BOTSWANA: WHAT TO PACK

Failing to plan, is planning for failure, and the same can be said when it comes to packing. There is always that one item you always forget. Creating packing lists I find to be quite daunting. So I start small. Start with the basics, and over time, keep building on your list. It helps to …

BOTSWANA ROAD TRIP: HOW TO PREPARE

Taking on a 3 week camping trip in Botswana we knew we needed to do a lot of upgrades to our current camp setup - comfort and convenience was key. With the Jimny being such a small vehicle, one really needs to optimize every inch of space in there. Our initial set up that we …

BOTSWANA: RECOMMENDED PLACES TO STAY

This article is purely based on our own experiences, opinions and I guess, standards. We have physically stayed at all of these places and whether recommended or not - we will give you as an informed opinion as possible, in order for you to decide whether these places are a hit or miss. But I …

18-NIGHT BOTSWANA ROAD TRIP ITINERARY

Botswana was a life changing-experience for us. Literally. Husband and I were mentally in quite a dark place and at the point of complete corporate-burnout. Botswana was the healing to our souls that we needed. In this itinerary I'll take you through all the roads and places that we stayed, based on a self-drive 4x4 …

Botswana Trip Part 3

After our week in the delta, it was back to reality and time for us to slowly make way our back home. We spent another 5 days or so in Botswana, slowly heading back. We spent two nights at Old Mans bridge backpackers in Maun. This wasn't quite our vibe as it was your typical …

Botswana Trip Part 2

We arrived at this super cute little cafe called The Duck in the main city of Botswana, Maun, where our guides were waiting for us and the other guests to arrive. I got introduced to the one guide, and I'm thinking to myself that I've seen this face before. Truesbob, he studied and worked with …

Botswana Trip Part 1

The trip that we never thought was going to happen. It was one of those trips where we kept talking about it, we kept making plans, we kept going back and forth and in the end, got postponed again. And again and again, until husband and I decided enough was enough. We closed our eyes …