This morning we went for our slow boat ride and saw hippos, a malachite kingfisher, an african jacana, elephants that had just crossed the channel, and a crocodile.
We returned from our boat ride, finished packing up, and went to the air strip to await our plane.
It was another small plane but this time there were two people already on the plane. We made two stops to pick up people and drop people off before arriving in Kasane. It was quite a rough flight and I did not feel very good.
Kasane is a very modern, new airport. There we were greeted by a representative from Chobe Game Lodge. We drove in an open safari truck for about 45 minutes to the lodge. Initially it was on tarred roads but once we got in the park the ride was very rough. The roads consisted of a lot of sand.
At the hotel we were welcomed, given an orientation, and had lunch. After lunch we were shown to our room. Here are pictures of our room.
That evening, after high tea, we went for a boat ride on the Chobe River. The boat is an electric pontoon boat with wicker chairs along the edge and a table in the middle. Thulso was our guide. This lodge employs only women guides, in an effort to empower local women. We saw lots of elephants and hippos, including one hippo that was out of the water, fish eagle and baboons.
At this camp we had a very early 5 am wake up call so everyone went to bed right after dinner.