0530 arrived as did our wake up call but as it had been raining all night we decided not to do the game drive or walk as we did not fancy getting wet and cold again. Instead we had a leisurely morning - sleeping then packing and finally joining the guys from Belgium who were flying with us to Maun for brunch. As we finished packing the lights went off in the tent meaning we had truly exhausted every ounce of solar power....the last of the hot water was yesterday!...

It rained all night and continued through breakfast, so we ate inside this morning. We were joined by the two guys from Belgium on our morning drive; even though we had our wet weather gear on we all donned the brown ponchos provided, and we hoped the weather would improve. We looked for last nights cheetah-no luck - but the mating pair of leopards were still in the area of last nights viewing but several metres further back. We could only see heads appear above...

We were woken at 5.30 and then as it was still dark we were recollected at 6.00am to have breakfast by the fire before heading out on a drive. When we got to the pan we scoured the horizon;eagle eyed John spotted a lion on the far side - when we got closer we we realised we were with the whole pride, one large male, two sub adults and four lionesses - just missing was one male and two females. They were very active and clearly looking for a meal - two females we...

We arrived in Johannesburg after our 10 hour flight from the UK on board a new British Airways A380 airbus - which due to the upcoming Easter holiday was full. After a relatively smooth flight we landed at a bright but cool Johannesburg @ 0630; we were quickly off and through immigration, aided by the fact that they now have a 'no visa required' queue, we collected our luggage, made our way to departures and checked in for our 1115 flight to Maun. As we had lots...