All good things come to an end and so our stay in Kesane and Chobe is done. What great days we have spent here.
Before we left though we went for a drive around the area. Saw a lot of trucks that have to queue up to cross into Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Next stop for us would be Nata where we would stay on the way to the Khama Rhino Sanctuary before leaving Botswana to South Africa.
We had already done the road between Kesane to Nata, when we came up north. It is in good condition and we made good time to Nata.
However this time we had two elephant encounters on the road and I was able to take the picture I so much wanted from this Africa trip which was my bike and I, the road we were travelling and an elephant on the same frame. I am thrilled we were able to achieve this ;-).
We stayed at the Nata Lodge which is a very nice place about 7kms south of Nata.
The room even had air conditioning which was very welcomed after the ride under 35C temperatures.
As we arrived we noticed a F800GS from Germany with a tent next to it. It belonged to a German couple that had been riding from Namibia (bike arrived in Walvis Bay) and they had done the Caprivi and were on the way down to South Africa. Gave them some advise on the off-road riding in Namibia and strongly suggested that they should no ride two-up on those roads.
For the end of the day we parked the bike and went to the Nata Bird sanctuary to watch the sunset from a man-built platform that borders the Sua Pan which is part of the larger Makgadikgadi, which is very important as a natural habitat.
There are supposed to be 165 different bird species in the sanctuary.
For the evening we had dinner at the lodge under the stars. The temperatures have been great in the evening and we have not had any issues with mosquitoes.
Make Life A Ride !
Facebook post with some photos of the DAY
Click HERE for all the photos of the DAY !
Before we left though we went for a drive around the area. Saw a lot of trucks that have to queue up to cross into Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Next stop for us would be Nata where we would stay on the way to the Khama Rhino Sanctuary before leaving Botswana to South Africa.
We had already done the road between Kesane to Nata, when we came up north. It is in good condition and we made good time to Nata.
However this time we had two elephant encounters on the road and I was able to take the picture I so much wanted from this Africa trip which was my bike and I, the road we were travelling and an elephant on the same frame. I am thrilled we were able to achieve this ;-).
We stayed at the Nata Lodge which is a very nice place about 7kms south of Nata.
The room even had air conditioning which was very welcomed after the ride under 35C temperatures.
As we arrived we noticed a F800GS from Germany with a tent next to it. It belonged to a German couple that had been riding from Namibia (bike arrived in Walvis Bay) and they had done the Caprivi and were on the way down to South Africa. Gave them some advise on the off-road riding in Namibia and strongly suggested that they should no ride two-up on those roads.
For the end of the day we parked the bike and went to the Nata Bird sanctuary to watch the sunset from a man-built platform that borders the Sua Pan which is part of the larger Makgadikgadi, which is very important as a natural habitat.
There are supposed to be 165 different bird species in the sanctuary.
For the evening we had dinner at the lodge under the stars. The temperatures have been great in the evening and we have not had any issues with mosquitoes.
Make Life A Ride !
Facebook post with some photos of the DAY
Click HERE for all the photos of the DAY !
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