Slowly, far below us, the barren, desert-like foothills of the Kalahari Basin give way to the desolate salt flats of Makgadikgadi in the northeast of Botswana. We left Johannesburg just over an hour ago. Now we're approaching Livingstone in Zambia. But it’s not our destination we’re interested in, it’s …
Terribly early – quarter past five – we haul ourselves out of bed. With 350 kilometres ahead of us, Robert wants to get an early start. It takes some effort before the luggage and the passengers have found their place in the two jeeps. With five layers of clothing, a blanket over our shoulders, a hot water bottle in our lap, and a portion of oatmeal in our stomachs, we hope …
For the third time, we change locations and countries. We trade Botswana for Namibia, and the charming Kasane on the banks of the Chobe River for the, as yet, unfamiliar Mazambala Island in Namibia's Caprivi Strip. The excellent asphalt road takes us straight through Chobe National Park. Technically, we aren't allowed to stop here, but ...
We almost forgot about them. For nearly fourteen days, we've been touring the border region around the quadripoint between Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia, but we haven’t given the Victoria Falls, the top attraction of this area, the slightest attention. However, today …