We drove through the Chobe National Park and saw an elephant cow with its calf, zebra, buck and four large black birds with red headgear which we later identified as Southern Ground-Hornbills. About 6km from Kasane, we came across a Land Cruiser from Thebe River Lodge with a flat tyre. Unfortunately we could not help as the tyre was destroyed and our wheel spanner did not fit the wheel nuts on his vehicle.

We booked into the Chobe Safari Lodge, situated along the Zambezi River, which is Lynne’s idea of what a safari is all about. However, on that note, Philip is once again in trouble as the one corner of the mattress was wet this morning after the night’s storm – so there! Lynne feels that she deserves a dry bed tonight! Dinner this evening will be candle lit, overlooking the great Zambezi River.

The boat cruise was great. We did a trip around Sidudu Island which forms part of Botswana after many years of dispute with Namibia. As it was overcast, there were many hippo grazing on the island. Normally they graze at night to avoid the sun as it burns their sensitive skin. We also saw elephant, waterbuck, Lechwe antelope, fish eagles, crocodiles, kingfisher birds, Impala and vervet monkeys. Being on a boat allows one to get pretty close to the animals without disturbing them.

As it is Friday, we hunted down a pizza restaurant for a pizza and beer. As it was the only restaurant in Kasane, it was not too difficult to find, however, we took a drive through Kasane and came across about 50 elephant walking through some vacant land in town to the Zambezi River. As we reached the outer road in town, we looked across the bushveld and saw about 100 elephants.

At the restaurant, they hand out cans of Peaceful Sleep to guests to spray on exposed legs and arms to protect one from the mosquitoes. [Swakopmund remains tops for pizza.]

We are looking forward to a visit to the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe on Saturday.