Today we once again had a choice. We were heading to Chobe National Park which is about 6-7 hours away and there is the chance of an optional game drive if we want to during the afternoon. However, included in the tour is a sunset cruise on Chobe River which is within the park and therefore many of the parks animals can be seen on the banks. Chobe itself is supposed to be one of the better national parks in Africa and is very popular with tourists. Howeve...

We are finally leaving the wet and miserable Delta this morning! Hooray! The sun was shining this morning and everyone was up really early to get their tents down and hurry back to Siziba and Sonny. Our polers were also keen to leave and they told us their whole village do this work on a rotation basis meaning that some of them won't be back in the Delta for several weeks. I don't think they were complaining (other than the fact its extra money to them that...

So clearly yesterday's blog was quite negative, and therefore, if you haven't heard of the Okavango Delta you might be wondering why it is that we were so keen to go there in the first place. Once again I'd like to quote from our itinerary as this might give you some sort of idea:- "The Okavango Delta is the world's largest inland delta, a labyrinth of lagoons, lakes and hidden channels covering 17 000 square km. It originates in Angola - numerous tributaries...

I woke up quite excited today…we're going into the Delta! I've heard a lot about the Delta, how beautiful it is, how you can camp close to wild animals such as elephants and leopard! We're going to spend 2 nights in the Delta in total. The accommodated group, who have now parked up their truck near ours, took an early morning flight to their 5 star accommodation which consists of large tree house/marquee style rooms. It all sounds very grand and exciting ...

Maun is the gateway to the Okavango Delta and tonight's destination is a campsite just outside the town. After just a couple of hours driving Siziba pulled off the road and down what looked like just a small gravel track. It's unusual for our bush toilet stops to take us so far off the actual road but some of us were so desperate we just ran into the bushes without stopping to look at where we actually were. Feeling a bit more human we headed back to Siziba ...