Today we would ride from Nata to Serowe where we would stay at the Khama Rhino Sanctuary and take a morning game drive to see if we can spot Rhinos.
We were told that the road from Nata to Francistown was ver bad but then after that the conditions would improve.
Had breakfast and then spent about an hour bird watching at the lodge. They had an amazing number of different bird species that comes to bath and drink at the sanctuary they had at the lodge.
Morning light usually brings out the singing out of the birds so you wake up every morning to the sound of different type of birds depending where you are in the country.
The road was indeed very bad in some places but not as bad as Maun to Getta so we were pleasantly surprised we were able to make a good average.
We arrived in Francistown which is the largest city we had been to in Botswana and after filling up with gas looked for a place to eat lunch. We found this pearl, Roots of Africa, that was a little oasis in the middle of this city. We really enjoyed the time we spent there.
We then started our way south towards Serowe. The road out of Francistown is a two lane (each side) road so we could push up to 120km/h and made some good time to Palapye where we turned west towards Serowe. The traffic increased and we had a number of holes on the street to deal with.
As we got closer the Rhino Sanctuary things improved and we had a very nice and relaxing ride to the gate where we registered and were that the road to the cabin was quite sandy and I could leave the bike in the parking lot. I decided to take the bike into the park and it was a bear as I did not take out the cases and did not bring down the air pressure of the tires. I had to stop a number of times to get my breadth back and also to give a breather to the bike that started overheating.
Note to self: tomorrow, no bags and low tire pressure.
We eventually made it to the cabin was was very much in the middle of nowhere, parked the bike and car and went inside for a refreshing shower.
We decided for the night not to brave the sand and go back to the restaurant but rather stay in and eat in the cabin.
This would be our last night in Botswana and like before in Namibia, we were already missing the great time we had enjoyed in this country. We went to bed early as next morning we would have to be ready at 6:00 for the game drive.
Make Life A Ride !
Facebook post with some photos of the DAY
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We were told that the road from Nata to Francistown was ver bad but then after that the conditions would improve.
Had breakfast and then spent about an hour bird watching at the lodge. They had an amazing number of different bird species that comes to bath and drink at the sanctuary they had at the lodge.
Morning light usually brings out the singing out of the birds so you wake up every morning to the sound of different type of birds depending where you are in the country.
The road was indeed very bad in some places but not as bad as Maun to Getta so we were pleasantly surprised we were able to make a good average.
We arrived in Francistown which is the largest city we had been to in Botswana and after filling up with gas looked for a place to eat lunch. We found this pearl, Roots of Africa, that was a little oasis in the middle of this city. We really enjoyed the time we spent there.
We then started our way south towards Serowe. The road out of Francistown is a two lane (each side) road so we could push up to 120km/h and made some good time to Palapye where we turned west towards Serowe. The traffic increased and we had a number of holes on the street to deal with.
As we got closer the Rhino Sanctuary things improved and we had a very nice and relaxing ride to the gate where we registered and were that the road to the cabin was quite sandy and I could leave the bike in the parking lot. I decided to take the bike into the park and it was a bear as I did not take out the cases and did not bring down the air pressure of the tires. I had to stop a number of times to get my breadth back and also to give a breather to the bike that started overheating.
Note to self: tomorrow, no bags and low tire pressure.
We eventually made it to the cabin was was very much in the middle of nowhere, parked the bike and car and went inside for a refreshing shower.
We decided for the night not to brave the sand and go back to the restaurant but rather stay in and eat in the cabin.
This would be our last night in Botswana and like before in Namibia, we were already missing the great time we had enjoyed in this country. We went to bed early as next morning we would have to be ready at 6:00 for the game drive.
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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