Tuesday 1 June to Thursday 3 June
Lockdown Day 432 to 434
It's a short trip from Kasane to Elephant Sands Lodge, which is 50kms North of Nata. We spent a lazy afternoon on the deck watching the elephants at the waterhole. I had hoped to get a bit of admin done but their WiFi wasn't working. It was a fairly early start for the long drive down to Selibwe Phikwe. We had our PCR tests at the mine hospital and got to Molema Bush Camp in Northern Tuli just before dark. Camp manager Lilian rushed us over to see a dead impala that had just been killed by a leopard in the campsite. The leopard had been scared off it's prey when the other guests had arrived a few minutes before us. Needless to say we made use of all our spotlights and stayed close to our fire all evening. Before our early morning game drive the next day we looked for the carcass but all that we saw was some blood and fur on the ground. We don't know if the leopard got his meal back or if the impala was finished off by hyeneas.
Game was pretty scarce on the drive too.
The shady treed campsites - only 4 and 5 are on the river - lend themselves to a good "kuier". We all chipped in to cook an epic four course meal and prepare jaffles for tomorrow's journey. The lodge managed to get out PCR reports printed. Heading for the border we decided to take the "scenic" short-cut ( not ) through the Tuli Block to the Groblersbrug Border Post.
The shady treed campsites - only 4 and 5 are on the river - lend themselves to a good "kuier". We all chipped in to cook an epic four course meal and prepare jaffles for tomorrow's journey. The lodge managed to get out PCR reports printed. Heading for the border we decided to take the "scenic" short-cut ( not ) through the Tuli Block to the Groblersbrug Border Post.
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