Thursday, June 20, 2024
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After our final sunrise boat safari and breakfast at Chobe Game
Lodge, we were driven to the Kasane International Airport |
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| The new terminal and air control tower were opened in 2019 |
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We were taking a Mack Air 12-seater prop plane,
a Cessna Grand Caravan EX |
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| Today we had both a pilot and co-pilot (KSS) |
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| Kwai River bed, mostly dry (KSS) |
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| View from the airplane over the bush (KSS) |
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First a stop at the Kwai Airstrip, with a sandy runway
marked with canvas strips anchored to the ground |
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| The shadow of our plane (and a wheel of the plane!) |
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We began seeing the presence of water in the Okavango Delta,
an inland delta that does not flow into a sea, but creates a
vast wetland where water evaporates or transpires
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Seasonal flooding occurs early in the year; however
this year there has been less rain, so we see the waterholes
and lagoons shaped like neurons with multiple dendrites |
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This is the "terminal" at the Santawani Airstrip where we
landed (the building holds fire supression equipment) |
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| We will not see a paved road for a good while! |
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At the Rra Dinare/Father Buffalo camp, our accommodation
is a very large tent shaded by a canvas roof, with an
open-air shower "room" attached at the rear |
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| The front of the tent is screened |
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We had to be sure to set the hook
holding the doors together, to
prevent baboons from entering |
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| The king-size bed can be surrounded by mosquito netting |
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| Double sinks and handcloth "sculptures" |
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| Outdoor shower |
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| Air horn by the bed to use in an emergency |
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| View from our tent's deck |
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Raised walkway connected us to the living room and dining
tents that surrounded a huge Sclerocarya birrea/Marula Tree |
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| Tamiko with the marula tree (KSS) |
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| A large deck (where we had breakfast) looks over the savanna |
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| Rra Dinare swimming pool |
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| Dining tent, with coffee and tea always available |
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| The tents are spaced far apart for privacy |
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Fire suppression equipment was available,
yet where would we get the water for the buckets? |
Next: Rra Dinare Game Drives.
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