@@crispinswainstonharrison9042 hi thanks for your question. There are parts of the road that are fine for 2WD - what vehicle are you driving and in which season do you plan to go ?
Name of Lagoon, mentioned as being worth a visit - between South Gate & 3rd Bridge ? Pls Alos thoughts on Audi Camp, Maun. We are doing a Round-Botswana Camping self-drive self-guided self-catering etc in Aug 2025 (early planning) with Start/End Point of Maun, Overnight in Maun pre-vehicle collection, so no kit yet . Ideas / Recommendations ?
Hi forgive the delay we have just returned from Namibia, Angola, Namibia again & then Botswana. the Lagoon is the Xini Lagoon . Audi camp is great - we were there for two days in June. The campsite is well appointed if you want to camp but generally we stay in one of their tents - generally next to the restaurant . Their food is good and well priced for Maun.
Hi Eugene - forgive the reply we just arrived back yesterday from Namibia, Angola, Namibia again and Botswana. you don't book the sites - when you go into the park (assuming you are self-drive and camping) you can nominate a public campsite but there is no formal booking so if you change your mind you can go elsewhere. we would really recommend entering the park in the North and making your way down. Pls let me know if you need more info - I do have a map somewhere
Thank you for this. Does this apply to the full of Botswana? I’m not someone that likes to plan when I am on an adventure. So pre booking will not work for me. So you saying I can just cross the border and explore and find camp site . That’s great. 🙏
Hi. If you are going via Maun there are the offices for Xomae group and Kwalate Safaris in Maun (one of them is in the same centre as the OLD Woolies upstairs from FNB & the other is in the shopping centre across the road) or you can hit the Xomae group website - or the Kwalate Safaris website . www.xomaesites.com/ onty@xomaecamps.co.bw Third Bridge Moremi, Bains and Nxai Pans South Camp www.kwalatesafaris.com/ kwalatesafari@gmail.com Xakanaxa, South Gate Moremi & Ihaha We have always booked for Moremi and Chobe and also Bains at Nxai Pans. This year we were going to wing it but see below. When I was booking at the Savuti Khwai Linyanti Office early in June 2024 (at the Chobe gate couple of kms outside of Kasane) for camping in Linyanti the lady behind me said that the park wanted to see her camping voucher before they let her in. We had hoped to go into MOREMI at the North Gate but without a booking & after chatting about it a lot we decided on 4 days at the Khwai Safari grounds (just outside of Moremi) & close to the North Gate. it was grand. but other than that we don't book . So we still have not tested if you can just go into Moremi without a booking. Next year we may go to the Magotho Campsite - also on the boundary of Moremi. I think the interesting thing about all of this is that each gate has a Botswana National Park office that you check in with and then depending site at the gate or close by there will be the office for the local campsite but depending on which entry gate you go into there may not be an 'office' for the camping concession.
hi Eugene I think I need to clear something up. The first reply about not booking the sites is with regards to the Serengeti. I'm really sorry if I can confused this situation.
Great looking trip,thks for sharing.Regards Bruce
The roads look very good. Could this be done on a 2 WD?
@@crispinswainstonharrison9042 hi thanks for your question. There are parts of the road that are fine for 2WD - what vehicle are you driving and in which season do you plan to go ?
What an adventure, looking forward to the next edition.
Thanks Rob - off to Linyanti next - quite a tough time getting there!
Name of Lagoon, mentioned as being worth a visit - between South Gate & 3rd Bridge ? Pls
Alos thoughts on Audi Camp, Maun.
We are doing a Round-Botswana Camping self-drive self-guided self-catering etc in Aug 2025 (early planning) with Start/End Point of Maun,
Overnight in Maun pre-vehicle collection, so no kit yet . Ideas / Recommendations ?
Hi forgive the delay we have just returned from Namibia, Angola, Namibia again & then Botswana.
the Lagoon is the Xini Lagoon . Audi camp is great - we were there for two days in June. The campsite is well appointed if you want to camp but generally we stay in one of their tents - generally next to the restaurant . Their food is good and well priced for Maun.
Do you need to book the sites or can one just book on arrival ? If not where do you book that sites?
Hi Eugene - forgive the reply we just arrived back yesterday from Namibia, Angola, Namibia again and Botswana.
you don't book the sites - when you go into the park (assuming you are self-drive and camping) you can nominate a public campsite but there is no formal booking so if you change your mind you can go elsewhere. we would really recommend entering the park in the North and making your way down. Pls let me know if you need more info - I do have a map somewhere
Thank you for this. Does this apply to the full of Botswana? I’m not someone that likes to plan when I am on an adventure. So pre booking will not work for me. So you saying I can just cross the border and explore and find camp site . That’s great. 🙏
Hi. If you are going via Maun there are the offices for Xomae group and Kwalate Safaris in Maun (one of them is in the same centre as the OLD Woolies upstairs from FNB & the other is in the shopping centre across the road) or you can hit the Xomae group website - or the Kwalate Safaris website .
www.xomaesites.com/
onty@xomaecamps.co.bw
Third Bridge Moremi, Bains and Nxai Pans South Camp
www.kwalatesafaris.com/
kwalatesafari@gmail.com
Xakanaxa, South Gate Moremi & Ihaha
We have always booked for Moremi and Chobe and also Bains at Nxai Pans. This year we were going to wing it but see below.
When I was booking at the Savuti Khwai Linyanti Office early in June 2024 (at the Chobe gate couple of kms outside of Kasane) for camping in Linyanti the lady behind me said that the park wanted to see her camping voucher before they let her in. We had hoped to go into MOREMI at the North Gate but without a booking & after chatting about it a lot we decided on 4 days at the Khwai Safari grounds (just outside of Moremi) & close to the North Gate. it was grand.
but other than that we don't book . So we still have not tested if you can just go into Moremi without a booking. Next year we may go to the Magotho Campsite - also on the boundary of Moremi.
I think the interesting thing about all of this is that each gate has a Botswana National Park office that you check in with and then depending site at the gate or close by there will be the office for the local campsite but depending on which entry gate you go into there may not be an 'office' for the camping concession.
hi Eugene
I think I need to clear something up. The first reply about not booking the sites is with regards to the Serengeti. I'm really sorry if I can confused this situation.
Africa at its best when a herd of Buffalo can sneak up on you 😂