Category: Botswana 2009

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Ghanzi to Grasslands

They say that Africa is not for sissies – I think they should qualify that and say that the backroads of Botswana are not for sissies.  Our trip to the Central Kalahari and Chobe for...

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Piper Pan in the Central Kalahari Park

Day 2 – Grasslands to Piper Pan  185km Hillary’s research told us that this was a very sandy stretch with deep corrugations and one could expect to take the whole day to cover the relatively short...

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Passarge Valley in the Central Kalahari Park

Days 6-8 – Piper Pan to Passage Valley 80kms Jon drove in front for the first part of our trip to Passarge Valley as he and Hillary knew the way. The road was sandy in parts, but...