Time for water. We had left Maun in a motor boat.
The Delta is full of Water Lillies…
…and birds. The Lilac-breasted Roller is the national bird of Botswana.
After an hour of speed-boating we reached the Mokoro station. The rest of the trip was to be slower.
Via the Old Bridge lodge we had booked the “luxury all-inclusive” Mokoro experience.
There is a whole village built around mokoro tourism and it is all managed by the people living in the village. We took a quick tour…
…meeting this pretty girl…
…and finding the “Tuck shop” with a gasdriven fridge = cold beer!
Soon it was time to continue. The skies were still grey but this far no rain…
What you see above is the “Buffalo Fence”. It constitutes the border between domestic animals south of it and wild-life north of it. It is also a border to keep the “foot-and-mouth disease” away from the meat humans eat.
Marie and Saga were first with the teamleader and guide Edward as their pooler.
Me and Hanna had Jerry pooling and he was ever so kind to Hanna, explaining everything we saw and making gifts for her, like this Water-lilly bracelet!
It was amazing to glide slowly and quietly through the “channels”. Our poolers called them “Hippo highways” because they are actually made by Hippos!
It was not a bad afternoon and it lasted a few hours…
…until we turned into a small channel leading to our island.
Our base for three days…
…and our poolers – Edward, Jerry and Bouca. 
Time for a drink while Saga is…
…putting braids in Hannas hair.
Since we went for the luxury version our tents were already up us we arrived, beds were made and a whole group of people started preparing our dinner…
…while Saga did her first attempts in the noble art of pooling a Mokoro.
Relaxed chatting…
…with the sounds of the Botswana night with thousands of small frogs klicking…
…until we ended our day in comfortable beds in our tents. With clear insytructions to ask for company if we needed to go during the night.
Animals may walk through the camp…
Tror du det skulle vara möjligt för min fru och mig att uppleva detta under en period på 2 – 3 veckor i denna underbara miljö? skulle vara en fantastisk upplevelse för oss. Vi reser, och har rest över hela världen, men inte i denna miljö i centrum av Afrika……
Hej C-G,
Absolut, på 2-3 veckor kan ni hinna med en hel del av såväl Namibia som Botswana. Finns en mängd varianter att resa på, alltifrån gruppresor i buss via att ha egen kock/driver som kör en runt till att hyra bil och resa på egen hand.
/ Anders
Broder!
som vanligt -SNYGGT JOBBAT!
Skriver Du något i bokväg eller så…
hälsar jockeb
frekvent resenär bl a i SydAfrika.
Tack Bror!
Det är faktiskt några som sagt att jag skulle skriva en bok om Namibia. Kanske när jag kommit hem…
/ Anders
Broder!
SNYGG JOBBAT som vanligt…
Skriver Du något fortfarande?
Jag jobbar med manuskript om LILLEJUL-kul men omfattande.
hälsar jocke b
Hej Jocke,
Ska det handla om Lillejular på F6 då? Kan säkert bli väldigt trevligt. Jag “managerade” de sista 4 Lillejularna på F5 och det var fantastiskt roligt. Inklusive att skriav drapor! Skrev faktiskt en drapa åt F10 också.
Må gott
Anders
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