bit out of order but I am getting there

We spent 3 nights here. We stayed watching the ellies until about 10pm. There was a constant procession of
elephant. In all there must have been about 200 of them.

Just after we got into bed we heard the buffalo arrive, there was one bellow from a calf. SO commented that
a lion must have got that one. At about 1pm we woke up to this almighty noise. It sounded like 2 lions and about 10
hyena fighting. Well when there is only the thin walls of a tent between you and the noise, which sounded right next to
us its quite scary It went on for about an hour. Next morning we tried to see where or what had happened.
There were lots of lion and hyena tracks but nothing else.

[pooky]

Okay sorry some duplication there

[Richprins]

pooky! Practice makes perfect!

I like the bar setup...guess it is not cheap?

Looks like some nice shade too!

Ja, those lions and hyenas make a terrible racket when they start up!