We had a spattering of rain overnight, and the hippo’s were enjoying it, they serenaded me all night (Brendan & David slept thru it). Again, a cooler early morning, but heating up extremely quickly. The vervet monkeys were again impatiently waiting for us to get up so they could pester us. I took some foil with crumbs in it away from the campsite to shake out & was nearly mugged!

We packed up & stopped by the amenities (there was water this morning!) and met a family from Switzerland who had stayed the night and were headed to Savuti, (the 2 young girls were not a fan of the monkeys either, as the monkeys stole their biscuits) David gave them the details of where we had seen the animal sightings there, as they had not seen anything yet.

We travelled to South gate to sign out – there was plenty of animal tracks but no animals! We had to engage 4WD Low a few times as the vehicle isn’t equip with much self-recovery gear and some of the pot holes (craters) now had a bit of water in them, which could swallow a car whole!

On the outside of the park we actually saw more animals – 3 different giraffes on the road side as well as elephants & impala.

We travelled to Maun to get supplies & fuel, unfortunately the GPS didn’t like this detour and got us repeatedly lost trying to get back to the main road- we eventually worked it out … 20 minutes of needless driving in circles!

We made it to Mochaba Crossing Lodge where we are staying in luxury safari tents for the next 2 nights. While sitting in the bar / restaurant area for lunch (and having a few drinks) Brendan got stung by a wasp, on the arm, 3 times!

After a few hours catching up on the computers with painfully slow internet, we went back to the tent for cool showers before dinner. David had rump, while Brendan and I had the beef fillet. We sat around at the table for a while, until we moved to the more comfortable lounges, talking & watching – in the background- a dubbed Bollywood TV show that intrigued Brendan called – My golden home. We went to bed on a full stomach!