A total of 6 580kms and 794.5l, 28 days. Fuel cost R10 000; accommodation R7300; boat cruises/fishing R2 900; external meals and booze R1 300 = ALL IN R21 500 excluding normal food and drinks.
Camp highs: Senyati, Mavunje (Dan's place!); Drotsky's Cabins; Namwi Island.
Camp lows: Island Safari (Maun) and to a lesser degree Sarasunga (Rundu)
All other stopovers are above average.
First sightings with photo opportunity: Pel's Fishing Owl (Drotsky's); Retz's Helmet Shrike (Drotsky's); Temminck's Courser (Okaukoejoe); Lechwe (Mavunje). Missed photo: Rufous Bellied Heron (Mavunje); Seen before but good photo: White Backed Night Heron (Ngepi). Good photo popportunity: Giant Kingfisher and out of water otter, both at Drotsky's.
Food, compliments of Luis' culinary skills, varied and all good. Uniquely different to the normal bush experience was the spicy pork made out of pork shoulder chops. Will definitely appear in future catering.
Data: Namibia MTC - had to buy airtime and convert to data. Sim is pin locked and need to figure out how to disable when using the router. This time, we were able to use Sonja's laptop but could be a problem on other trips.
Botswana Orange - what a pleasure. Bought sim for P15 plus P200 recharge. Resulted in P249 plus free 5mb. What's really nice is that available balance can be used for airtime or data without a lengthy conversion process.
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